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Data Science South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences

Degree
Master of Science
Standard period of study (amount)
6 semesters
Location
Meschede

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Area of study

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Statistics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Data Science

Focus

Data Science, Data Science, Big Data, Data Engineering, Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Mathematics, IT Security, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics

Target group

The course is aimed at graduates of Bachelor's programmes in the following areas:

(Business) Informatics
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

or content-related subjects that would like to qualify part-time with a Master’s degree in data science. The organisation of the degree course enables studying in the family phase or during a professional orientation phase.

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

More information regarding admission requirements

Admission requirements

Completed Bachelor's degree in the amount of at least 180 credits from the following courses, whereby at least 30 credits were completed in the field of Computer Science and the degree was completed with at least an overall grade of 2.7:

Computer Science
Business Informatics
Mechanical Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The course can also be taken if another equivalent study with comparable content and in the amount of at least 180 credits and a total grade of at least 2.7 has been completed. The examination board decides on the equivalence of the study.

Recommendation: You should have access to a (preferably mobile) computer and be able to handle English-language literature.

Lecture period

  • Summer semester 2026: The lecture time may vary for individual courses.
  • Winter semester 2026/2027: 28.09.2026 - 12.02.2027The lecture time may vary for individual courses.

Application deadlines

Winter semester (2026/2027)

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    01.03.2027 - 15.07.2027
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    Expired
  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    Expired

Languages of instruction

Main language

German

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