Engineering
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
The BDatSci gives a thorough grounding in the data lifecycle: collection, processing, analysis and visualisation. Four faculties collaborate to offer the four-year programme; the student registers in the faculty offering the chosen focal area. The EMS streams are Analytics and Optimisation, Behavioural Economics and Statistical Learning.
Faculty: Economic and Management Sciences | Duration: Four years | Study mode: full-time | Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Core compulsory modules on all year levels lay the foundation in data science; the focal area largely determines the other modules.
Analytics and Optimisation: operations research is an analytical approach to data-driven problem-solving and decision-making.
NSC/IEB aggregate of at least 80% (excluding Life Orientation); Mathematics 80%; Afrikaans Home Language 60% OR English Home Language 60% OR Afrikaans/English First Additional Language 75%.
Undergraduate applications and residence applications close on 31 July. Applications for the 2027 intake open on 1 April. The Diploma in Public Accountability closes on 15 December. Applications for financial assistance at SU close on 30 September.
The application fee is R100 for South African citizens, permanent residents and refugee, asylum seeker and diplomatic status holders, and R400 for international applicants. Stellenbosch Business School applicants pay R1050 for the MBA and R850 for other SBS programmes. Some applicants are exempt; application fees are non-refundable.
Apply through the official page: https://www.su.ac.za/en/apply/undergrad
Engineering
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Engineering
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
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