Data Science

distance studies, part time, full time

Master of Science

Master
Degree

4 semesters

Standard period of study (amount)

Hagen

Location

January 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)

January 2025 (EU), January 2025 (Non-EU)

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Focus

Data Science, Data Engineering, Machine Learning

Target group

Graduates of university degree courses with sufficient Computer Science and Mathematics components as well as graduates of other university degree courses who have additionally acquired the necessary knowledge of Mathematics and Computer Science at universities

Annotation

The program has been approved by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia and is currently in the accreditation process.

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

(1) Applicants can be enrolled in the Master's degree course if they have a Bachelor's degree course in Data Science, Business Information Systems, Mathematical/Technical Software Development, Computer Science or Mathematics, with a minor subject in Computer Science. (2) Applicants may also be enrolled in the Master's degree course if they have successfully completed a degree course with a standard period of study of at least six semesters (180 ECTS credits) and the degree course covers Mathematics skills amounting to at least 20 ECTS credits and Computer Science skills amounting to at least 40 ECTS credits, which do not differ significantly from the skills in the modules of the certificate “Principles of Mathematics and Computer Science” at the open university in Hagen in accordance with Appendix 2.

Lecture period

  • 01.10.2024 - 31.03.2025
  • 01.04.2025 - 30.09.2025

Application deadlines

Summer semester (2024)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    01.12.2024 - 31.01.2025

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    01.12.2024 - 31.01.2025

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

    01.12.2024 - 31.01.2025

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    01.12.2024 - 31.01.2025

Winter semester (2023/2024)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    01.06.2025 - 31.07.2025

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    01.06.2025 - 31.07.2025

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

    01.06.2025 - 31.07.2025

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    01.06.2025 - 31.07.2025

Tuition fee

The semester costs are EUR 234 to 289 for part-time studies and EUR 399 for full-time studies. They arise from the sum of the following components: Basic fee: EUR 60 Document fees: EUR 11 per ECTS point Student body contribution: currently EUR 9

Languages of instruction

Main language

German