Digital Factory and Operational Excellence

part time, full time

Master of Science

Master
Degree

3 semesters

Standard period of study (amount)

München

Location

March 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)

March 2025 (EU), December 2024 (Non-EU)
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Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Area of study

  • Production Engineering
  • Mechatronics
  • Engineering and Management
  • Business Administration
  • Logistics, Transport, Transport Management
  • Technology Management

Target group

This HDBW master's degree is aimed at bachelor’s graduates in: Business engineering or business management with a relevant focus or manufacturing or logistics management or mechanical engineering or similar subjects Inquire with the HDBW student guidance service regarding degrees in other subjects.

Annotation

How do you manage a smart factory and network corporate divisions? How do you optimise the value chain? Exciting topics in the Master's degree in Digital Factory & Operational Excellence (M.Sc.). Study in small groups & personal atmosphere at the HDBW in Munich. Private | Practice oriented | Approved by the State. The standard period of study in the full-time course is 3 semesters and 5 semesters for the part-time course. All face-to-face classes in the Master's will be streamed live online (without recording). The Master's degree can therefore also be completed as a purely online degree.

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

Ideally 210 ECTS, but at least 180 ECTS. For the Bachelor with 180 ECTS, individual agreements are made before the start of the course in order to achieve the missing ECTS.

Lecture period

  • 17.03.2025 - 09.07.2025
  • 06.10.2025 - 24.01.2026

Application deadlines

Summer semester (2025)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    14.03.2025

    Start of Master's degree programme in summer and winter semester. Application: continual Deadline: September 30 for admission in the winter semester of the same year and March 14 for admission in the summer semester of the same year. Separate application process – see details:

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    14.03.2025

    Start of Master's degree programme in summer and winter semester. Application: continual Deadline: September 30 for admission in the winter semester of the same year and March 14 for admission in the summer semester of the same year. Separate application process – see details:

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    15.12.2024

    Start of Master's degree programme in summer and winter semester. Application: continual Deadline for non-EU applicants: 30.06 for admission in the winter semester of the same year and 15.12 for admission in the summer semester of the same year. Separate application process – see details:

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    Not applicable

Winter semester (2025/2026)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    30.09.2025

    Start of Master's degree course in summer and winter semester. Application: continual Deadline: 30.09. for admission in the winter semester of the same year and 14.03. for admission in the summer semester of the same year. Separate application process – see details:

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    30.09.2025

    Start of Master's degree course in summer and winter semester. Application: continual Deadline: 30.09. for admission in the winter semester of the same year and 14.03. for admission in the summer semester of the same year. Separate application process – see details:

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    30.06.2025

    Start of Master's degree programme in summer and winter semester. Application: continual Deadline for non-EU applicants: 30.06 for admission in the winter semester of the same year and 15.12 for admission in the summer semester of the same year. Separate application process – see details:

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    Not applicable

Tuition fee

Fees

720.00 EUR / Month

Fees (Link)

No additional registration fee. All courses & examination fees are already included. 432 euros / months is the fee for the part-time (5 semesters) Master of Science.

Languages of instruction

Main language

English