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Degree: | Master of Science (MSc) |
Discipline: |
Data Science & Big Data
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Duration: | 18 months |
ECTS points: | 90 |
Study modes: | full-time |
Delivery modes: | on-campus |
University website: | Data Science |
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The Master's programme in Data Science prepares students for entry into a career as a Data Scientist. The programme is practice-oriented and focuses on data engineering and data analysis. Thus, various data science frameworks are used, such as Python and R.
This knowledge is applied in practice-oriented courses, a team project and the master's thesis. You can further your intercultural skills with a semester abroad at one of our partner universities.
Using scientific methods and techniques, students of the Master's programme Data Science derive decisions for different application areas from data sets. In doing so, they learn the entire process of problem analysis, data understanding, data preparation, modelling and evaluation.
The Master Data Science is an international, English-language Master's degree and is aimed at students with a Bachelor's degree from Germany, other European and other countries. The programme builds on computer science knowledge acquired in the Bachelor's degree and requires basic knowledge of object-oriented programming and databases.
The programme is taught in English and has a 90 and a 120 ECTS option. The first two semesters start with the basics in Data Engineering as well as Data Analysis, an application-specific course and a course in Data Security, Law and Ethics.
This knowledge can be applied in various functional areas in the team project and in the Master's thesis. If the 120 ECTS variant is chosen (for 180 ECTS bachelor's degrees), an additional semester includes a semester abroad or a research project as well as computer science courses and electives.
Data Science is an area that is increasingly used in international companies. It encompasses the process of understanding data, via data preparation, modelling, evaluation and implementation of data-driven solutions.
The field is becoming increasingly important and German companies are currently working hard on the digital transformation, especially on data-driven analyses. The Stifterverband, an association of around 3,000 German DAX and medium-sized companies, forecasts 700,000 new jobs with technological skills in Germany, including more than 400,000 in the area of complex data analysis alone.
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