Master of Data Science (MDSc) at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador

Programme overview

The MDSc is a one-year program offered jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics and Computer Science, covering predictive modelling, machine learning, artificial intelligence, data visualisation and mining of big data.

Faculty: School of Graduate Studies | Duration: 1 year (3 semesters) full-time | Study mode: full-time | Location: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

What you will study

Ten courses plus a case study series and a capstone project; admitted students complete three online non-credit propaedeutic courses before the first semester.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Bachelor's degree (minimum second class) with at least one college-level course or equivalent knowledge in each of multivariate calculus, statistical inference and computer programming in a high-level language.

Graduate intakes are Fall (September to December), Winter (January to April) and Spring (May to August); the intake offered depends on the programme, and most master's programmes admit for Fall.

Deadlines vary by programme. January 15: Anthropology, Applied Ocean Technology, Archaeology, Data Science, Environmental Policy, Folklore, Gender Studies, History, Mathematics and Statistics, Music, Nursing (MScN), Occupational Health and Safety, Political Science (MA), Public Health (both streams) (Fall). February 1: Education (most diplomas and MEd), Environmental Science, Human Kinetics and Recreation, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Health Ethics (Fall). February 15: Employment Relations, Humanities (MPhil), Scientific Computing (Fall). March 15: Management (MMgt) (Fall). April 1: Engineering and Applied Science graduate diploma and MASc (Fall), Software Engineering international (Fall), Artificial Intelligence for Canadian applicants (Fall); December 1: Artificial Intelligence for all applicants, Computer Science (all programmes), Management (MSc), Engineering (MEng) (Fall). See the source page for all programmes, including Winter and Spring intakes.

Graduate application processing fee: $60 for Canadian applicants and $120 for non-Canadian applicants; Pharmacy adds a faculty fee of $125 (Canadian) or $175 (international) and Music adds $40 for the MMus; late fee $30 up to one week after the deadline and $10 for each subsequent week.

Apply through the official page: https://www.mun.ca/become/graduate/apply-to-memorial/

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