Data Science for Decision Making

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
MA Operations Research - Your future

Typical careers

  • universities
  • research institutes
  • governmental institutions
  • R&D departments in industry
  • consultancy
  • management
  • the field of mathematical modelling
  • logistics
  • planning and scheduling
  • business
  • I’m surprised by the recentness of the knowledge that I gained
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    Marc Pont, Data Science for Decision Making
  • I believe the project-based mind-set we acquired, prepared us well to work in a team with different backgrounds and skill sets. Those skills help us to reach common goals.
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    Taghi Aliyev, Data Science And Decision Making - Data scientist Bol.com

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.