Informatics: Digital Innovation and Transformation

In this course, you will learn to identify opportunities for innovation and develop user-centred, impactful, and innovative digital solutions that respond to real-world needs. You will learn to pitch your ideas with a digital transformation mindset. Through a combination of theoretical insights and practical tasks, you will explore how new digital solutions can drive change across various industries and societal needs.

You will work in teams on real-world problems, realise bold ideas, and develop MVPs (minimum viable products) with mentoring and supervision. Key skills include market analysis, requirement elicitation, innovation strategy, solution making, and effective pitching.

Course syllabus

The syllabus contains the formal and legal details of the entire course. It’s a legal document outlining the course structure and requirements, intended mainly for administrative use.

Course literature

The course literature listed may be updated up to eight weeks before the course begins.

Hands-on projects and workshops will prepare you for real-world challenges and solution development. You will learn from experienced lecturers and industry experts. During the course, you will also have access to the latest research and tools in digital innovation.

The assessment is based on group assignments, a project work, and individual assessments.

Upon completion, you will be prepared to work with IT-driven projects and develop innovative digital solutions.

Entry requirements

Admission to the course requires general requirements and English 6 as well as the courses: ”Informatics: Introduction to Information Systems, 1-30 cr” and ”Informatics: Information Systems and Business Development, 31-60 cr” or the equivalent. An exception for the general entry requirement in Swedish will be granted when the course is given in English.

Selection criteria

Seats are allocated according to: The general average (GPA) of your higher secondary school leaving certificate: 20 %, The Swedish national university aptitude test: 10 %, number of previous ECTS at application deadline (up to 165): 70 %.

Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA citizens

Citizens of countries outside:

• The European Union (EU)
• The European Economic Area (EEA) and
• Switzerland

are required to pay tuition fees. You pay an instalment of the tuition fee in advance of each
semester.

Tuition fees, payments and exemptions

Full programme/course tuition fee: SEK 16,250
First payment: SEK 16,250

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Note that you may also need to pay an application fee, or provide proof of exemption.

Application fee

No tuition fees for citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland

There are no tuition fees for citizens of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.