MA/MS in Data Science (Forschungsmaster)

This Data Science master's course at Bielefeld University runs for four semesters and suits graduates of a Bachelor's programme with a quantitative profile. It is taught entirely in English and combines statistics, programming, databases and machine learning in one interdisciplinary curriculum. Students learn to handle large and complex datasets, from data collection and statistical modelling to visualisation, pattern recognition and the ethical and legal questions that come with data analysis. Practical training includes courses in statistical consulting and business analytics, alongside a research colloquium. Specialised seminars examine the ethical and legal implications of data work. Two units, the statistics centre ZeSt and the Technology faculty, jointly shaped the course, bringing methodological depth together with applied problems from many domains. Applicants should have a clear interest in statistics and computer science and a basic understanding of both. Their prior study should be methodologically strong, for example in statistics, computer science, mathematics, economics or a related quantitative field.