BSc Data Science at Hamburg University of Technology

Bachelor of Science in which data science is built on mathematics, statistics and computer science, with a computer science core. Students learn to develop new methods and algorithms to extract knowledge from large datasets.

Faculty: Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years), 180 ECTS  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught and English-taught; dual study variant possible  |  Intake: Winter semester (October)  |  Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

What you will study

Semesters 1-2 cover mathematical foundations and core theoretical and practical computer science, with stochastics and programming. The middle semesters cover databases, statistics, numerics, signal processing, graph theory, machine learning and scientific programming. Final semesters offer specialisations in mathematics/computer science or applications, plus ethics.

Career pathways

Graduates work as data scientists, data analysts, data engineers, statisticians or software developers in industry and research, in fields such as medicine, logistics, automotive, electronics, banking, aviation and energy.

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