Data Science for Society and Business

Overview

The Data Science for Society and Business program at Jacobs University Bremen also addresses students from health, environmental science orhumanities aiming to expand into big data management. The truly multidisciplinary program combines a broad course offering from multiple social and non-social science disciplines with 4 elective tracks:

• Society Track
• Business Track
• Health & Environmental Track
• Data Science Track.

Program Features

The program enables students to improve and complement prior knowledge primarily from the social sciences (e.g. business, economics, demography, media studies, political science, sociology, psychology) but also from humanities, as well as cognitive or natural science.Students of the DSSB program thereby benefit from a broad course offering in various social sciences and the close cooperation with the non-social science departments such as computer sciences, environmental or the life sciences.

• Unique interdisciplinary modular program with elective tracks for individual diversity and specialization which integrates individual backgrounds, considers potential gaps and promotes personal career goals

• A demanding academic program with access to innovative research, a close community between teachers and students, shared learning experience and innovative learning environments

• Maximum focus on employability and preparation for the demands of global career perspectives in all areas of data-driven professional and academic fields 

• Benefit from Jacobs University’s direct access to the leading digital and tech companies, consulting firms, NGOs and top research institutes as well as a large global Alumni network

• Opportunity to proceed to one of the university’s PhD programs

Career Options

Best career options: MSc DSSB graduates will be able to choose from manifold international career options and face a huge and growing demand for their expertise.High employability: The master program prepares students for immediate employability in challenging professional and academic positions. From early on in the program, Jacobs University supports the employability of DSSB graduates by organizing contacts with industry, public institutions, NGOs and research institutes.