►EU-BACKED MBA - OCTOBER 2026 INTAKE

Lead the Digital Circular Economy Transition

A 90 ECTS MBA for working professionals who want to turn sustainability regulation, deep-tech, digital product passports, AI, blockchain, and circular business models into a strategic advantage. 


MBA Degree in Digital Deep Tech Driven Circular Economy

START DATE
October 2026

CREDITS

90 ECTS

DURATION
18 months

LANGUAGE

English

DELIVERY
Online with
hybrid elements

AWARD

MBA Degree

Full tuition-fee waiver for eligible applicants.
Eligible applicants who are citizens of EU Member States, or of countries participating in the Digital Europe Programme, will receive a full waiver of tuition fees, subject to admission and confirmation of eligibility. The waiver applies to tuition fees only. A non-refundable application fee is payable by all applicants. Admitted applicants must also pay the applicable admission/registration fee. Applicants who do not meet the tuition-fee waiver criteria are responsible for all applicable fees, including tuition fees. 


EU PROGRAMME SUPPORT

Supported under the European Commission’s STEP Seal

MBA CREDENTIAL        

90 ECTS | EQF Level 7 / ISCED Level 7
MBA Degree | AMBA accredited

FUNDING & FEES

€45,000 tuition | 100% tuition-fee waiver for eligible EU/DEP citizens | Application fee applies | Admission fee if admitted

FORMAT, INTAKE, DURATION

October 2026 intake | 18 months |
Online with hybrid elements

FOR WORKING PROFESSIONALS

Circular economy, governance and digital transformation professionals

WHY THIS MBA, WHY NOW

Turn Europe’s Green and Digital Transition Into a Business Advantage

This MBA is designed for these professionals who need to lead in that new business reality.
European organisations are entering a new competitive reality. They are reshaping strategy, investment, product design, procurement, risk, and growth.
You will learn how to connect circular economy strategy with digital technologies, regulatory foresight, business model innovation, and executive decision-making. The goal is not only to understand the transition. The goal is to use it to create value, build resilience, and lead transformation across functions.

This is not a traditional MBA with a sustainability module added on.
It is an applied MBA built around the business models, technologies, regulations, and leadership capabilities defining the next phase of European competitiveness.

THIS IS NOT A TRADITIONAL mBA

Built For The Intersection That Traditional Programmes Miss

Most programmes approach the transition from one angle. Traditional MBAs focus on management. Sustainability courses focus on ESG knowledge. Technology programmes focus on tools. This MBA is designed for the space where today’s strategic decisions are actually being made: where business models, EU regulation, digital infrastructure, finance, operations and circular economy transformation meet.

Traditional MBA

General management

Strong for leadership, finance and strategy, but often not designed around circular economy regulation, digital product passports, ESG transformation or deep-tech implementation.

Sustainability course

ESG and circularity knowledge

Valuable for awareness and reporting, but often too narrow for business model redesign, investment decisions, operations, innovation and executive leadership.

Technology course

Digital tool adoption

Useful for technical literacy, but often disconnected from market strategy, regulatory context, organisational change and commercial value creation.

EPBS Research Driven MBA

Integrated transformation leadership

An MBA for professionals who need to connect strategy, regulation, finance, circular business models, digital technologies and implementation.

IS THIS MBA FOR YOU?

Designed For Professionals Leading The Transition

This MBA is for people working where sustainability, technology, regulation, operations, innovation and business strategy meet. It is designed for ESG and sustainability professionals, engineers moving into leadership, product and innovation teams, digital transformation leaders, operations and supply-chain managers, consultants, policy and compliance specialists, researchers, executives and entrepreneurs.
Applicants may come from companies, start-ups, consulting firms, research organisations, public authorities, regulatory bodies and policymaking institutions. 
AN 18-MONTH APPLIED MBA JOURNEY

Programme Structure

The MBA is organised as an 18-month learning journey combining digital circular economy foundations, core business leadership, specialist electives and an applied dissertation or business project.

PHASE 1
Foundations of the Digital Circular Economy
Build a shared strategic language for circular economy, digital transformation, standards, transparency and European market change.
  • Digital circular economy principles
  • Digital product passports and traceability
  • EU regulatory compliance and standardisation
PHASE 2
Business Leadership and Strategy
Move from technical awareness to executive decision-making, business-model redesign and financially credible transformation.
  • Circular business models
  • Innovation and strategic management
  • Financial strategies for circular ventures
PHASE 3
Deep-Tech Electives
Tailor your pathway toward the sectors and technologies most relevant to your organisation or venture.
  • Energy transformation, digital health, Industry 4.0
  • AI and blockchain for circular supply chains
  • Smart cities, regions and data-driven social economy
PHASE 4
Integrative Business Project
Develop a practical transformation project that can be used in your organisation, market, venture or policy context.
  • Executive-ready circular transformation roadmap
  • Mentored project development
  • Final dissertation or applied business project
CURRICULUM

Core Expertise and Specialist Pathways

Review the full MBA course structure below. Core courses build your foundation in digital circular economy, EU regulation, strategy, innovation and finance. Electives allow you to specialise in the sectors, technologies and transformation challenges most relevant to your career.

Select a course to explore its focus, learning outcomes and role in your applied MBA journey.

Core Courses
Elective Courses
INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS PROJECT

Your Final MBA Capstone: From Insight to Applied Transformation

The Integrative Business Project is where your MBA learning becomes applied management practice. In the final semester, you work on a supervised circular-economy challenge, drawing on research, consultancy methods and the full MBA toolkit to produce evidence-based recommendations for an organisation, value chain or sectoral context.

STEP 01

Define the need

Identify the organisational, value-chain or ecosystem challenge your project will address.

STEP 02

Research the context

Build a strong evidence base using data, literature, market insight and policy context.

STEP 03

Apply consultancy methods

Use a structured approach to diagnosis, analysis, solution design and recommendation.

STEP 04

Connect the disciplines

Bring together strategy, finance, governance, technology, stakeholder and sustainability perspectives.

STEP 05

Create recommendations

Develop actionable conclusions, a business case, roadmap or implementation logic where relevant.

STEP 06

Evidence your contribution

Present the project and demonstrate your individual learning through reflection and assessment.

Learning experience

Built Around The Realities of Working Professionals

This MBA is designed so you can build executive-level capability without stepping away from your role. The learning experience combines live expert sessions, structured online study, peer collaboration and applied assignments linked to real organisational challenges.
Live and asynchronous learning
Join live sessions with faculty and experts, then continue through guided online study, cases, readings and collaborative project work at a pace designed for professionals.
Cross-sector peer learning
Learn alongside professionals from sustainability, engineering, product innovation, digital transformation, operations, consulting, policy, research and entrepreneurship.
Recognised MBA credential
Earn a 90 ECTS, master’s-level MBA focused on the strategic, regulatory, technological and leadership capabilities needed for Europe’s green and digital transition.
Applied business assessment
Turn course concepts into practical outputs: strategy briefs, circular business model designs, regulatory analyses, technology use cases and implementation roadmaps.

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Ready to lead the transition?
Take the next step towards a future-focused MBA designed for working professionals.

Recognised with the EU Commission
STEP Seal

This MBA is part of the 3D-CIRCULAR project, which has received funding from the European Health and Digital Executive Agency under Grant Agreement No. 101226256. The initiative has been awarded the European Commission’s STEP Seal, recognising alignment with Europe’s strategic technology and competitiveness priorities.
For professionals, this means you are joining a programme connected to Europe’s digital, green and industrial transformation agenda.
This project has received funding from the European Health and Digital Executive Agency under Grant Agreement No. 101226256. Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Health and Digital Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.