MBA Digital Law
Lead the change in the digital era!
Program Details
- Duration: Online, One year, 4 Quarters, 60 ECTS
- Language: English
- Fees: €7,500
- Mode: Full-time / Part-time
Tuition Payment Options
Starting September 1st, 2025 we offer 2 options for the tuition payment:
- Yearly payment: the program fee of 7500 EUR needs to be paid at once and before the study program starts.
- Quarterly instalment payment: under this payment plan, the tuition fee per year is 8000 EUR, and the quarterly instalment fee of 2000 EUR needs to be paid no later than the 15th of the month prior to the quarter start.
*Kindly note that our quarters start on January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st.
Entry requirements
- Relevant professional experience in a digital environment of at least three years
- University degree or higher education qualification
- English Level B2 (CEFR) or equivalent
Study Access
This Master’s program is currently undergoing formal accreditation.
Overview
The MBA Digital Law program at the German University of Digital Science (German UDS) is designed to provide executives and decision-makers who work at the intersection of law, technology, and business with the competencies required to effectively oversee digital transformation in a world characterized by platforms, data, and artificial intelligence. The program establishes a connection between advanced legal thinking, technological innovation, and practical managerial tools for strategy, compliance, and governance in digitally driven organizations. The curriculum is meticulously designed to integrate the fundamental domains of digital law, encompassing areas such as data protection, AI regulation, platform law, ecommerce, fintech, and robotic law. This integration is achieved through a systematic approach, ensuring a cohesive and practice-oriented educational experience.
The central ambition of this endeavor is not merely to impart isolated legal rules for novel technologies, but rather to cultivate a systemic understanding of the way digital infrastructures, business models, and regulatory frameworks interact and coevolve. Graduates acquire the skills necessary to design and implement legally robust, innovative-friendly solutions in complex environments. They are also able to anticipate regulatory trends, such as the EU's digital strategy, AI Act, DSA/DMA, Data Act, and GDPR.
Program Objectives
- Graduates are equipped to translate regulatory trends and foresigh into governance, risk management, and product development.
- The program integrates academic rigor, digital delivery, and societal responsibility.
- The program prepares professionals to shape a humane, democratic, and sustainable state and administrative order rather than merely re-acting to VUCA disruption.
Exemplary Study Program
Electives
Benefit from our large pool of electives and take the opportunity to specialize individually in your field of interest.
A special feature of our degree programs is the great freedom of choice. While students on each study program must take 50% of the elective modules from a specified subject area designed specifically for the individual study programs, the rest can be chosen freely from the entire electives pool.
- Citizen-Centric Service Design & Co-Creation
- Public Finance, Entrepreneurial Thinking & Innovation Projects
- International Trends & Comparative Digital Government
- Public Private Partnerships in Digital Ecosystems
- Cybersecurity, Risk & Compliance in Digital Administration
- AI, Data & Analytics in Administration
Unique Features
- Combines leadership development with innovation and governance skills, including design thinking, complex problem solving, and public service prototyping.
- Focuses on navigating regulated contexts and organizational tensions, balancing legal frameworks, data-driven optimization, agile development, and human resources requirements.
- Provides interdisciplinary training that enables professionals to lead cross-sector, cross-organization, and cross-border teams in designing novel public services.
- Positions leadership as a driver of transformation, negotiation, ethical reflection, and creative bureaucracy, rather than as a purely managerial or administrative function.
Why study this MBA?
- The MBA Transformation in Bureaucracies program combines contemporary international research with real-world case studies and regulatory practice, encouraging a rigorous examination of regulatory frameworks, their implementation, and their broader implications.
- The program provides a comprehensive understanding of key domains such as AI regulation, platform law, and data governance, including risk-based approaches, co-regulatory models, and the interaction between law, technology, and digital ecosystems.
- Participants engage with current enforcement practices, compliance strategies, and emerging trends through interaction with practitioners from regulatory bodies, courts, law firms, and technology companies.
- Graduates gain the expertise to navigate complex legal environments, manage compliance, and contribute to innovative and responsible administrative transformation.
Why German UDS?
- At the German UDS, the students combine theory and critical thinking with practical experimentation and application.
- Throughout the years, the students learn from pioneering thought-leaders and work with internationally significant industry partners.
- This collaboration allows the students to create innovative work in virtual and extended realities.
- The German UDS provides an extensive online toolset that allows you to succeed with your studies.
Career Outlook
- Graduates of the MBA Transformation in Bureaucracies program will possess a dis-tinctive and highly marketable competence profile of leadership at the intersec-tion of administrations as well as innovation and change management encom-passing public attention and civil society engagement.
- The program prepares professionals to analyze complex legal and regulatory frameworks and translate them into organizational policies, contracts, and governance structures.
- Graduates are equipped to lead interdisciplinary teams in designing and implementing innovative and compliant administrative solutions. They develop the ability to communicate effectively with boards, regulators, and external stakeholders, including risks, trade-offs, and strategic options.
- Typical career paths include roles such as Executive Transformation Officer, Chief Transformation Officer, Head of Transformation, Creative Bureaucracy Lead, Bureaucracy Policy Manager, or Regulatory Affairs Manager.
