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Digital Data Management (MA)

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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

Degree:
Master of Arts
Type:
Full time
Advanced Master's program
Course language:
German
Standard study period:
4 semesters
Start of study:
Summer semester
Application deadline:
Note: No enrolment for summer semester 2024
Admission requirements:
First professional university degree, at least 12 months of study-relevant work experience
Credits:
120 ECTS credits
Module Manuals & Regulations
Profile

Unique in Germany

The Master's programme expands the range of profiled library and information science programmes at Humboldt Universität 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.

Website Master's Programme Digital Data Management

Learning in a personal atmosphere

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.

Contact

The colleagues at the Student Counselling Service 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 Service.

Student Counselling Service

Beatrice Jurth, M.A.

Beatrice Jurth

Coordination of the Further Education Unit (ZEW)

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Degree programme Teaching language Start of study Application deadline
Archival Sciences (MA) German Winter semester
22/05 – 30/06/ in odd-numbered calendar years (admission restricted)
Digital Data Management (MA) German Summer semester
Note: No enrolment for summer semester 2024
Career prospects

Fields of work in public and scientific institutions

  • Authorities
  • Research institutions
  • Parliaments
  • Museums
  • Archives
  • Libraries

Fields of work in private and commercial enterprises

  • Internet service providers such as web agencies
  • Software producers
  • Database developers
  • Corporations
  • Press and broadcasting companies
  • Picture and news agencies
  • Publishing houses
  • Pharmaceutical companies
  • Management consultancies

These degree programmes might also interest you

More courses
Degree programme Teaching language Start of study Application deadline
Archival Sciences (MA) German Winter semester
22/05 – 30/06/ in odd-numbered calendar years (admission restricted)
Digital Data Management (MA) German Summer semester
Note: No enrolment for summer semester 2024
Study content

Course of studies

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.

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

Study Content

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.

Teaching formats

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.

Subject modules

  • Module 1: Framework conditions of data management
  • Module 3: Data management technologies
  • Module 5: Methods of data management

Electives

  • Module 4: Real Lab Data
  • Module 4: Real Lab Technology
  • Module 4: Real Lab Methodology
  • Module 4: Selected Topics in Data Management

Projects

  • Module 2: Design project
  • Module 6: Transfer project

Final module

  • Module 7: Good scientific practice
  • Module 7: Master's thesis and defence

Module Handbooks & Regulations

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.

Application & Contact

Further information

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.

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International applicants

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.

Application information for internationals

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Application & Enrolment Procedure

The Application and Study Service provides information and advice on general questions regarding the application process, admission and enrolment at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, application for a higher semester, but also on topics such as compensation for disadvantages, part-time studies, waiting semesters and hardship applications.

Application & Enrolment University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

Contact & Services

The Student Counselling Service provides information and advice on general questions about studying as well as on topics such as choosing a degree programme, application, enrolment and study organisation.

For subject-specific questions about module content, credit transfer, examinations or specialisations in the Master's programme Digital Data Management, the Subject Counselling Service is the right place to go.

Student Financing

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Office hours

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Room 201

Office hours

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