Master of Data Science

About this programme

The Master of Data Science is not administered by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Please check the program website for information about the application process. The UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) is a 10-month professional degree program. The MDS program was developed by the combined expertise of the UBC departments of Computer Science and Statistics to help meet a growing need for data scientists by producing skilled professionals who can turn data into knowledge using Data Science and Artificial Intelligence methods. Everything we do generates data and every new technology used to capture this data brings with it even more opportunities to extract knowledge, to learn, to grow, and to create change. Data science is the process of extracting value from that data through reproducible and auditable processes. Utilizing descriptive and prescriptive techniques, students carefully apply AI and Machine Learning methods to extract and analyze both unstructured and structured data and then communicate the findings of those analyses in ways to enable organizations to make informed decisions based on data. For specific program requirements, please refer to the departmental program website The 10-month, intensive and accelerated, cohort based MDS program provides practical, real-world-applicable experience via integrating real-world data sets across the curriculum. As well, the MDS program ends with a capstone project allowing students to apply their newly acquired knowledge, while working alongside other students to address a question facing a capstone part