Learning Objectives:

Apply the knowledge and tools you gained in the business project course to a real project. Industry or research partners will provide a real case or research question and student teams will work to create a concrete result, e.g., a software artefact or prototype, an algorithm, an empirical study, a research paper. This course can be a stepping stone for academic research (continuation towards a master thesis) or job opportunity. 

Topics of this course:

• Project planning and management skills – applied

• Coaching by project management experts

• Depending on the topic of real-life project: software development, methods of empirical data collection (interviews, experiments, web scraping), data analysis and data mining…

Lab Closing Event 2025

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The Digital Economy master students of the 2023 cohort presented the results of their semester-long projects in our Lab Closing Event. Lab partners ÖBB and WKÖ, alumni, lecturers and students from the next cohort enjoyed entertaining elevator pitches. The 2023 students did a great job, congratulations! More in-depth discussions and networking followed at the poster session.