{"id":100241729,"date":"2025-11-12T07:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T06:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/?post_type=press&#038;p=100241729"},"modified":"2025-11-12T08:28:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T07:28:26","slug":"a-new-era-for-entrepreneurship-education-at-fh-joanneum","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/en\/press\/a-new-era-for-entrepreneurship-education-at-fh-joanneum\/","title":{"rendered":"A new era for entrepreneurship education at FH JOANNEUM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-sidebar-layout-container margin-bottom-normal\">\n    <div\n        class=\"container-lg\"\n        style=\"--bs-gutter-x: 0;\"\n    >\n        <div\n            class=\"row\"\n            style=\"--bs-gutter-x: 0;\"\n        >\n            \n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-3 order-1 order-md-0 sidebar\">\n            \n<div\n        id=\"\"\n        class=\"wp-block-person-card margin-bottom-normal\"\n    >\n        <div class=\"container-lg\">\n            <div class=\"row justify-content-around\">\n                <div class=\"col-8 col-sm-6 col-md-12\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/en\/university\/person\/christian-friedl\"\n    class=\"person-card\">\n    <div class=\"border border-light h-100\">\n\n        <div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n            <picture>\n        <img decoding=\"async\"\n        class=\"img-fluid\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/online.fh-joanneum.at\/JOANNEUMonline\/visitenkarte.showImage?pPersonenGruppe=3&amp;pPersonenId=AA4BA4A4A45C09D0\"\n        alt=\"\"\n        title=\"\"\n                 onerror=\"this.src = 'https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/app\/themes\/fh\/public\/images\/avatar_dummy.e5edf9.png'\"     >\n<\/picture>\n\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"p-2 p-xl-3\">\n                            <p class=\"mb-1 hyphens\">FH-Prof. Mag. Dr.<\/p>\n                        <h6>Christian Friedl<\/h6>\n                            <p class=\"mb-1 hyphens\"> MSc<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"mb-0 hyphens\">\n              Associate Professor, Head of Master\u00b4s programme \u201eDigital Entrepreneurship\u201c<br>\n            <\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/a>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n    id=\"\"\n    class=\"wp-block-institute-card margin-bottom-normal\"\n>\n    <div class=\"container-lg\">\n                                    <div class=\"row justify-content-around\">\n                    <div class=\"col-8 col-sm-6 col-md-12\">\n                        <a\n        class=\"management institute-card\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/institut\/international-management-and-entrepreneurship\/\"\n        target=\"_self\"\n    >\n                            <div class=\"major-bg-color\">\n            <div class=\"wrapper\">\n                <div class=\"header\">\n                    <span>Institute<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n                <h4>International Management and Entrepreneurship<\/h4>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <span><\/span>\n                    <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"d-none d-md-flex col-md-1 seperator-column\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-8 order-0 order-md-1\">\n    \n<div\n    id=\"\"\n    class=\"wp-block-intro-text margin-bottom-normal\"\n>\n    <div class=\"container-lg\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col\">\n                <div class=\"major-text-color fst-italic\"><p>FH JOANNEUM presents the redesigned Master\u2019s degree programme Digital Entrepreneurship &amp; Innovation \u2013 together with its new Head of Programme.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"wp-block-text-content margin-bottom-normal\">\n    <div class=\"container-lg\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col\">\n                <p>As a Board Member and Co-Author of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) &ndash; the world&rsquo;s largest study on entrepreneurship &ndash; <strong>Christian Friedl<\/strong> combines scientific expertise, long-standing practical experience in developing and supporting innovation and startup projects, and award-winning teaching excellence.<\/p>\n<p>The reformed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/digital-entrepreneurship\/master\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Master&rsquo;s programme<\/a> brings together business, technology, and innovation competence in a forward-looking way &ndash; and is aimed at all those who want to actively shape the digital economy.<\/p>\n<p>After five successful years, the programme has been fundamentally redesigned. The new curriculum is fully taught in English, interdisciplinary, and work-friendly. It was developed through an extensive co-creation process with students, alumni, lecturers, and experts from business and the startup ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>The goal: to create a study programme that prepares graduates for the challenges of a dynamic, technology-driven economy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We disrupted our own programme &ndash; just like real entrepreneurs do,&rdquo; explains Programme Director Christian Friedl.&nbsp;&ldquo;The new curriculum integrates business thinking, technological understanding, and personal development &ndash; exactly the combination that will make the difference in the future.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h4>Business, Technology, and Mindset: three equal pillars<\/h4>\n<p>The programme combines economic, technological, and personal competences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rethink Business: Students learn to design, test, and scale new business models &ndash; from concept to market success.<\/li>\n<li>Apply Technology, don&rsquo;t just understand it: In courses such as Future Tech for Innovators or Cloud Prototyping, students work hands-on with current digital tools and technologies.<\/li>\n<li>Mindset as a success factor: Courses on resilience, failure-driven learning, and design thinking foster creativity, self-responsibility, and leadership strength.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the heart of the programme are the Startup Labs, where students develop their own innovation projects &ndash; from the initial idea and prototype to a market-ready solution.<\/p>\n<h4>Open to all disciplines and connected to Europe&rsquo;s Startup Ecosystem<\/h4>\n<p>The Master&rsquo;s programme is open to bachelor graduates of all academic backgrounds who want to drive innovation, start their own ventures, or transform existing organisations.&nbsp;Through close partnerships with startup networks, innovation hubs, and companies across Austria, Europe and beyond, students gain direct access to mentoring, projects, and real-world markets.<\/p>\n<h4>Flexible, practice-oriented, and international<\/h4>\n<p>With its work-friendly structure, the programme is perfectly compatible with part-time employment or one&rsquo;s own entrepreneurial projects. Interactive workshops, flexible online formats, and international learning environments make the Master&rsquo;s particularly practice-based and future-oriented.<\/p>\n<h4>Programme Facts<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Degree: Master of Arts in Business (MA)<\/li>\n<li>Duration: 4 semesters \/ 120 ECTS<\/li>\n<li>Language: English<\/li>\n<li>Format: Work-friendly (part-time compatible)<\/li>\n<li>Location: FH JOANNEUM, Campus Graz<\/li>\n<li>Start: Autumn 2026<\/li>\n<li>Admission: Open to graduates from all academic disciplines<\/li>\n<li>Places: 20 per year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Find out more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/digital-entrepreneurship\/master\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":100241604,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"typ":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/100241729"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/100241729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100242258,"href":"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/100241729\/revisions\/100242258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100241604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100241729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"typ","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typ?post=100241729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}