Data Science

The world is increasingly directed by data, and the need for data-driven solutions is present across domains: sustainability and environmental issues, the economy, politics, and medicine and health care.As one of the English-language majors in the Aalto Bachelor’s Programme in Science and Technology, Data Science will provide you with the skills required to become a digitalisation expert in the fields of trade and industry, science or technology. Data Science focuses on the study of scientific methods used to extract knowledge from data and build models to reckon with the complex problems of modern knowledge society. It is a multidisciplinary field that employs techniques and theories drawn from the broad domains of mathematics, statistics, machine learning, information sciences and computer science. These studies emphasise the foundational principles of mathematics, statistics, and computation – all while building a strong background in data science itself. This will not only familiarise you with the existing techniques but will also give you the tools to follow the rapid developments in the field throughout your career.During your studies in Data Science, you will acquire:a solid knowledge of mathematics, statistics, information sciences and computingskills in computer programmingunderstanding in the basics of machine learning, statistical analysis and Artificial Intelligence, and how these can be applied and developedskills to manage large volumes of data, make sound inferences from data and optimise processes skills to build data-driven models that provide accurate predictions or make intelligent decisionsacademic skills in research and writing for further academic studies