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Are you a creative problem solver with a love for data? UBC’s Master of Data Science was designed for you. Developed to give students a fast track to a great career, the program is helping to meet a growing need by producing skilled professionals who can turn data into knowledge.

Utilizing descriptive and prescriptive techniques, students extract and analyze data from both unstructured and structured forms, uncover insights, and learn to effectively communicate their results with stakeholders.

Graduates are highly trained, qualified data scientists who can help businesses and organizations, across all domains, improve strategy, products, services, health, safety, and so much more by translating their findings into solutions that enable and inform action.

Who

Students with ANY undergraduate degree, from the Sciences, to the Arts, and Business, who are inquisitive and have a passion for learning

What

10-month, full-time, in-person, accelerated data science masters program

Where

The University of British Columbia, Vancouver or Okanagan campuses

When

Begins each September.

How

An intensive schedule of 24 one-credit courses clustered into four-week segments to provide focus and cover topics in-depth

Why

To translate data into knowledge, communicate its stories, and help decision-makers take action

Which UBC MDS program is right for you?

Trying to determine which UBC Master of Data Science program is right for you? Here’s a quick breakdown of the similarities and differences between our MDS-V, MDS-O, and MDS-CL offerings:

	Vancouver	Okanagan	Computational Linguistics
10-month, full-time, accelerated program	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fundamental data science skills, techniques, and tools	Yes	Yes	Yes
Curriculum specializing in techniques for processing language data	No	No	Yes
Real-world data sets from a range of domains integrated into all courses	Yes	Yes	Yes
8-week capstone project	Yes	Yes	Yes
Industry events and partnerships	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cohort size	~95 students	40 students max	~40 students
Instructors	Faculty from Computer Science and Statistics	Faculty from Computer Science and Statistics	Faculty from Computer Science, Statistics, and Linguistics
Vancouver campus—a bustling, multicultural campus in one of Canada’s top tech expansion destinations	Yes	No	Yes
Kelowna campus—an intimate learning environment in a growing technology centre	No	Yes	No

10-month, full-time, accelerated program

Vancouver	Okanagan	Computational Linguistics
yes	yes	yes

Fundamental data science skills, techniques, and tools

Vancouver	Okanagan	Computational Linguistics
yes	yes	yes

Curriculum specializing in techniques for processing language data

Vancouver	Okanagan	Computational Linguistics
no	no	yes

Real-world data sets from a range of domains integrated into all courses

Vancouver	Okanagan	Computational Linguistics
yes	yes	yes

8-week capstone project

Vancouver	Okanagan	Computational Linguistics
yes	yes	yes

Industry events and partnerships

Vancouver	Okanagan	Computational Linguistics
yes	yes	yes

Cohort size

Vancouver	Okanagan	Computational Linguistics
~95 students	40 students max.	~40 students

Instructors

Vancouver	Okanagan	Computational Linguistics
Faculty from Computer Science and Statistics.	Faculty from Computer Science and Statistics.	Faculty from Computer Science, Statistics, and Linguistics.

Vancouver campus—a bustling, multicultural campus in one of Canada’s top tech expansion destinations

Vancouver	Okanagan	Computational Linguistics
yes	no	yes

Kelowna campus—an intimate learning environment in a growing technology centre

Vancouver	Okanagan	Computational Linguistics
no	yes	no

Learn more about each program

Vancouver This program provides graduates with a unique set of specialized, practical computational and statistical skills to successfully launch a career in the field of data science. The program allows students to learn amongst peers with a wide variety of skills and backgrounds.

Okanagan UBC Okanagan's program trains students with in-demand, industrial data science skills for careers in a variety of fields. With a cohort limited to 40 students, it provides a more intimate and personalized learning environment.

Computational Linguistics UBC’s newest Master of Data Science program equips students with a foundation in data science then branches off to focus on techniques for processing language.

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Meet a Graduate

Nasim Taba, Graduate, MDS Vancouver

“I am excited to participate fully in the sweeping changes in data science, and the ideal next step is to use my MDS knowledge for social good. I am interested in exploring factors that contribute to youth homelessness; using hard data to shed light on social patterns may help alleviate problems of teenagers and their families.”

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