Master in Project Management & Data Analytics

Master in Project Management & Data Analytics is one of 4 English-taught Data Analytics programmes at master’s level in the register, offered by 4 institutions. 3 of them list an annual fee for students from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland, from EUR 727 to EUR 1,453; this programme lists EUR 727 a year. 2 are at a public university, where EU, EEA and Swiss students pay no tuition within the standard duration plus two semesters.

What you study

This part-time Master's programme combines project management with data analytics. It is run by the University of Applied Sciences for Business and Society BFI Vienna and taught in German and English, so parts of the programme are in English and you should check which parts. The programme is 90 ECTS over three semesters and leads to a Master of Arts in Business (MA).

You do not need deep data analytics knowledge to start. In cooperation with the Berlin University of Applied Sciences (HTW Berlin), parts of the courses are offered so you learn the necessary skills during your studies. You work with the Python programming language and project management tools, and you apply what you learn in practice, for example with project data in the Data Management Lab.

Courses named on the programme page include:

• Foundations of Data Analytics and Statistical Programming (5 ECTS, English)
• Foundations of Data Management (3 ECTS, German)
• Data & AI Literacy (2 ECTS, German)
• Projektmanagement-Konzepte (3 ECTS, German)
• Agile Projects (3 ECTS, English)
• Process Management (3 ECTS, English)
• Organisationsdesign (3 ECTS, German)
• Requirements Engineering & Business Analysis (3 ECTS, English)
• Change-Management (3 ECTS, German)
• Applied Research (2 ECTS, English)

You can also gain additional qualifications in agile leadership and project and process management certificates, such as Professional Scrum Master 1.

How the programme is organised

The programme is a career-parallel part-time degree: three times a week in the evenings and on Saturdays during the day. It is condensed into three semesters so studying and working can be combined. Teaching mixes online and classroom sessions. A semester abroad is possible in the third semester at one of the partner universities. The campus is at Wohlmutstrasse 22, 1020 Vienna.

Who it suits

It suits people who want to work at the interface between business and technical departments, manage projects based on data, carry out complex data analyses and make them understandable. You should be ready to lead companies through digital transformation. The programme gives you a perspective on digitalisation, artificial intelligence and digital humanism. It is for people who want to manage projects and programmes, design data governance, select and apply agile, classic or hybrid management approaches, and lead intercultural and virtual teams in English.

Admission, language and next steps

Admission requires a secondary school leaving certificate and completion of a social studies, business, natural science, law or technical degree in Austria or an equivalent degree abroad. You also need evidence of prior learning in project management (3 ECTS), statistics (3 ECTS), business studies (12 ECTS), IT (3 ECTS) and English (C1 according to CEFR or 4 ECTS, not for native speakers). For this programme you need German at CEFR level C1 and English at level B2 or 4 ECTS. Free bridging courses from May to July help you acquire missing ECTS.

The admission procedure is an online application, an online multiple choice test and an interview. The application period for EU/EEA citizens is 1 October to 15 May, and for non-EU/EEA citizens 1 October to 31 March. Applications go directly to the institution, not through a central portal. As a university of applied sciences, it sets its own tuition fee; EU/EEA and Swiss students do not automatically pay no tuition here, so check the fee on the institution's page.

The part-time Master's degree programme in Project Management & Data Analytics offers a unique combination of state-of-the-art project management expertise and data analytics skills. As a graduate, you will become a sought-after interface by mediating between business and technical departments, managing projects based on data and carrying out complex data analyses and making them comprehensible.

There is no central application portal in Austria: you apply to the institution, here University of Applied Sciences for Business and Society BFI Vienna. Universities of applied sciences set their own application periods and admission procedures, so read them on the programme page. Entrance examination, as the register states it: Admission procedure. Entry requirements and language tests are set by the institution, so start from the official programme page. Our guides cover tuition fees, the student residence permit and housing.