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Active Ageing and Age-Friendly Society* – Joint Master Programme

The demographic changes are progressing and present new challenges for our societies, politics, the economy, and health systems. Do you want to be part of the effort to address the challenges of demographic change and contribute to a brighter future for our community and society?

Interdisciplinary and international Joint Master Programme

The Joint Master’s programme “Active Ageing and Age-Friendly Society” (EMMA) addresses the effects of demographic change by developing an interdisciplinary and transnational study programme. It prepares you to develop and implement innovative models on the topic of ageing and promotes future-oriented concepts of Active Ageing and an Age-Friendly Society.

This interdisciplinary and international master’s programme is conducted by five partner universities:

• Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS), Austria, coordinator of the joint programme EMMA
• The University of Lisbon (UniLisbon), Portugal
• National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece
• University College Cork (UCC), Ireland
• Karelia University of Applied Sciences (KareliaUAS), Finland

The curriculum combines interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches of ageing research, including areas such as social sciences, politics, economics, technology, and health, in both theory and practice. Students acquire in-depth knowledge and critical perspectives on active aging and societal changes associated with demographic shifts. These skills help to face the effects of demographic change and to shape the future.

The contents of the EMMA Joint Programme emerged from the Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership Project EMMA (2020 – 2023) which was co-funded by the European Union.

Transnational Perspectives and Knowledge

A highlight of the EMMA Master’s programme is within its structure, as a transnational, intersectoral and interdisciplinary joint programme, delivered by partner universities throughout Europe. This enables perspectives that go beyond national borders and includes global considerations as well as knowledge transfer. Through this, students acquire important international competencies and future skills to sustainably shape ageing and the ageing processes based on transnational knowledge.

What does EMMA offer?

• Active Ageing and Age-Friendly Society as central concepts of the programme
• In-depth knowledge of ageing in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary perspective
• Expertise in designing and implementing future concepts of active ageing
• Essential knowledge in the field of interdisciplinary ageing research
• Individual specialization through four core of choice and six elective modules
• Practice-oriented teaching that combines theoretical learning with real-world applications from international teachers
• Teachers and researchers from a wide variety of disciplines: social sciences, health sciences, economics, technology, architecture, etc.
• Intergenerational approaches to understand Active Ageing and Age Friendly Society in a broader context
• Flexible study model: The EMMA Master offers a study model that can be tailored to your individual needs:
  • 100% online with synchronous and asynchronous elements
  • 1 on-site intensive week in the 3rd semester at CUAS in Carinthia, Austria
  • Teacher and peer-to-peer support

The effects of demographic change require innovative and interdisciplinary approaches. The Joint Programme EMMA offers you the opportunity to acquire valuable skills that are in high demand across various professional fields. From business, economy and technology to fields of social work, administration, politics and public health, the career prospects are diverse and future oriented.

Facts about of the Joint Programme EMMA:

• 2-year Master’s Joint Programme with 120 ECTS
• 100% English
• Academic degree: Master of Science (M.Sc.), awarded by five European Universities (The conditions for the awarding of the degree in this joint programme are recorded in the contract of training and education.)
• Intersectoral and transnational perspectives