Data Science and Society - Health Tilburg University

Overview

The Data Science and Society - Health  course at Tilburg University is a one-year multidisciplinary Master’s program where you learn technical data science methodologies to build upon the domain-specific knowledge you have already acquired.

You will learn how to:

• Write code in Python, R, and/or SQL* to transform and visualize data and then identify patterns and gather insights from large and complex datasets.

• Develop well-documented and reproducible code (repositories) that others can understand, and build upon, contributing to open science.

• Build, train, test and evaluate machine learning models. You learn to select the model(s) most appropriate for the data you have and the task you want to solve.

• Translate the results of your machine learning analyses into actionable solutions and recommendations.

• Use these tools and skills ethically within the EU laws and regulations for data privacy.

Career prospects

Data Science knowledge and skills are becoming more and more relevant in all domains of society. Companies and organizations therefore highly value employees who have this knowledge and these skills. From consultancy and IT to government, research, and business, our alumni work across a wide range of sectors.

Career paths include roles such as...

• Data Scientist

• Data Engineer

• Business Intelligence Specialist