DATA SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

OBJECTIVES

The Master’s degree in Data Science and Engineering (MDSE) aims to offer advanced scientific and professional training in Engineering and Data Science and is designed for professionals who seek to update their skills, as well as for those who seek to acquire new skills and current knowledge in Engineering and Data Science.

This programme presents a set of learning objectives based on the Dublin descriptors and the EUR-ACE benchmark:

  • Knowing and understanding critically and in-depth the central principles, methodologies, and techniques of Data Science (CD), particularly those involved in problems of high complexity and dimension;
  • Being able to conceive, design and implement new and complex CD solutions and products using avant-garde knowledge in the area;
  • Being able to critically judge new technological solutions and promote the search and application of innovative methods and solutions, appealing to curiosity, creativity, and rigor;
  • Being able to communicate their reasoning of high technological content to diverse audiences in an oral or written manner in national (inter) contexts;
  • Being able to continue the training on CD independently throughout life;
  • Being able to search information critically for solving complex CD problems.

 

STUDY PLAN 2024/2025

 

EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS

The curriculum of the Master’s degree in Engineering and Data Science (MDSE) is anchored in real-world problems with a component of development projects in the area of Engineering and Data Science. The MDSE aims to train highly specialized professionals capable of taking the leadership of complex and large data engineering and data science projects with quality requirements.

TUITION FEES

EU Students 2500€/Year*

Non-EU Students 6000€/Year*

Students from CPLP countries 3300€/Year*

*Academic year 2023/2024. Check the complete list of tuition fees in this page.

APPLICATION TAXES

55€

LANGUAGE

English (or Portuguese if all students are Portuguese-speaking)

SCHEDULE

Daytime

ACADEMIC YEAR

September – July

AVAILABLE PLACES

1st phase 10
2nd phase 10
3rd phase 10
(Total 30)

Note: Non-EU students should apply in the 1st phase to start the visa procedure on time; leftover places are added to the places in the next phase.

DURATION

2 years

WEBSITE

https://dei.fe.up.pt/mdse

APPLICATIONS

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