Overview

Data Science (Smart Governance) from University of Macau will focus on two types of data: text data and geo-spatial data. Digitalized text represents an important source of data for social scientists.

Key facts:

This is particularly true in political science, where a large amount of political information, otherwise difficult to analyze, is embodied in historical and contemporary speeches and documents that can be converted into digitalized text with increasing ease. Another source of text-based data come from online contents.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Civic Data Acquisition and Analysis
Big Data and Smart Governance
Analysis of Media and Opinion Data
Making Sense of Smart Governance
Quantitative Social Science Research with Big Data

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Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-17 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-30 00:00:00

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3 August – 3 December (1st batch); 4 December – 30 April (2nd batch)

Language

English

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80

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6

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Credits

30 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Macao, Macao (SAR)

Disciplines

Data Science & Big Data View 9 other Masters in Data Science & Big Data in Macao (SAR)

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.3

English requirements

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80

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants must possess a Bachelor degree satisfying the Admission Requirements for Master’s Degree Programmes under the relevant guidelines and regulations of the University of Macau.

English proficiency should be in line with that stipulated in the UM Admission Guidelines Governing Master’s Degree and Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma Programmes.

Applicants who graduated from Mainland China should hold a Bachelor’s degree issued by any University recognized by the Ministry of Education.

Admission by merit and the graduates of Categories 211 and 985 universities will be given priority.

GPA 2.8 (75 out of 100) or above in the Bachelor’s degree studies.

Bachelor’s degree related to computer science, social science, or mathematics is preferred.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

87000 MOP / year

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48900 MOP / year

≈ 48900 MOP / year

Living costs

Macau

Macao (SAR)

7725 - 11167 MOP / month

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