During a ceremony, Markus Achleitner (State Minister for Economics and Research) presented Univ. Prof. Mag. DDr. Johann Höller (head of the Institute for Digital Business) with the Ring of Honor. The state minister remarked: “The Upper Austrian University of Applied Sciences hereby gratefully acknowledges the partnership with Prof. Johann Höller at the JKU which resulted in creating a unique joint Master's degree program.”

The Upper Austrian University of Applied Sciences presented Prof. Höller with the Ring of Honor in recognition of his leading role at the JKU in creating the joint Master's degree program in Digital Business Management, offered at the Upper Austrian University of Applied Sciences and the JKU as a joint Master's degree program.