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Our master programme will provide you with the key competencies that you will need to develop next-generation information systems used to describe and manage data, discover new facts and relations in the data, make predictions, and give advice to decision makers.
We live in a digital society. Human and automated activities continuously generate data, storing them in digital format. These data come from everywhere: enterprise information systems, social media, wearable equipment, and many more.
Data are like crude oil: unrefined, they are useless.
In our programme, we teach you how to become a computational data scientist, i.e. a computer scientist specialised in the development of next-generation information systems.
Data science sits at the interface between computer science, mathematics, and application domains. Our study programme covers all these areas: computer science and IT methods for managing and engineering big and complex data, mathematical tools for data interpretation and analysis, artificial intelligence techniques to extract insights from data and support decision makers, and aspects of human-computer interaction. You will participate in cutting-edge research, and apply your skills to real data from actual application domains, such as business information systems, travel and tourism, bioinformatics, healthcare, internet of things, industry 4.0, agriculture, and many more.
For your final thesis you will collaborate on research projects with major industries - such as IBM, Oracle, Siemens, and with leading research institutions, such as TU Wien, TU München and Politecnico di Milano.
Degree class: LM-18
ECTS credits: 120
Duration of the course: 2 years
Courses will be taught in English
Places available: 40 EU + 20 non-EU
Campus: Bozen-Bolzano
Tuition fees: €1.347,50 per year
Students can choose between two curricula:
Study plan
> Data Analytics
> Data Management
Degree Course director: Prof. Marco Montali (photo)
Student Representative in the Course Council (Curriculum Data Management): --
Student Representative in the Course Council (Curriculum Data Analytics): --
Currently we offer exchange programmes with more than 20 partner universities all over the world and we are part of a large network of collaboration with employers in Italy and abroad where you can undertake an optional internship with a maximum of 300 hours.
Typical job profiles are:
On the website of AlmaLaurea you can check our outstanding statistical data about the satisfaction of our graduates, and their employability.
Backend Software Engineer at Booking.com, Amsterdam
As a kid I loved solving puzzles in creative ways, then, as a young adult, I was searching for a career which allowed me to continue my passion in solving puzzles. Computer Science was the natural choice, and thanks to the courses I attended at unibz, with its excellent student/professor ratio, I got a lot of individual attention so that I could develop my full potential in the field.
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Everything you need to know as a degree-seeking applicant or as an incoming exchange student
In order to gain admission to the course, you will be required to prove that you already have a B2 level of competence in the English language. If you do not have an official language certification, you can take a language exam at our university.
Detailed information about the study programme can be found in the Study Manifesto (Study guidelines) below which contains information about the study plan, admission requirements, language requirements, application, admission procedures, enrolment and tuition fees.
Selection Criteria
Bachelor in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or Statistics; and English level B2.
There is no admission exam or interview.
Online Application
Early Bird - for EU and non-EU citizens: 1 March - 26 April 2019, noon
Late Application - for EU citizens only: 20 May - 31 July 2019, noon
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Early Bird: by 17 May 2019
Late Application: by 9 August 2019
Contact us by phone at +390471012100 or fill in the request form.