Master of Digital Transformation and Innovation (Online)

Summary

• Degree offered: Master of Digital Transformation and Innovation (MDTO)
• Registration status options: Part-time
• Language of instruction: English
• Program option (expected duration of the program):
  • within two years of full-time study
• Academic units: Telfer School of Management, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Engineering, School of Engineering Design and Teaching Innovation

Program Description

The Digital Transformation and Innovation program offers an online Master of Digital Transformation and Innovation.

The program is a multi-faculty collaboration between the Telfer School of Management, the Faculty of Arts, and the Faculty of Engineering to train highly qualified professionals to create, manage and research the profound change to our world that is happening as a result of electronic digital technology. At its heart, the technology enables the collection and communication of huge amounts of data that transforms how business and society works. It also creates a new online environment where the experience of business and social interactions by individuals is being reinvented. Innovation is an important aspect of the program to emphasize the re-invention and creative design of user experiences in business and social interactions.

Digital Transformation and Innovation is a multidisciplinary graduate program with a strong commitment to industry relevance as well as business and social implications of the technology. In the program, students will:

1. Develop and demonstrate the ability to communicate with and integrate multidisciplinary expertise related to digital transformation and innovation.
2. Develop and demonstrate the ability to lead, design and create applications of digital transformation and innovation using current and emerging tools, techniques and technology.
3. Develop skills in management, technology, communications, information architecture, data science, UX design, and gender / cultural awareness and demonstrate the ability to apply them in practice.
4. Develop and demonstrate the ability to assess, test and research digital transformation and innovation with sensitivity and awareness around ethics, equity, diversity, business and social impact.

For more information please see the DTI Student Association webpage.

Other Programs Offered Within the Same Discipline or in a Related Area

• Doctorate in Philosophy Digital Transformation and Innovation
• Master of Science Digital Transformation and Innovation
• Master of Digital Transformation and Innovation with Concentration in UX Design
• Master of Digital Transformation and Innovation with Concentration in Applied Data Science

Fees and Funding

• Program fees
  • The estimated amount for university fees associated with this program are available under the section Finance your studies.
  • International students enrolled in a French-language program of study may be eligible for a differential tuition fee exemption.
• To learn about possibilities for financing your graduate studies, consult the Awards and financial support section.

Notes

• Programs are governed by the academic regulations in effect for graduate studies at the University of Ottawa.
• In accordance with the University of Ottawa regulation, students have the right to complete their assignments, examinations, research papers, and theses in French or in English.

For the most accurate and up to date information on application deadlines, language tests and other admission requirements, please visit the specific requirements webpage.

Most courses are delivered in English as the international language for advanced information technology. However, the program will provide an appropriately supportive environment for francophone students to develop professional competence in technical English at their own pace. Students have the right, as stipulated in the University's bilingualism regulations (Academic Regulations I-2), to complete all their work, including their thesis, in the official language of their choice (French or English). There are fully bilingual professors and advisors who can support students in French.