Master of Science (MS) in Data Science

• NECHE Accreditation
• Hands-on experience and practice in lab settings.
• Free software through Microsoft alliance
• Instructors with international teaching and research experience
• Appropriate for students with a non-IT background with preparatory bridge courses

Required Courses:

• Introduction to Big Data
• Exploring and Analyzing Data
• Applied Machine Learning
• Data Visualization
• Knowledge Graphs
• Big Data Architectures
• Search Engines and Web Mining
• Machine Vision in Data Science
• Natural Language Processing

Two of the following electives:

• Project Management in Data Science
• Business Forecasting
• Deep Learning
• Machine Learning and Applications

Required Project – Year 2:

Capstone Project OR Thesis

Upon successful completion of this program, participants should be able to:

• Critically evaluate the techniques for storing and processing big volumes of data, including transaction business data, text data, and images and to apply the relevant tools.
• Analyze the basic machine learning techniques and apply the relevant tools.
• Articulate business problems using data science techniques.
• Design a comprehensive data science solution and assess it both from a technical and a business perspective.
• Successfully complete a research project in big data or in data science.
• Formulate ideas and arguments and communicate them effectively both in writing and orally in an academic or business context
• Undertake programming at an advanced level: use advanced algorithms, practice distributed computing, use of no-SQL databases.

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Tuition

Tuition is payable on a course by course basis. The cost for the full program is 9,720€.

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Merit Scholarships

The School of Graduate & Professional Education offers scholarships covering a portion of the cost of tuition to all applicants who have demonstrated exceptional academic performance in their undergraduate studies.

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Financial Assistance

Since its founding in 1875, The American College of Greece (ACG) has provided assistance to students needing help in meeting their educational expenses, thereby enabling students with demonstrated ability and promise to access a quality education, regardless of their financial circumstances.

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Discounts

All ACG alumni are entitled to a 10% tuition fee discount on top of any other scholarship of financial assistance program which may apply.

Corporate discount programs are also available to two or more employees from one organization who wish to study in our graduate programs.

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The program is ideal for recent university or college graduates of information technology, engineering, economics, and science, or for working professionals in IT who wish to advance their career in data science or big data. Students coming from different backgrounds, such as business or social sciences, are also encouraged to apply.  Students who do not have previous programming or mathematical/statistical background may be asked to complete courses from the Graduate Certificate in Computer Science, which provides them with the basic foundations required to enter the program.

Current Student profile

Average Age: 29.99 years
Female: 31%
Male: 69%
Student Nationality: Domestic: 92%; International: 8%
First degree obtained from: Greek AEI (59.72%); ACG-Deree (12.50%); International University (23.61%)

There is great demand for Data Scientists in Greece as well as internationally. Graduates of the program pursue careers in the field of data science and analytics such as: Business Data Analysist, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, and Big Data Engineer. Furthermore, they are employed in companies specializing in information technologies, finance and insurance,  retail settings, professional services, manufacturing, start-ups and more.

Deree graduate students receive support from the Office of Career Services, which help them connect with the 50,000 ACG alumni around the globe, expand their professional network, and gain access to various job positions.

Note: The MS in Data Science program is eligible for Title IV federal aid.​

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Tel.: +30 210 600 2208
E-mail: [email protected]