About the Programme

Key features

2-year European Joint Master’s degree programme
three degree-awarding universities: Palacký University Olomouc (Czechia), the University of Naples Federico II (Italy), and the University of Innsbruck (Austria)
excellence-oriented, research-based, and highly interdisciplinary programme
diverse learning environment, innovative teaching methods, and international mobility
possibility to obtain joint micro-credentials
hybrid, collaborative, and challenge-based educational environment

The European Joint Master’s in Digital Society, Social Innovation and Global Citizenship (DIGISOC) is a collaborative, interdisciplinary, and international study programme designed to train a new generation of highly qualified socio-digital innovators capable of leading and managing digital transformation processes in diverse societal contexts.
DIGISOC graduates develop the competences needed to assume leadership positions in public, private and third-sector organisations to promote an equitable, fair and inclusive digital transformation.
A unique feature of DIGISOC is its Collaboratorium for Blended International Hybrid Learning, a new educational concept which combines onsite in-person interaction and collaboration, scaling possibilities of online teaching and student collaboration.

DIGISOC is an excellence-oriented, research-based, and highly interdisciplinary study programme.
Students will develop interdisciplinary competencies through challenge-based learning experiences, laboratories, internships with cultural and research institutions and SMEs, or service-learning projects.

DIGISOC incorporates both compulsory and elective modules, as well as short-term mobility phases (Summer Schools), provisions for individual learning paths, internships, and service learning, respecting the needs and interests of a diverse European student body.
The programme is conducted in English and is primarily offered in a hybrid format.
Enabling students to develop advanced knowledge in:
- theories on digital society, with a specific focus on information, culture, communication, and education;
- global citizenship for sustainable development in the digital age;
- social innovation as a set of theories and methods to address pressing unmet societal needs through the value-oriented design, development, and management of innovative socio-digital practices.

International mobility is a key feature of DIGISOC and its inter-university hybrid campus. Enrolling at DIGISOC means attending at least two onsite European Summer Schools throughout the duration of the study programme. DIGISOC Summer Schools offer unique opportunities to interact with renowned scholars and professionals in the field of socio-digital innovation, meet academic staff and students from other countries and cultures, and develop specialised skills and intercultural and transferable competencies.
To achieve their educational and training goals, students will have the possibility to customize their study curricula and attend courses at any partnering higher education institution of DIGISOC, including Associated Universities. Students may choose to follow courses in person, online or hybrid, depending on their needs.

Diverse, challenging opportunities are available for graduates ready to achieve their professional goals and this includes practice at all levels, work with government agencies and positions in international organizations as well as in administration, business, development, finance, investment, industry, technology, trade and new areas of growth in the twenty-first century. The door to stimulating employment opens cutting-edge opportunities.
DIGISOC trains experts in socio-digital innovation and theories and techniques of digital communication for social innovation. DIGISOC graduates will be highly qualified figures for the design, prototyping, implementation and promotion of digital solutions for sustainable social innovation in three critical societal sectors:
- education;
- social, political and public communication;
- cultural industry.

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