- Degree
- Master of Science (MSc)
- Course location
- Münster
- In cooperation with
- The part-time Master's programme is carried out in cooperation with the High-tech Business & Entrepreneurship Group of the University of Twente (Netherlands).
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- All courses are held in English.
- Full-time / part-time
- • part-time (study alongside work)
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Additional information on beginning, duration and mode of study
- The part-time Master's programme in Data Science at the University of Münster is an interdisciplinary and international course offered in English and designed for working professionals. It spans four semesters as a part-time programme, starting on 24 November 2025. Classes are organised in five- to seven-day blocks approximately every 10 to 12 weeks.
- Application deadline
- The application deadline for the upcoming winter semester 2025/26 is 15 September 2025.
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- Yes
- Additional information on tuition fees
- The tuition fee for the whole two-year programme is 16,950 EUR.
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- Digitisation simplifies numerous processes and opens up design options that would have been unthinkable until recently, but this also means companies and institutions face new challenges that digitisation and the associated amounts of data entail. Many companies already recognise the enormous value that the use of data can have for product development, production, marketing, customer relationship management and ultimately sales. Therefore, when dealing with these large amounts of data, the focus is not only on statistical evaluation and information technology preparation but also on the targeted utilisation of the data collected for communication and marketing purposes. Data scientists therefore need additional competencies that enable them to strategically analyse the problems from an ethical, legal and business perspective and to implement them in a targeted manner in the company due to their pronounced communication skills.
Data science generates a new interdisciplinary professional field. To meet these requirements, special skills are required that go beyond the know-how of a single discipline. The necessary knowledge to be acquired is made up of knowledge and skills from various areas of science. The new part-time, interdisciplinary and international Master's degree course of study in Data Science, which is part of Department 4 (Economics), fills this gap and provides in-depth training in the relevant disciplines. It includes content from the fields of business informatics, mathematics and statistics, business administration and marketing as well as media, law and communication science.
The planned Master's programme will be taught in English and will be carried out in cooperation with the High-tech Business & Entrepreneurship Group of the University of Twente (Netherlands). It has a volume of 90 CP, extends over four semesters and concludes with a Master of Science degree.