Postgraduate · Business
MSc Digital Leadership and AI Innovation
Future-proof your career with a master’s in digital leadership and AI.
Subject to validation
- No technical background needed
- Test leadership decisions in realistic scenarios
- A final project in a real organisation
- Skills to work towards Google Cloud certifications
Build on your experience with skills employers want
Learn AI and subject expertise together, so you have both the skills and the know-how to apply them.
01 · Practical AI skillsGraduate with in-demand, practical AI skills
Learn to make sense of information and use AI to take care of daily admin, so you can focus on leading.
02 · AI in your subjectAI applied in digital leadership
See how AI helps you test strategies, model profit impact and make confident leadership decisions.
03 · Real experienceReal experience and Google Cloud learning
Tackle a real challenge in an organisation in your final project, with Google Cloud learning alongside your degree.
Course overview
Build on your experience with the strategic and leadership skills to evaluate new technology, lead AI adoption and guide your organisation through change with confidence.
AI, emerging technologies and digital transformation are creating new opportunities and challenges for every organisation. The MSc Digital Leadership and AI Innovation helps you lead your organisation through that change and turn new ideas into real results.
You’ll bring together AI, digital innovation, strategy, leadership and responsible technology, learning how to evaluate new tools, spot opportunities and connect technology to business goals. You don’t need to be technical: the focus is on leading people and decisions, with AI as a practical assistant.
Your final project or business consultancy dissertation tackles a real organisational challenge: you’ll design a strategy for using AI to change how an organisation works, and assess its impact on the business.
Leadership skills you’ll build
- Leading an organisation through change with AI.
- Connecting technology to business goals.
- Evaluating emerging technologies.
- Turning strategy into results.
- Ethics, governance, risk and compliance.
- Communicating at executive level.
How you’ll learn to lead change with AI
You don’t need a technical background. You’ll start by testing leadership decisions in realistic business scenarios. Next, you’ll turn information into clear dashboards for senior leaders. Your final project tackles a real challenge in an organisation, ideally your own workplace or target sector.
- Throughout the course
Realistic business scenarios
Work through transformation and operational scenarios, testing decisions safely and seeing their effect on people, performance and risk.
- As you progress
Turning data into clear dashboards
Use AI to make sense of information quickly, build clear visual dashboards and present confident recommendations to senior leaders.
- Final project
A final project to show employers
Design a strategy for using AI to solve a real challenge in an organisation, and assess its impact. It becomes part of your portfolio, and gives employers clear evidence of your leadership.
Learn the subject with Arden. Prove the skill with Google Cloud.
Your degree is co-developed with Google Cloud and taught and awarded by Arden University. Google Cloud’s expertise sits alongside Arden’s experience in leadership education, so you see how organisations adopt AI in practice, and gain the skills to work towards relevant Google Cloud certifications.
Realistic business scenarios
Test leadership decisions safely and see their effect on people, performance and risk.
Google Cloud learning
Google Cloud learning sits alongside your degree.
Skills for Google Cloud certification
Gain the skills to work towards relevant Google Cloud certifications.
Course details
Explore how AI and emerging technologies are reshaping organisations, industries and the future of work, and how organisations can adopt them to improve performance and create value.
- Qualification
- MSc
- Awarded by
- Arden University
- Partnership
- Co-developed with Google Cloud
- Level
- Postgraduate
- Duration
- 1 year full-time (blended), or 1 year+ part-time (online)
- Start date
- April 2027
- Study modes
- Blended (full-time) or online (part-time)
- Campus locations
- London Stratford, Manchester
- Online availability
- Available internationally
- Learning platform
- Arden’s digital learning platform
- Validation
- Subject to validation
Your degree is taught, assessed and awarded by Arden University. Google Cloud contributes learning content, tools and subject-matter expertise.
What you'll study
The module list for this course is still being confirmed.
Modules are still being confirmed
We're still confirming the module list for this course. The rest of this page explains how you'll study and the careers the course can lead to.
Register your interest and we'll send you the module list as soon as it's published.
Modules are subject to validation and may change.
Careers after this course
The course suits professionals already working in management, technology or data roles who want to step into leadership and lead change with AI. It also suits people moving into roles that manage large-scale change.
Examples of roles this course could lead to
- Digital Transformation Manager
- Digital Innovation Manager
- AI Programme Manager
- AI Product Manager
- Digital Strategy Manager
- Technology Transformation Consultant
- Business Transformation Manager
- AI Implementation Manager
- Digital Project Manager
- Data and AI Strategy Manager
- Change Manager
Relevant sectors
- Technology
- Professional services
- Finance
- Healthcare
- Education
- Retail
How you can study
Both study modes cover the same course and lead to the same qualification.
Blended learning
- Where
- London Stratford, Manchester
- Platform
- Arden’s digital learning platform
- Duration
- 1 year full-time
Blended learning combines dedicated face-to-face classes over two days each week with flexible independent study through Arden’s digital learning platform.
It suits students who want regular contact with tutors and peers and live within commuting distance of an Arden campus.
Funding. Students from England on a blended course at a UK campus can apply for a Postgraduate Master’s Loan to help with tuition fees and living costs. Students from Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland can find funding information from their regional student finance body.
Online learning
- Where
- Online, from anywhere in the world
- Platform
- Arden’s digital learning platform
- Duration
- 1 year+ part-time
Online study is available internationally and is designed to fit around work, family and personal commitments.
It is delivered through Arden’s digital learning platform, with live seminars, tutor contact, digital resources and peer discussion.
Entry requirements
Academic requirements
- An undergraduate honours degree at 2:2 or above in any subject; or
- At least two years of relevant professional experience in management, technology, business or digital transformation, supported by a detailed CV and professional references.
- A personal statement and evidence of experience may be requested.
English language requirements
- IELTS 6.5, with no less than 6.0 in any element.
- TOEFL iBT 88.
- Or an accepted equivalent.
Build on the experience you already have
Your profession is changing, and your experience still matters. Build on it with practical AI skills and current professional knowledge, so you can adapt and lead as your field changes.
Build on your experience
Bring your experience in management, technology or business, and add the skills to lead AI adoption.
Lead change in your field
Test leadership decisions in realistic scenarios, then design a strategy for using AI in a real organisation.
Study in a way that fits
Study full-time through blended learning in London Stratford or Manchester, or part-time online around your work and family commitments.
You don’t need to start again. Add new skills to what you already know.
Register your interestThe world of work is changing. So can you.
Register your interest in the MSc Digital Leadership and AI Innovation and we’ll send you the module list as soon as it’s confirmed.
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Course details and modules are subject to validation and may change.