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Master of Digital Transformation and Innovation with Concentration in Applied Data Science

Canada

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What will I learn?

The Digital Transformation and Innovation 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 multi-disciplinary 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.

Which department am I in?

Faculty of Engineering

Study options

Full Time (2 years)

Tuition fees
CAD$15,135.75 (US$ 10,877) per year
CAN $1,009.05 per unit
Start date

September 2025

Venue

University of Ottawa

75 Laurier Avenue East,

OTTAWA,

Ontario (ON),

K1N 6N5, Canada

Entry requirements

For international students

Have a Bachelor’s degree with a specialization or a major (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline with a minimum admission average of 75% (B+).

Have completed a course in statistics; a course in management information systems or computing; and two advanced courses showing specialization in one of three disciplines: creative arts and humanities (online multi-media or communications); management (digital transformation management or strategy); or technology (online application development or data science).

Language tests recognized by the University of Ottawa:

TOEFL minimum score of 600 (paper-based) with a minimum score of 50 on the written and 50 on the spoken or a minimum score of 100 (internet-based).
IELTS minimum score of 7 for 3 of the 4 tests (Reading, Listening, Writing, Speaking) and a minimum score of 6 in the fourth test.
A score of at least 14 on the CANTEST, with no individual test score below 4.0, along with a minimum score of 4.5 on the oral component of the test.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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