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Data Science and Analytics

Visualize a career in data science and analytics.

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Start a career in the in-demand fields of data science and business analytics. Be the go-to person in your workplace to work with data sets, make data-driven decisions, create visualizations and communicate results.

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This unique program is offered by professionals from the Faculty of Science, Haskayne School of Business and Cumming School of Medicine, where you get interdisciplinary skills and you can specialize in any area of your interest. The certificate program gives you the fundamental knowledge, whereas the diploma program makes you an expert in business analytics, data science or health data science and biostatistics. Combine these with a research internship and an integrated topics course to earn a professional graduate degree with our new Master in Data Science and Analytics.

Optimize your career with a 4-course certificate taught by the University of Calgary’s top data scientists.

Elevate your career with a graduate level 8-course diploma taught by leading professionals on campus.

Earn a graduate credential and complete an internship in the multidisciplinary Master of Data Science and Analytics program.

There is no better time than the present to get training in Data Science and Analytics. The job field is still very new, so job opportunities are diverse. The program was an accelerated way to start building those skills. It allowed me to get a bit of a head start.

Tim Cruz, BComm’18

2019 graduate from the Data Science & Analytics diploma program

Tim Cruz leveraged the Data Science and Analytics diploma program to make the most of new opportunities in Calgary's tech economy.