Overview

The digitisation of society has led to considerable increase in the volume of data available. As a result, most of society's stakeholders now rely heavily on this data to help them make objective decisions and develop their areas of expertise. These specific needs have resulted in the emergence of new data-oriented careers.

Key Features

The Data Science - Information Technology degree at UCLouvain is based on a core curriculum that provides a technical foundation in the fields of learning theory, databases, and linear statistical models.

This core curriculum is complemented by a specialisation in data analysis or cybersecurity :

The data analysis major offers a range of algorithms and statistical methods for data mining, learning, and visualisation of large datasets.

The cybersecurity major is built around five pillars: cryptography, privacy, and hardware, software and system security, as well as an introduction to information theory.

These specialisations are completed by options and elective courses that allow students to deepen their knowledge of algorithms, computer science, statistics, applications or entrepreneurship.

Career

Your degree in data science will prepare you for positions as a data scientist, data analyst, security analyst, data and analytics manager, data engineer, security engineer or security architect, and will prepare you to take on responsabilities in these fields.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Master thesis

Databases

Linear models

Machine Learning :classification and evaluation

Industrial seminar in computer science

Artificial intelligence and machine learning seminar

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-14 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-09-13 00:00:00 , EEA/EU
- Apply before 2027-03-31 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Disciplines

Information Technology (IT) Data Science & Big Data View 9 other Masters in Information Technology (IT) in Belgium

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

a bachelor’s degree in the same subject from a community university;

a master’s degree in the same subject but with a different focus from a community university;

a bachelor’s or master’s degree from a community university, haute école, or école superieure (“études supérieures de type long”), by virtue of a decision by the academic authorities and subject to the additional requirements they establish;

a degree similar to one of the above, awarded by a Belgian higher education establishment, by virtue of a decision by the academic authorities and subject to the additional requirements they establish;

a foreign degree recognised as equivalent to a master’s degree that confers eligibility in accordance with the above-mentioned decree, a European directive, an international convention or other legislation, and subject to the same requirements.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

5369 EUR / year

≈ 5369 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

1194 EUR / year

≈ 1194 EUR / year

Living costs

Louvain-la-Neuve

Belgium

750 - 1115 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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