Welcome
This new course is a great opportunity to study what is wanted in the real world of jobs. Internet companies, consulting companies, startups and high-tech industries, public administrations, and research centers. Take a look!
Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, and Engineering cooperate in this program, whose aim is to provide tools for extracting knowledge from data coming from several application domains.
Contact: datascience@math.unipd.it
Available places: European candidates or non-European candidates residing in Italy. Non-European candidates residing outside Italy: 50.
Duration
2 years
Language
English
Access
Open access with admission requirements
President of Course of Study
Lamberto Ballan
Location
Department of Mathematics - University of Padova
Classes begin on 29. September 2025. The class schedule is available via the following link. More Information in the “News Section”. Enjoy our welcome day presentation to get started! Below, you will find a detailed description of the courses and the different curricula in the Data Science program.
List of Courses for the Academic Year 2025/2026
The possible curricula in the data science program are the following:
Cognitive, Social, and Economic Data Analytics
Machine Learning for Intelligent Systems
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree Programme in Big Data Management and Analytics (BDMA)
Trans Mediterranean Data Science Double Degree (TMDS)
You can also find a detailed summary of all curricula with a list of mandatory and optional units here.
Your study plan will follow one of the curricula specified above and can be submitted for approval from November till September of the subsequent year.
Click here for the information related to the study plan (e.g. compilation process, submission deadlines).
In order to take an exam, students are required to register with
In the last semester of the program, students are required to take an internship at a private firm, a public institution, or a research lab. The related work will be reported in the Master Thesis, to be written under the supervision of a professor.
A.Y. 2024/2025
September 19, 2025
December 12, 2025
A.Y. 2025/2026
April 24, 2026
July 17, 2026
September 25, 2026
December 11, 2026
The thesis must be uploaded to Uniweb 8 days before the graduation date.
The final exam consists of the presentation of the Master Thesis to the Committee of the Final Exam (“Committee” in what follows). The thesis (15 CFU) can be based on the internship (18 CFU) that may take place in a company or other private/public institutions, including the University of Padova, offering to the student the possibility to work on a subject related to Data Science.
Rules for thesis and final exams are written at this link: Rules for thesis and final exam. For more information please, find the report at this link.
Examination Board (the document will be updated in each graduation session).
