Overview

Through advanced machine learning and deep learning techniques and Big Data processing, students will advance through this Data Science program at King Khalid University to achieve their potential in the field of data science.

Mission

Prepare students for employment in various data science areas and /or for the pursuit of innovative research and advanced degrees in data science by educating them the concepts, knowledge, and skills of data management, data analytics, and data engineering, to empower the community and support its needs.

Program Objectives

To graduate students who can implement effectively, and intelligently the use of theoretical data science knowledge and its analytical tools.
To equip students with the knowledge and technical-based skills to acquire new knowledge independently in the data science discipline.
To cultivate creative scientific research in the field of data science via challenging data-driven projects.

To deliver contemporary curricula with required scientific and technical knowledge to meet the growing demand of the national economy in the field of data science.

Program Learning Outcomes

Identify appropriate statistical and analytical techniques to discover and deliver new insights to business problems.
Relate advanced domain knowledge to deliver a business or scientific focused analysis of opportunities and suggest techniques for organization process optimization.
Understand skills, technologies, and practices for iterative exploration and investigation of past business performance to gain insight and drive business planning.
Apply data science as a multifaceted discipline of critical thinking and problem-solving.
Develop data analytical applications and computational solutions to data analytic platform.
Survey and assess various data analytical tools to data driven decision making.
Apply skills needed to transform vast amounts of data into meaningful information for decision making.
Communicate effectively with academic and professional societies using scientific contribution.
Interpret and apply a professional code of ethics relevant to data science research and the profession

Effectively collaborate and undertake leadership roles in research, and projects, and Practice continuous learning.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Time-Series Analysis and Forecasting Data

Data Visualization and Communication Computer

Computer Vision for Data Representation

Business Intelligence

Data-Driven Marketing Analytics

Strategic Decision Making

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-24 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

Credits

32 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Abha, Saudi Arabia

Disciplines

Data Science & Big Data

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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

The applicant must have a university degree from a Saudi university or from another recognized institution with a suitable background with a minimum GPA of 2.75 out of 5.00 or 1.75 out of 4.00 (good), in the following disciplines: (Computer Science - Information Systems Information Technology - Software Engineering). Other related disciplines may be accepted after the approval of the department.
Two recommendation letters.
The minimum score for general aptitude test is 60%.
The minimum score for the STEP English test is 60 (should be provided within the application submission period, no provisional admission is granted) or its equivalent in other language tests as shown in the table below.

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Tuition Fees

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International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

40000 SAR / year

≈ 40000 SAR / year

Funding

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