Data Analytics, M.Sc.
In today's globalized business world, the ability to extract and analyze relevant information from large volumes of complex data provides a competitive edge to businesses in every market. In industry, there is a huge demand of skilled employees with strong analytical skills and command of current analytical technology to process this huge data into meaningful business information, cross-trained in the respective application domain for better collaboration in interdisciplinary teams.
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Science (M.Sc.) |
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| Duration | 4 semesters, 120 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Required English | B2 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Summer semester, winter semester |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 30.06, summer semester until 15.12 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €398.89 per semester |
| Campus | Samelsonplatz |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →What you study
The International Master's Program in Data Analytics combines both, a deep and thorough introduction to cutting edge research in Machine learning, Big Data and analytical technology and complementary training in selected application domains. Data Analytics will provide students the knowledge and skills required for modeling and analysis of complex systems in application domains from business such as marketing and logistics as well as from science such as computer science and environmental science based on modern state-of-the-art Machine Learning methods. The program is designed and taught in close collaboration of experienced faculty and experts in machine learning and selected application domains.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
The Master's program in Data Analytics enables students to take up challenging research in the interdisciplinary field with major focus on data analytics. This program will propel students towards a successful career path as data scientists, data engineers and business consultants in our highly competitive corporate world. Upon completion of the study program some of the related career paths for students are:
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- Research Scientist in Data Analytics
- Data Scientist
- Big Data Engineer
- Machine Learning Scientist
- Business Intelligence Analyst
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Lower Saxony), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €398.89 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | A bachelor's degree in a related field. |
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| Language | English B2 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 30.06, summer semester until 15.12 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 3Application directly to the university until 15.12Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 4Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.12.2026 (62 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.