Master's Degree in Data & Knowledge Engineering

The MDKE Data Science Master's programme delivers in-depth knowledge and competences in data science, one of the most promising career areas for ambitious Bachelor's graduates. Its subject area is "engineering" for data and for knowledge, aiming to turn passive data into exploitable knowledge. It focuses on the representation, management, and understanding of data and knowledge assets. It encompasses technologies for the design and development of advanced databases, knowledge bases and expert systems, methods for the extraction of models and patterns from conventional data, texts and multimedia, and modelling instruments for the representation and updating of extracted knowledge. The MDKE programme can be studied in German or English, and is thus open to students who are proficient in either of the two languages. MDKE spans application areas ranging from business intelligence and industry to life sciences, biotechnology, and security. The management and analysis of data is essential; the maintenance and understanding of knowledge assets are of major importance in business venues, in governmental authorities, and in non-profit organisations.