Data Science South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences
- Degree
- Master of Science
- Standard period of study (amount)
- 5 semesters
- Location
- Meschede
Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Winter Semester only
Area of study
- Applied Mathematics
- Statistics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Data Science
Focus
Data Science, Data Science, Big Data, Data Engineering, Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Mathematics, IT Security, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics
Target group
The course is aimed at graduates of Bachelor's programmes in the following areas:
(Business) Informatics
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
or content-related subjects that would like to qualify part-time with a Master’s degree in data science. The organisation of the degree course enables studying in the family phase or during a professional orientation phase.
Admission requirements
Completed Bachelor's degree in the amount of at least 180 credits from the following courses, whereby at least 30 credits were completed in the field of Computer Science and the degree was completed with at least an overall grade of 2.7:
Computer Science
Business Informatics
Mechanical Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
The course can also be taken if another equivalent study with comparable content and in the amount of at least 180 credits and a total grade of at least 2.7 has been completed. The examination board decides on the equivalence of the study.
Recommendation: You should have access to a (preferably mobile) computer and be able to handle English-language literature.
Lecture period
- 07.04.2026 - 18.07.2026
- 28.09.2026 - 12.02.2027
Application deadlines
Winter semester (2026/2027)
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
01.03.2026 - 15.07.2026Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
15.05.2026 - 31.08.2026Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
15.05.2026 - 31.08.2026
Languages of instruction
Main language
German



