Your future
Data science and big data are very important to companies nowadays, and this programme will provide you with all the training you’ll need be active in these areas. The comprehensive education, practical skills and international orientation of the programme will open the world to you. When applying for positions, graduates from Data Science for Decision Making are often successful because of their problem-solving attitude, their modern scientific skills, their flexibility and their ability to model and analyse complex problems from a variety of domains.
Graduates have found positions as:
- Manager Automotive Research Center at Johnson Electric
- Creative Director at Goal043 | Serious Games
- Assistant Professor at the Department of Advanced Computing Sciences, Maastricht University
- BI strategy and solutions manager at Vodafone Germany
- Scientist at TNO
- Digital Analytics Services Coordinator at PFSweb Europe
- Software Developer at Thunderhead.com
- Data Scientist at BigAlgo
- Researcher at Thales Nederland
"I’m surprised by the recentness of the knowledge that I gained"
I recently started to work as a Decision Support Specialist and Data Scientist at Yunify, an e-Health company. I feel that my studies at the Department of Advanced Computing Sciences (DACS) prepared me well for that. For many techniques from Machine Learning and AI, you get explanations about how we can make sure they are working well. By thinking so much about things like uncertainty, instability and error values, I learned to be alert at whether I’m doing the right thing. It’s a perfect match for the job I have now.
I appreciated that the professors could point out both business and academic challenges, thus showing the link between corporate reality and my academic training. The communication with teaching staff was extremely open: I always got swift replies to questions, by e-mail or by simply visiting their office.
Studying in Maastricht was amazing. DACS students are a very open-minded group and it took me little to no effort to connect to others. The diversity in the group makes it easy to talk to people. Looking back, I’m also surprised by the recentness of the knowledge that I gained. When I’m talking to people in the same field, I noticed I sometimes talk about things they aren’t yet aware of.
Read the full story: Marc discusses the curriculum, atmosphere and job search
Marc Pont, Data Science for Decision Making
After your diploma
Since we've started teaching in 1992, the demand for experts in data science and artificial intelligence has shot through the roof. Our diplomas offer excellent job prospects both within and outside of the Netherlands.
Will you work for a start-up company, a large multinational, as a researcher, in Silicon Valley or will you be your own boss? Will you apply your skills in the domain of healthcare, robotics, logistics, ICT, gaming, finance or elsewhere? Here's a selection of positions that our alumni hold:
- Research scientist at Facebook AI Research
- Software Development Engineer at Amazon
- Senior Program Manager Business Operations at Tesla
- Software Engineer at Google
- Chief Technology Officer at myTomorrows
- PhD student at University College London
- Data and Software Engineer at the European Space Agency
- Team Lead Data Science at Bol.com
- Consultant Financial Advisory & Analytics at Deloitte
- Methodologist at CBS (Statistics Netherlands)
- Senior Algorithm Software Engineer at Pie Medical Imaging
If you're curious what some of our bachelor's and master's alumni from the class of 2019 are up to, have a look at this article.