Master in Data Science
Moscow, Russia
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
03 Aug 2025*
EARLIEST START DATE
01 Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
RUB 430,000 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* online applications are accepted for preliminary selection; online candidate interviews will be held with programmes; you have to upload your portfolio to the personal online account before August 10
Introduction
Data Science master’s programme includes the full-time educational track for English-speaking students which consists of a set of basic disciplines and variety of elective and optional courses in English.
The aim of the programme is to train highly-qualified experts in applied mathematics, information science and data analysis.
The programme involves an in-depth study of mathematical methods of artificial intelligence models and modern methods of data analysis, mathematical and informational modeling of complex systems as well as computer realization of these methods. Knowledge and skills of graduates from this course are in demand by Russian Federation ministries and institutions, regional administrations and large companies.
The concept and the curriculum of the specialization in Internet Data Analysis have been developed in conjunction with Yandex. This track involves the teaching of special disciplines by the Company staff members, the participation of students, postgraduates and lecturers in projects implementing tasks suggested by Yandex and related to its business operations, vocational training for students in Yandex and joint research carried out together with Yandex staff.
Program Overview
Data Science master’s program includes the full-time educational track for English-speaking students which consists of a set of basic disciplines and a variety of elective and optional courses in English.
The aim of the program is to train highly qualified experts in applied mathematics, information science, and data analysis.
The program involves an in-depth study of mathematical methods of artificial intelligence models and modern methods of data analysis, mathematical and informational modeling of complex systems as well as a computer realization of these methods. The knowledge and skills of graduates from this course are in demand by Russian Federation ministries and institutions, regional administrations, and large companies.
The concept and the curriculum of the specialization in Internet Data Analysis have been developed in conjunction with Yandex. This track involves the teaching of special disciplines by the Company staff members, the participation of students, postgraduates, and lecturers in projects implementing tasks suggested by Yandex and related to its business operations, vocational training for students in Yandex, and joint research carried out together with Yandex staff.
Admissions
Curriculum
The program includes 3 specializations and a full-time English-taught track (120 credits):
English-taught track
General Curriculum Contents
Bridging Courses:
- Discrete Mathematics for Application and Algorithm Development
- Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics
- Components of the Field of Study
Basic Courses:
- Modern Methods of Data Analysis
- Modern Methods of Decision Making
- Network Science
- Machine Learning and Data Mining
Elective Courses:
- Automated Methods for Program Verification
- Medical Informatics
- Data Analysis in Medicine
- Data and Service Engineering for Automating Business Processes
Internet Data Analysis
Basic Courses:
- Modern Methods of Data Analysis
- Modern Methods of Decision Making
- Machine Learning
- Algorithms and Data Structures
- Methods and Systems for Processing Big Data
Elective Courses:
- Probabilistic and Statistical Approaches in Decision Making
- Theory Parallel and Distributed Computations
- Optimization in Machine Learning
- Image and Video Analysis
- Automatic Processing of Texts
- Deep Learning
Intelligent Systems and Structural Analysis
Bridging Courses:
- Discrete Mathematics for Application and Algorithm Development
- Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics
Basic Courses:
- Modern Methods of Data Analysis
- Modern Methods of Decision Making
- Ordered Sets in Data Analysis
- Network Science
- Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Mining
- Machine Learning and Data Mining
Elective Courses:
- Computational Linguistics and Text Analysis
- Information Theory and Combinatorial Theory of Search
- Fundamentals of Design and Implementation of Artificial Intelligence
- Systems Games and Decisions in Data Analysis and Modelling
- Data Analysis in Medicine
- Big Data Analysis
- Deep Learning
- Automated Methods for Program Verification
- Medical Informatics
- Robust Methods in Statistics
- Decision Making and Data Analysis under Uncertainty and Ambiguity
- Automating Business Processes using Machine Learning
Technologies of Modelling of Complex Systems
Bridging Courses:
- Discrete Mathematics for Application and Algorithm Development
- Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics
Basic Courses:
- Modern Methods of Data Analysis
- Modern Methods of Decision Making
- Ordered Sets in Data Analysis
- Mathematical Foundations of Modern Telecommunications
- Statistical Methods for Predictive Modeling
- Geometric Methods for Predictive Modeling
Elective Courses:
- Computational Linguistics and Text Analysis
- Information Theory and Combinatorial Theory of Search
- Fundamentals of Design and Implementation of Artificial Intelligence
- Systems Games and Decisions in Data Analysis and Modelling
- Data Analysis in Medicine
- Big Data Analysis
- Deep Learning
- Automated Methods for Program Verification
- Medical Informatics
- Robust Methods in Statistics
- Decision Making and Data Analysis under Uncertainty and Ambiguity
- Automating Business Processes using Machine Learning
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the program will acquire skills and competencies in demand on the leading online platforms, including methods and tools for processing large volumes of data (Big Data), data preprocessing (Extract-Transform-Load), data mining (Data Mining), knowledge extraction (Knowledge Discovery), creating search engines (Search Engines), social network analysis (Social Network Analysis), algorithm scaling (Hadoop and Map-Reduce technologies), and financial time series forecasting.
Program Admission Requirements
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