Web and Data Science, M.Sc.
The international Master’s degree in Web and Data Science is the first of its kind in Germany and is aimed at prospective students who want to expand their scientific skills, sharpen their qualifications for management positions through profile building and advance their personal development after a successful Bachelor’s degree.
In addition to the expansion of specialist knowledge, the course therefore primarily promotes independence and the ability to make judgments and make decisions.
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Science (M.Sc.) |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4 semesters |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Required English | B2 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Summer semester, winter semester |
| Application | uni-assist (VPD) + the university, winter semester until 15.05, summer semester until 15.11 |
| Admission | No admission restriction: every eligible applicant is admitted |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €226.20 per semester |
| Campus | Campus Koblenz |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
Every applicant who meets the formal requirements is admitted — but places can run out before the deadline, so apply at the start of the window.
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 →About the programme
The course focuses on computer science in order to impart basic knowledge about the technical structures of the web and its analysis as well as the analysis of its changes. This is supplemented by interdisciplinary content that enables students to understand people on the web, their actions and their interactions. The course is largely in English, some elective modules can also be taken in German.
What you study
The objective of the curriculum is to achieve a foundational understanding of Web and data-intensive systems and how they relate to techno-sociological interactions. For this purpose, the program broadens and deepens competencies in designing and developing Web and data-intensive systems and the automated analysis of Web data (content, links, and usage). Further, it focuses on the interaction of Web and data-intensive systems with legal constraints (e.g. digital rights), group processes (e.g. social network analysis), economic behaviour (e.g. marketing and online consumer behaviour) and political processes in the Web (eParticipation, democracy in a digital society). The course of studies nurtures the skill of formulating problems and to undertake the resulting tasks in working teams, which are qualifications beyond the scope of studies. We guide graduates to perform duties independently and take on challenging tasks related to analysing data, generating a data narrative, developing an interactive Web presence, and developing a Web and/or data strategy for companies and governments seeking to address the needs of customers, end users, and citizens. Our curriculum strives to produce graduates who have:
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
Including and apart from academic research, the program has a strong focus on employability. Whether you are entering the job market, want to fulfil executive position, want to progress from your current position, or looking for a career change, t he course provides skills about how to:
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- collect and use relevant data to influence business decisions
- develop Web systems, Web strategies and Web and data ecosystems
- provide substantial practice for strategic communication via data science
Employability
The Master Program in Web and Data Science has a strong focus on employability. This will prove useful whether you are entering the job market, want to fulfil executive position, want to progress from your current position, or looking for a career change. The course provides skills about how to:
- collect and use relevant data to influence business decisions
- develop Web systems, Web strategies and Web and data ecosystems
- provide insightful advice on strategic marketing
Besides technical aspects of the Web and Data, our interdisciplinary program teaches an integrated view and enables students to understand psychological, social, economic and political relations in the Web.
Job Sectors
Graduates of the program in Web and Data Science may pursue careers in the following sectors:
- Establishing new business areas or optimizing business processes.
- Being able to identify and analyze the right data and communicate the analytics back to the company in a targeted manner.
- Working on big data architectures, data mining and predictive analytics.
- Customer-oriented companies, mainly commercial enterprises, that are present within the Web. Nearly every large company addressing private customers offers online platforms to sell their products or services.
- Public Administration and Agencies run platforms in order to inform citizens or communicate with them (e.g. in the form of e-participation and e-voting).
- IT businesses such as search engine providers, consulting firms, social network providers and software developing firms need experts for the Web.
- The Web is an essential source of information. As a result, media corporations are present on the Web. They provide information services via Web apps and mobile applications.
- Academia: a Web and Data Science Master's degree qualifies you for starting a Ph.D.
Member from the institute WeST have found interesting positions at companies such as Google, Ernst & Young, Software AG or Bosch or started their own businesses, or have become senior researchers or professors at universities.
Professions
Web and Data Science graduates may take up the following professions:
- Data Scientist (e.g. as described in the job offers at Intuit in the Silicon Valley)
- Business Intelligence Analyst (BIA)
- Data Analytics Manager
- Database administrator
- Project manager
- Data Security Administrator
- IT Consultant
- Software Developer
- Entrepreneur (our university provides a support infrastructure for Entrepreneurs)
- Researcher (PhD, Postdoc, Professor)
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Rhineland-Palatinate), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €226.20 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | The program is offered to persons with a bachelor’s degree or a minor in computer science. |
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| Language | English B2 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | uni-assist (VPD) + the university, winter semester until 15.05, summer semester until 15.11 |
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 uni-assist (VPD) + the university until 15.11uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 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.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
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The deadline is 15.11.2026 (32 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.