{"id":14191,"date":"2023-04-20T16:06:10","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T14:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/?page_id=14191"},"modified":"2025-10-01T10:15:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T08:15:30","slug":"master-data-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/de\/studium\/master\/master-data-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Master Data Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14191\" class=\"elementor elementor-14191\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-401384f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"401384f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5b1923\" data-id=\"a5b1923\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6822c91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"6822c91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"template.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-template\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"page\" data-elementor-id=\"14303\" class=\"elementor elementor-14303\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-404d2cb1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"404d2cb1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c26864e\" data-id=\"c26864e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cbc3604 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1cbc3604\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Master Data Science\u200b<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cca0ec9 elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"cca0ec9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">Seite nur auf Englisch verf\u00fcgbar (page available in English only)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\">Die Information zum Master Data Science sind derzeit nur in English verf\u00fcgbar. Englische Sprachkenntnisse sind eine Zugangsvoraussetzung f\u00fcr diesen Master-Studiengang.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32d96be elementor-nav-menu__align-center elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-none elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"32d96be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;horizontal&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;i class=\\&quot;fas fa-caret-down\\&quot; aria-hidden=\\&quot;true\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/i&gt;&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;}}\" data-widget_type=\"nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Men\u00fc\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu--main elementor-nav-menu__container elementor-nav-menu--layout-horizontal e--pointer-background e--animation-fade\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-1-32d96be\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14383\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/de\/studium\/master\/master-data-science\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14382\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/de\/studium\/master\/master-data-science\/program-structure\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Program Structure<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14403\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/de\/studium\/master\/master-data-science\/application-for-admission\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Application for Admission &#8211; Data Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14401\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/de\/studium\/master\/master-data-science\/faq\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) &#8211; Data Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14615\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/de\/studium\/master\/master-data-science\/help-and-contact\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Help &#038; contact &#8211; Data Science<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"elementor-nav-menu--dropdown elementor-nav-menu__container\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-2-32d96be\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14383\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/de\/studium\/master\/master-data-science\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14382\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/de\/studium\/master\/master-data-science\/program-structure\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Program Structure<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14403\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/de\/studium\/master\/master-data-science\/application-for-admission\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Application for Admission &#8211; Data Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14401\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/de\/studium\/master\/master-data-science\/faq\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) &#8211; Data Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14615\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/de\/studium\/master\/master-data-science\/help-and-contact\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Help &#038; contact &#8211; Data Science<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42972b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42972b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7722c45\" data-id=\"7722c45\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71729f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71729f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Welcome to the website of the Data Science master program offered by the Faculty<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.rwth-aachen.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;of Computer Science<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rwth-aachen.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RWTH Aachen University<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Data Science is a hot topic, which gains in importance as a cross-sectional topic almost everywhere including natural sciences, engineering, and medical science.<\/p>\n<p>Data Science deals with the extraction of knowledge and usable information from data. The available data sets are often very large,<br>heterogeneous, and partially unreliable. Data Science is an interdisciplinary field with its roots in computer science, mathematics, and statistics and it has a strong link to various application areas.<\/p>\n<p>The essential constituents of data science are data analysis and systems engineering.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, this course of study is going to convey modern methods of data analysis as well as algorithms and techniques for the development of information systems.<\/p>\n<p>The students are provided the possibility of specialization within the framework of an application area:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Computer Science<\/li>\n<li>Mathematics<\/li>\n<li>Computer Science and Mathematics<\/li>\n<li>Business Analytics<\/li>\n<li>Computational Life Science<\/li><li>Physics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1.75rem; font-weight: 600;\">Key features of this master program<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This master program<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>is a<strong> two-year (four semesters) program<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li>addresses especially but not only <strong>international students<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li>requires applicants to <b>have a bachelor&#8217;s degree in computer science, mathematics, physics or a closely related field<\/b> from an internationally recognized university;<\/li>\n<li>is completely <strong>offered in English<\/strong> (thus, no German language proficiency is required);<\/li>\n<li>can be started in both winter and summer semester<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/studium\/master\/master-data-science\/application-for-admission\/\">application for admission<\/a>&nbsp;page informs about&nbsp;<strong>application deadlines, requirements, and process<\/strong>&nbsp;in more detail.<\/p>\n<p>Please carefully read the information that is provided on this website including the frequently answered question (FAQ) before contacting RWTH Aachen University&#8217;s International Office or the Academic Advisor (<a href=\"mailto:msc-mi@b-it-center.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data-science@cs.rwth-aachen.de<\/a>). You might also be interested in general information about the Faculty<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs.rwth-aachen.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;of Computer Science<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rwth-aachen.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RWTH Aachen University<\/a>&nbsp;and the Faculty<a href=\"https:\/\/www.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/cms\/Informatik\/Forschung\/Forschungsbereiche\/~mrys\/Liste-der-Forschungsbereiche\/?lidx=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;of Computer Science&#8217;s chairs and institutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1.75rem; font-weight: 600;\">Career Prospects<br><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Data-Science methods are used in a broad spectrum of applications in science and industry.<\/p>\n<p>Data science gains increasing importance in the industry due to the desire and the need for utilizing the information that becomes available because of the comprehensive networking of terminal equipment &#8211; Internet of Things, Industry 4.0 &#8211; the widespread use of social networks and the availability of immense amounts of measurement, multimedia and simulation data. 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