Digital4Business, a European Commission-funded initiative, has announced the opening of fully-funded applications for the January 2026 intake of its Joint Professional Master's in Advanced Digital Technologies for Business.
Digital4Business brings together 13 academic, industry and innovative partners from six EU member states, including Ireland.
The masters' degree aims to narrow the Europe's digital skills gap by enabling learners to study advanced technologies with four leading institutions, with no fees for those enrolling in the January 2026 intake.
There are no registration, tuition or exam fees for entrants beginning in January 2026.
The programme will be jointly delivered online by National College of Ireland, Sweden's Linköping University, Portugal’s NOVA IMS and Italy's University of Bologna,
The course focuses on the skills employers urgently need, including AI for Business, Data Science, Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, IoT, Blockchain, Generative AI and Digital Transformation.
"Europe cannot compete globally without a digitally empowered workforce, and access to advanced skills must be radically widened," said Coordinator for the Digital4Business consortium, Professor Horacio González-Vélez, Head of the Cloud Competency Centre at National College of Ireland.
"Digital4Business is doing exactly that by removing financial barriers, bringing together four of Europe’s strongest Higher Education Institutions into one integrated online programme, and giving people the advanced digital capabilities that companies urgently need," Professor González-Vélez said.
The deadline for applications is 19 December, with the programme starting in January 2026.
