Big Data Management and Analytics

‹ Machine Learning for Intelligent Systems Biological Data Analytics ›

The BDMA program will close with the last group of students that have just joined in the 2025–2026 academic year. But exciting news is ahead: our Master’s degree will be part of a brand-new Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s program: DEAI (Data Engineering and Artificial Intelligence)! The grant application period is now open, you can apply here until January 13th, 2026.

BDMA for short

The curriculum is jointly delivered by:

Universitè Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium;
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain;
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e), Netherlands;
CentraleSupèlec (CS), France;
Università degli Studi di Padova (UniPD), Italy.

The program is held entirely in English and is divided into four semesters of 30 ECTS credits each:

The first semester at ULB is focused on Business Intelligence;
The second semester at UPC covers Big Data fundamentals;
The third semester of the BDMA degree concentrates on how to couple the acquired competencies with a business goal;
The last semester is devoted to the Master’s thesis.