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Curriculum 

(This information is valid for student intakes 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028.)

1st Semester, UWK (Austria)

30 ECTS (six modules, each 5 ECTS)

1. Systems in Transition 1
2. Higher Education Governance and Management
3. Theories of Higher Education, Research and Innovation

4. Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
5. Mission-driven Institutional Management
6. Research Methods 1

 

2nd Semester, TAU (Finland)

 30 ECTS (six modules, each 5 ECTS)

7. Systems in Transition 2
8. Organisation Theory in Higher Education and Innovation
9. Higher Education and Societal Challenges

10. Financial Management and Funding in Higher Education
11. Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Education
12. Research Methods 2

Internship and 3rd Semester

Internship - 10 ECTS, worldwide

Duration: minimum 8 weeks   

 

Specialization Asia - 15 ECTS (three modules, each 5 ECTS), either at BNU (China) or TIET (India)

Specialization at BNU: Educational Planning and Development:
13. Systems in Transition 3
14. Educational Planning: Theory and Practice
15. Comparative Perspectives on Higher Education Reforms
 
Specialization at TIET: Sustainable Education and Social Entrepreneurship
16. Systems in Transition 3
17. Social and Commercial Entrepreneurship
18. Designing for Sustainability Education

 

Specialisation Europe - 10 ECTS (two modules, each 5 ECTS), at one of the five institutions

Research Management and Digital Transformation, TAU (Finland)

Leadership and Management, UASO (Germany)

Institutional Research, UWK (Austria)

Learning and Teaching, ELTE (Hungary)

Policy Analysis, UA (Portugal)  
19. Research and Transfer Management 21. Leadership and Change 23. Designing Institutional Research Studies 25. Programme Design, Delivery and Assessment 27. Organization of the Science and Technology System and Policies
20. Digital Transformation of Higher Education Research 22. Strategies and Transformation in Practice 24. Institutional Research and Strategic Foresight 26. Innovation in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education 28. Policies, Organisation and Management of Higher Education

4th Semester

Master's Thesis - 25 ECTS, depending on specialisation

either at TAU (Finland), UASO (Germany), UWK (Austria), ELTE (Hungary), UA (Portugal), BNU (China), or TIET (India)


The full-time study program with 120 ECTS can be completed within 4 semesters (2 years). Students have the same mobility track in the first two semesters (Krems/Austria and Tampere/Finland). In the third and fourth semester, students chose their specialization in Asia (Beijing/China or Patiala/India) and in Europe (Krems/Austria, Tampere/Finland, Osnabrück/Germany, Budapest/Hungary, or Aveiro/Portugal).

Compulsory physical mobility for all enrolled students

EMJM must include compulsory physical mobility for all enrolled students (EMJM scholarship-holders or not) consisting of a minimum of two study periods in two countries, of which at least one must be a EU Member State or third country associated to the Erasmus+ programme. These two countries must be different from the country of residence of the student at enrolment stage. Each of the two mandatory study periods must correspond to a workload of at least one academic semester (30 ECTS). For MARIHE, this means: Applicants with their country of residence in Austria or Finland cannot chose the specialization at UWK and TAU.