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Admission requirements Data Science

To apply for the MSc in Data Science you need:

A university bachelor's degree or a professional bachelor's degree relating to data science. It must include specific skills in certain areas.
You find the specific requirements below.

English proficiency corresponding to B-level with a minimum of 3,0 in grade point average.
If you hold another comparable degree (e.g. an international education), which is comparable to a university or professional bachelor’s degree, the ITU will make an individual assessment of the education in question.

The following programme gives legal right to admission to Data Science:

Data Science (ITU)

Programmes that automatically meet the specific requirements:
ITU compiled a list of Danish bachelor programmes that automatically meet the specific admission requirements for the MSc in Data Science.

Data Science (AAU)
Data Science (AU)
Machine Learning and Data Science (KU)
Artificial Intelligence and Data (DTU)

If your bachelor programme is not shown above, you will be asked to explain how you meet the specific requirements.

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

To apply you need to have a bachelor that covers these areas:

Linear algebra: vectors and matrices, vector and matrix operations incl. eigenvalues and eigenvectors
Algorithms and data structures: big-O notation, basic analysis of algorithm correctness and complexity, hashing, basic data structures including graphs
Introduction to machine learning: e.g., linear regression, logistic regression, kernel methods, neural networks, unsupervised learning
Probability theory and statistics: e.g., random variables, joint and conditional distributions, independence, estimation
Introduction to programming: at least Python or similar
Introduction to database design and systems: design and use of relational databases, basic data analytics, basic SQL

YOUR BACHELOR GIVES LEGAL RIGHT TO ADMISSION

You must apply before the deadline 1 March.
You need not upload any other application material.

Please note, if you have previously been enrolled on a master level programme, without completing, it is your duty to upload a transcript together with course descriptions for the courses you passed (links or scanned documents). We must assess whether to give you a starting credit transfer on the basis of what you passed.

Documentation must be in English or one of the Nordic languages.