Program Overview

Digital Economies (South East Asia) MSc

Key information

Duration: 2 years Application status: Open Start date: September 2025

Course essentials

This programme is designed to teach you a solid knowledge and understanding of how digital artefacts are unique, how they lead to innovation, and their effects on contemporary society. You’ll learn about the main critical and theoretical approaches to the analysis of the digital at macro and micro levels, and discover how to apply this to the management of digital artefacts.

Key benefits

• Knowledge and understanding of the effects of digital artefacts on contemporary society.
• Knowledge and understanding of the main critical and theoretical approaches to the analysis of the digital economy at a macro level.
• Knowledge and understanding of the main critical and theoretical approaches to the analysis of the digital economy at a micro level.
• Knowledge and understanding of how digital artefacts are unique and lead to innovative forms of products, services and processes.
• Knowledge and critical understanding that can be applied to practice with regard to managing digital artefacts at a micro level.
• Hybrid Learning Experience: Benefit from a hybrid teaching approach combining virtual lectures, seminars, and face-to-face components, including an intensive summer module focused on Indonesia and Southeast Asia.
• Knowledge and understanding of how all these things can be applied to the context of South East Asia.

Entry requirements

UK applicants

• Standard requirements: A minimum 2:1 undergraduate Bachelor’s (honours) degree
• Programme-Specific Requirements: A minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree with a final mark of at least 60% or above in the UK marking scheme.

International applicants

• Equivalent International qualifications: Select a country to view equivalent qualifications
• English language requirements: English language band D
• Personal statement and supporting information: Answer two questions as part of your online application form

Teaching & structure

Teaching methods - what to expect

• The programme will be delivered in hybrid mode, a combination of virtual synchronous and a-synchronous lectures and seminars, with face-to-face components for each module provided by King’s College London fly-in faculty at Singhasari.
• A summer intensive will provide one module fully face-to-face at Singhasari.

Assessment

• Coursework
• Written examinations
• Practical Examinations
• Essays
• Reports
• Projects

Structure

• Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits.
• Required modules:
  • Micro Perspectives on the Digital Economy (30 credits)
  • Macro Perspectives on the Digital Economy (30 credits)
  • Designing Research (15 credits)
  • Situating Research (15 credits)
  • Dissertation (30 credits)
• Optional modules:
  • AI & Society (15 credits)
  • Social Media, Marketing and Platforms (15 credits)
  • Digital Industries and Internet Culture (15 credits)
  • Digital Entrepreneurship (15 credits)

Careers

Employability

• As a Digital Economies MSc graduate, you’ll be well-placed to pursue a career that requires an understanding of the digital economy or to expand your experience with creative roles.
• The skills you develop are likely to be particularly transferable to work in digital companies and positions that need skills in digital business models, ecosystem strategies, social media management, analytics, CRM management, digital advertising, market research, and platform scaling and growth analysis.

Fees & Funding

Tuition Fees

• The cost of the full programme is £24,000.
• If you are the employee of a State-owned Enterprise, local government or a recipient of an LPDP scholarship please indicate on your application.

Deposit

• For applicants funded by State-owned Enterprise or LPDP there is no deposit required.
• Self funded students: When you receive an offer for this course you will be required to pay a non-refundable deposit* to secure your place.

Additional Costs

• In addition to your tuition costs, you can also expect to pay for:
  • Books if you choose to buy your own copies
  • Personal photocopies
  • Printing course handouts
  • Society membership fees
  • Stationery

Funding

• To find out more about bursaries, scholarships, grants, tuition fees, living expenses, student loans, and other financial help available at King's please visit the Fees and Funding section.