Growth Hacking for Entrepreneurs, Master of Arts

These are the prerequisites for the Master Growth Hacking for Entrepreneurs

With your Master in Growth Hacking for Entrepreneurs, you'll work as a Chief Executive Officer or  Head of Customer Growth, for example.

You can be admitted to the part-time master's program Growth Hacking for Entrepreneurs at IU International University if you have earned a first degree from a state-approved or public university, such as a bachelor's or master's degree. The final grade of your degree should be at least "Satisfactory."

Depending on the scope of your first degree, professional experience is also required:

• If your first degree comprises 240 ECTS and you can prove at least 1 year of qualified work experience, you can be enrolled in the Master's program immediately.
• If your first degree comprises 210 ECTS and you can demonstrate at least 1 year of qualified work experience, you can be immediately enrolled in the master's program Growth Hacking for Entrepreneurs. Alternatively, you will take modules at IU amounting to at least 30 ECTS after.
• If your first degree comprises 180 ECTS, you post-enroll in courses comprising at least 30 ECTS and also provide evidence of professional experience of at least 1 year. Alternatively, you prove at least 2 years of qualified work experience.

In addition, you can extensively Vorleistungen be recognized to shorten the study time in distance learning and to save tuition fees. For example, achievements that you have made in previous master programs can be recognized. The university can also recognize extensive work experience. It is best to submit your application for recognition together with your application.

This is the study content in the online study Growth Hacking for Entrepreneurs

This master's degree at IU comprises about 20 modules that you take and complete over the course of 2 semesters of standard study time. Each module has a scope of 5-10 credit points (ECTS) and concludes with an examination such as a term paper or a written exam. In total, you will earn 60 credit points from module to module and from semester to semester.

The typical study plan for full-time study in Growth Hacking for Entrepreneurs looks as follows:

• Semester 1: Advanced Growth Hacking, Business Model Design, Lean Start Up, Project: Growth Hacking Tools, Applied Research, Seminar: Current Topics of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Semester 2: Project: Growth Hack Development, Electives A, Master's Thesis

As a Specialization you can choose from these exciting modules: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Applications, Consumer Behavior and Growth Hacks, Data Science and Analytics, Data and Conversion Rate, Digital Transformation, E-commerce, IT Project and Architecture Management, Innovation and Sales, Leadership and Change, Marketing Project and Agile Project Management, Neuromarketing, Performance Marketing, Product Development and Design Thinking, SEA and Social Media Marketing, Start Up Lab.

This is how flexible the standard study period is in the Growth Hacking for Entrepreneurs distance learning program

At IU International University, you choose one of 3 study models in the part-time distance learning program:

• In the full-time study the standard period of study is 2 semesters or 12 months. You can extend the standard study period by up to 2 semesters or 12 months at no additional cost. The full-time study in Growth Hacking for Entrepreneurs is especially suitable for those who are not working or only working a few hours a week.
• In the Part-Time Study I, the standard period of study is 3 semesters or 18 months. You can extend the standard period of study by up to 2 semesters or 12 months at no additional cost. The part-time study I is suitable, for example, if you work part-time in addition to your studies.
• In the part-time study II the standard period of study is 4 semesters or 24 months. You can extend the standard period of study by up to 2 semesters or 12 months at no additional cost. The part-time study II is particularly suitable if you are strongly involved in addition to your distance learning professionally.

By the way, you can also take a leave semester during the course of study, at no additional cost.

How does online study at IU work?

Study that adapts to your life: In online studies at IU, you learn flexibly and digitally when you want to learn and where you want to learn.

In the master's distance learning program Growth Hacking for Entrepreneurs at IU International University, there is no compulsory attendance - you will study throughout from home, in the library of your choice, or wherever you can learn best.

You take your modules and courses when you want. This usually gives you the flexibility to arrange your own study plan and semester schedule.

Central to the IU distance learning program are your interactive learning scripts. You receive the scripts in printed form as well as digitally as a PDF and for your tablet. The smart IU Learn app gives you access to both the scripts for your Growth Hacking for Entrepreneurs degree program and scripts from all other distance learning programs at IU.

You can also access supplemental materials, such as videos, through myCampus, IU's online campus. You can exchange information with your lecturers and fellow students in live virtual formats, for example, via the interactive courses.

And exams? If you wish, you can write them as online exams. You can take an online exam around the clock as soon as you feel sufficiently prepared for the subject matter. Alternatively, you can write the exam at one of the IU's numerous exam centers throughout Germany.