RWTH Aachen University campus

Engineering

Governance of Technology and Innovation M.A. at RWTH Aachen University

RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Programme overview

Our society is being transformed by technology and innovation in a sustainable manner. This is evident in global challenges such as the energy transition, climate change, aging societies, networked production, artificial intelligence, and mobility. To ensure a fair decision-making process, complex and confusing information, as well as ignorance must be grappled with.

Faculty: Department of Society, Technology, and Human Factors at the Human Technology Center and here by the Chairs Philosophy of Science and Technology and Technology and Society at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German- and English-taught  |  Intake: Winter Semester  |  Location: Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Please note: some modules are offered in German and some in English. In future, you will find further information on the curriculum and a link to the module catalogue on the course of study’s webpage, as well as the institutes involved in it.

Career pathways

Graduates will have acquired special skills to answer questions on knowledge and decision-making in complex processes of societal change through and with technology.

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Application information

Entry requirements

First university degree, required qualifications according to the examination regulations. Admission to first semester: Open (No NC). You will need a first university degree in a social sciences or humanities discipline, or alternatively in natural or life sciences, or engineering.

Intake: Winter Semester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)

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