TUM School of Management is the number one in the world to educate students in digitalization and worldwide third for training digital start-up leaders
In the latest edition of the Digital Leaders in Higher Education – a series of the Global Ranking for Best Universities for Digital Learning and Studies – TUM School of Management has earned first place.
Which universities train their students best to work with digital technologies? Who is producing the future "digital leaders" in large companies and in startups?
To find out, consulting firms Emerging and Trendence used the Crunchbase database to identify the university degrees of 110,000 digital professionals at the world's most innovative companies. They also asked around 3,600 IT professionals, startup founders and young professionals which universities they would recruit graduates from. The result is the "Global Ranking for Best Universities for Digital Learning and Studies" in the "Digital Leaders in Higher Education" series.
Here’s what they found out:
- TUM with its School of Management is the world's best university in "Digital companies' management studies". In this category, the ranking evaluates how many managers of digital companies have studied business, marketing and/or finance at the respective universities.
- TUM also ranks third after the University of Tokyo and the University of Melbourne in terms of training for digital startups. For this category, the degrees of the founders were evaluated and the digital experts were asked about the best entrepreneurship programs.
- In the overall ranking, TUM achieved 11th place, which means that it has improved by seven places compared to the previous year.
Especially at TUM Campus Heilbronn we educate digital thinkers, future leaders, entrepreneurs, and pioneers. Hereby, we are as technology-driven as their careers ahead. Our interdisciplinary approach in the study programs combining management and technology prepares our students to shape the future. At Campus Heilbronn the TUM School of Management offers the Bachelor in Management & Technology as well as the Master in Management to educate digital leaders.
