The professional world is undergoing rapid change; irreversibly triggered by digitalisation. With the Master's programme Digital Data Management (DDM) you are optimally qualified for this future. You will systematically expand your professional skills, which will successfully and permanently advance you in your career.
DDM is an exclusive further education programme for data managers of the next generation. test
The Master's programme expands the range of profiled library and information science programmes at Humboldt Universit?t zu Berlin and the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam with a specialised and innovative focus on digital data management. DDM is unique in Germany. The degree programme is the result of cooperation between two internationally leading library and information science institutes.
The combination of already existing competences from research, teaching and projects from an excellent research university with an application-oriented university of applied sciences unites the specialist and methodological knowledge necessary for the profile. You will be accompanied by experienced and highly qualified lecturers from theory, research and practice.
The postgraduate Master's programme in Digital Data Management is a decisive lever for your further career and prepares you optimally for future tasks in the field of data management. This will give you a solid head start.
Within four semesters, you will learn fundamental scientific, ethical, organisational, legal and technological aspects and methods of data management such as data literacy, research data management, statistics, open access/open data. In real labs, what you learn is put directly into practice with users from science and industry. As a small degree programme with 30 admissions and a fixed timetable, the programme allows for intensive learning and a personal atmosphere between students and lecturers.
In addition, the programme is open to you even if you are not primarily aiming for an academic degree, but would like to further your education within the subject matter. In this case, individual module courses can be booked as certified continuing education courses.
Our topics are particularly interesting for research officers, employees in research services or the information infrastructure, data producers or processors and others.
The colleagues at the Student Counselling 足球比分网 provide information to prospective students, first-year students, parents, teachers and students on all general questions about the degree programme. If you have specific questions or concerns about the Master's programme in Digital Data Management, please contact the Subject Counselling 足球比分网.
| Department | Degree programme | Teaching language | Start of study | Application deadline |
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Archival Sciences (MA) | German | Winter semester | 22/05 – 30/06/ in odd-numbered calendar years (admission restricted)
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Digital Data Management (MA) | German | Summer semester | Note: No enrolment for summer semester 2024
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| Department | Degree programme | Teaching language | Start of study | Application deadline |
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Archival Sciences (MA) | German | Winter semester | 22/05 – 30/06/ in odd-numbered calendar years (admission restricted)
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Digital Data Management (MA) | German | Summer semester | Note: No enrolment for summer semester 2024
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The standard period of study for the full-time degree programme Digital Data Management is four semesters and concludes with a Master of Arts (M. A.). A subsequent doctorate is possible after completing the Master's programme in Digital Data Management.
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Semester 1 |
Subject module, design project |
| Semester 2 | Subject module, compulsory elective module |
| Semester 3 | Subject module, transfer project |
| Semester 4 | Final module, including Master's thesis and defence |
It is possible to attend a complete module (M1, M3, M5) or individual module courses from the modules mentioned in the sense of a continuing education course and then have them certified. A module examination is recommended if you wish to have the module courses credited as examination performance. The prerequisite is that you have passed all four module courses of the module. You will receive a university certificate issued by both universities.
Further information on the Digital Data Management website
The postgraduate degree programme Digital Data Management consists of basic subject modules, elective modules, practice-oriented real laboratories as well as design and transfer projects. After the 1st, 3rd and 5th module, there is a final module examination. The programme concludes in the 7th module with the writing of a Master's thesis and its defence.
In the currently valid module handbooks and study and examination regulations of the Information Sciences Department you will find the module overview, a detailed description of the modules and study contents as well as the study plan for the Digital Data Management degree programme.
Using the blended learning principle, attendance and self-study alternate in a ratio of 1:4 to offer you great flexibility in organising your daily study routine. The classroom events in the form of seminars or real labs take place either on the campus in Berlin or Potsdam. You will be supported during your studies by the digital learning platform Moodle.
A detailed description of the study contents, such as study plans and descriptions of individual modules of the Digital Data Management degree programme can be found in the module handbook as well as in the subject-specific study and examination regulations.
Further documents can be found in the official announcements.
The following links provide you, and especially international applicants, with further information on the topics of application and enrolment at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.
You would like to apply for studies from the first or a higher semester and have acquired your school-leaving qualification and/or university degree abroad? Then you can have degrees and achievements acquired abroad recognised and study with us.
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