Data Science

What is it about? Data science is a field that is increasingly applied in international enterprises. It covers the process from data understanding and data preparation to the modelling, evaluation, and implementation of data-driven solutions. The field is increasingly important and German enterprises are currently heavily working on digital transformation, especially on data-driven analysis. The “Stifterverband”, a society of about 3,000 German DAX ("Deutscher Aktienindex") companies and mid-sized enterprises, predicted 700,000 new jobs with technological competencies in Germany. Of these, more than 400,000 are in the field of complex data analysis alone. What does it cover? The Data Science Master's programme prepares each student to start a career as a data scientist. The practice-oriented studies focus on data engineering and data analysis. Several data science frameworks are used, e.g. Python and R. This knowledge is applied in practice-oriented courses and a team project as well as in the Master's thesis. It allows students to foster their intercultural skills with a semester abroad at our partner universities.