MSc in Digital Business

Our contemporary Digital Business MSc prepares you for an ever-changing complex and digital landscape. You'll graduate ready to take on total responsibility to foster, implement and evaluate digital business initiatives, in all the functional areas of an organisation.

Plan, implement and evaluate digital business initiatives in all areas of an organisation.

Digital technologies have changed the way organisations conduct business. They afford new ways of working including fresh opportunities.

They also present new challenges for digital businesses. Our Digital Business MSc prepares you for this ever-changing complex and digital landscape.

In a world where decision-making is ambiguous, this course will challenge you. You'll need to think in new and varied ways in a turbulent and fast-moving digital age.

There is great demand for digital business professionals. This Master’s supports various career paths to further your career interests.

Professional accreditation and recognition

Newcastle University Business School accreditation

Newcastle University Business School is accredited by the:

• Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
• European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS)
• Association of MBAs (AMBA)

Only 1% of business schools worldwide hold this triple crown. Our accreditations reflect the investments we make for our students through providing a high-quality teaching environment, innovative programming and active engagement with the industry.

A Global Top 125 university (QS World University Rankings 2023), Newcastle is home to 29,000 students from 140 countries.

A founding member of the Russell Group, we are one of only 19 universities in the world – and just three in the UK – to achieve a five-plus QS Star rating for overall excellence (2022).

We can trace our origins back to the School of Medicine and Surgery, established in 1834.

Today, we combine world-leading research with a world-class academic experience.

A global leader with strengths in ageing and health, data, energy, cities, and the creative arts, we’re pioneering solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing the world. In the UK’s Research Excellence Framework 2021, 42% of our research was scored as world-leading.

Through 5-star teaching (QS Stars 2022), we educate for life. Students are challenged and supported to learn from world-class experts across more than 185 undergraduate and 300 postgraduate degrees.

Student experience

Students are supported to reach their full potential by our Student Health and Wellbeing services that provide counselling, mental health, disability and specialist learning support, as well as financial support and faith and spirituality support.

We’ve developed an online Academic Skills Kit to support students in becoming effective independent learners.

Our Students' Union is at the heart of the Newcastle experience, offering more than 180 student-run societies and over 60 sports clubs.

A top student city

Multicultural, vibrant and friendly, Newcastle is the capital of North East England – the University’s city-centre campus is at its heart.

A global top 50 and UK top 10 student city, it’s also one of the most affordable in the UK (QS Best Student Cities, 2023).

Newcastle offers top-class sports, a vibrant arts scene, great shopping and exciting nightlife. It’s also close to beautiful countryside and award-winning beaches.