Master of Technological Futures

Master your technological future and stay on top of business innovation. Join us to discover new insights, diverse perspectives and learn how to plan and shape ideas to generate solutions to some of the world’s most challenging problems.

The Master of Technological Futures is a highly innovative Master’s programme for people who want to drive positive change. Designed in consultation with industry and delivered by leading technology experts, futurists and social enterprise leaders, this applied programme upskills professionals to take full advantage of what this fast-emerging digital era offers.

You’ll learn how to do things differently – to see from new perspectives, to plan and shape ideas using new methodologies and develop your leadership skills to be able to drive change in your workplace and communities.

There are three key dimensions where the programme expands your knowledge:

Emerging Disruptive Technologies (EDT). Key technologies like Blockchain, the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, VR/AR and Robotics.

New business models, methods and mindsets. Contemporary approaches to structuring, leading, and developing businesses, including systems and futures thinking, strategic insights, fit for an ever-changing environment.

Societal shifts - influences from society that impact business like circular, sharing, and collaborative economies, the digital-first generation, and the value of genuine indigenous perspectives and wisdom. 

The programme puts you at the centre of change and possibility to enable you to clearly identify opportunities and know how to create sustainable impactful solutions.

The Master of Technological Futures programme differs from traditional Master’s degrees as it’s practical, designed in close consultation with industry experts and you have the choice to either complete it with a research or real-world project. You'll work through a process to develop a project proposal bespoke to you and your identified area and then implement this project all with the support of a dedicated advisor. They will support and guide you throughout the duration of the programme and connect you with other experts, industry or academic, to help round out research and project outcomes.

We're on a mission to make education exactly what you need for the real-world challenges you want to solve. We do it differently so you can make a sustainable, impactful change on the world. Forget the old school. Join the new youniversity.

WHO WE ARE

What is academyEX?

We provide innovative learning programmes that build relevant skills and capabilities to match the requirements of our constantly changing world. Across our faculties & programmes we redefine learning and professional development so you can step into the future with confidence and an ability to create impactful futures.

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT

Learn today, apply tomorrow. With us, expect to get skills, knowledge and connections that you can use now, and to help guide your decisions for the future. With a context not content approach, you apply your practice, your environment or your challenges to your learning. We’re all for flexibility and our stackable learning approach delivers. If you’ve got a master’s degree in sight, with academyEX you can create your pathway there. Pick from a number of micro-credentials and postgraduate certificates to tailor your knowledge and skills in specialised areas and top it off with a real-world project to gain a master’s degree that recognises your capabilities, your expertise and delivers outcomes you can use. academyEX (including faculties The Mind Lab, Tech Futures Lab and Earth Futures Lab) is a Tertiary Education Organisation registered by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) to deliver qualifications approved by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) under the provision of the Education and Training Act 2000. Based on our NZQA External Evaluation and Review (EER) we have been classified as a Category 1 Education Organisation. This means that NZQA are highly confident in our educational performance and self-assessment capability.