Master in Marketing and Digital Business

Digital Business and Business Digitization

In recent years, the digital universe has acquired an unquestionable social and economic preponderance. New consumers with access to unlimited information are no longer a passive agent, they are active interlocutors who seek and construct more convenient solutions. More immediate, more conscious and informed consumers demand faster and more flexible solutions and responses. These consumers challenge a conventional marketing approach and the way to do business.

Management and businesses has been suffering from indelible changes as a result of technological advances. On the one hand, there is an uprise of technology-based business, but also the need to incorporate the potentialities and characteristics of new technologies in management models.

Therefore, a digitization of new and existing businesses is no longer an option but an inevitability, as companies and institutions need to respond to this challenge of the global and digital age, with a new business culture led by new managers.

In response to the challenges posed by the increasingly digital environment and the need for companies and businesses to incorporate these trends, the Master’s in Marketing and Digital Business provide a training that balances the ability to master the methods and tools of approach to the market, skills to develop businesses in global context, and the application of technological potential on business.

Publication in Diário da República, 2nd series – No. 48 – 7th March 2024 – Announcement no. 34/2024

McKinsey & Company, a reputed international consultant, says in a recent study* on the digital economy that “bold, tightly integrated digital strategies will be what distinguishes winning companies, and the greatest returns will go to those who start digital disruptions.” The consultancy concludes by suggesting that companies should act decisively in both the creation of digital businesses and the digitization of existing business models.

The only masters to offer a blend between marketing, business and digital

The Master in Marketing and Digital Business responds to this challenge and need. The combination of marketing, business, and digital presents itself as the differentiating aspect compared to other offers at master’s level. With the skills acquired during this training, the student will be able to develop and operationalize business strategies capable of meeting the challenges of the digital economy.

Thought and Action; Strategy and Operations in a single master’s degree

The content reflects this innovative approach combining key issues for strategic design, such as consumer trends, strategic and operational marketing and communication management – addressing themes that enable the strategy to be implemented:  integrated communication in digital media, marketing Intelligence, digital labs, and e-commerce.

Know more, Do More, Experience more

The learning strategy focuses on the learner and the experiential dimension of learning, focusing on learn-by-doing, problem solving and best practices seminars. In the final part of the master, in addition to the dissertation, the possibility of choosing an internship or a project allows not only the contact with the business reality, but also the possibility of developing innovative ideas with business potential.

* The case for digital reinvention (Jacques Bughin, Laura LaBerge, and Anette Mellbye), McKinsey & Company, February 2017

How far do you want to go?

The World Economic Forum predicts that some future professions do not exist today. But with combined preparation in the areas of marketing, business, and digital, the possibilities that open up are innumerable. Prepare for the future …

Jobs related to marketing and digital areas, both on public and private institutions, profitable or  non-profit organizations, namely:

• definition of blend strategies (online and offline)
• digital communication
• digital marketing
• social media management
• customer relationship management (CRM)
• e-commerce management
• data-mining and consumer analysis

1. To design and implement solutions to support the creation of digital businesses in the global world;
2. To design and implement solutions that provide for integration of the digital dimension in traditional business models;
3. To integrate and promote a culture of innovation in the business context;
4. To adopt a philosophy of marketing onto businesses development and management;
5. To integrate the technological tools in businesses management, including collection, organization, analysis, development and dissemination of information;
6. To solve business and marketing problems in the digital environment by making use of scientific research methods and techniques, communicating and defending clearly the proposed solutions;
7. To know how to use and select digital tools to support marketing and new business models.

This diploma confers the qualification in the Master in Marketing and Digital Business (120 ECTS) or, with the completion of the 1st year, the Specialization in Marketing and Digital Business (60 ECTS).

• More information about the degree at DGES (including accreditation)
• Self-evaluation guide