Program information, Master's program in Data Science

This site contains contact details and other programme-specific information for the Master's Programme in Data Science at Uppsala University (specialisations in Data Engineering and in Machine Learning and Statistics).

Contact information

Programme coordinator: Matteo Magnani.
Student advisor: Olga Kai.
Student programme assistant: Theodora Moldovan
Student representative in the programme board: Markus Rupp

Information for new students (Fall term 2024)

This page contains important information on how to start your studies. Please note that all times are specified as Stockholm times - please convert to your time zone.

Roll call and enrollment formalities

Before starting your courses on Monday, September 2, the University (that is, the programme, the Faculty, the student unions, ...) organises several meetings and activities. Among the activities organised by the programme, some are compulsory to be able to start your studies, so read the information below carefully.

Information meeting on course selection

Date and time: Monday, August 12, 14:00-15:00 (Stockholm time)

Location: online (zoom link, a password will be been shared by email)

The objective of this meeting is to provide information on how to choose your courses for the Fall term. It is not compulsory to participate in this meeting, and we will post the slides here after the meeting, but participation is strongly recommended: selecting your courses before the start of the term is compulsory, and at this meeting you get all the required information and can ask questions. No action regarding course selection is required from you before this meeting.

Individual meetings

Many of you will have a clear idea about what courses to choose after the meeting on course selection. But if you have doubts or personal issues to discuss, you also have the possibility of booking an individual online meeting with the programme coordinator or the study advisor to discuss your course selection. The individual meeting is not compulsory: if after the information meeting on course selection you have no additional questions, you can directly submit your course selection following the instructions provided during the meeting.

Roll call and first physical meeting

Slides from the meeting (Study advisor / PR assistant)

Slides from the meeting (Student/section representative)

Date and time: Monday, August 26, 10:00-11:30 (Stockholm time)

Location: Ångström Laboratory campus, room 4101.

It is compulsory to be in Uppsala and physically attend the roll call: this is where we get the final confirmation of who is starting the programme. Not all the admitted students start, for different reasons that can range from changes of mind to missing visas and residence permits. Notice that for this reason your registration to the courses will only be done after the roll call. Therefore, if for any reason you are unable to attend, contact the programme coordinator before the missed meeting to discuss if there are any possibilities to proceed.

Students with a conditional offer of enrollment must upload the necessary documents (e.g., their Bachelor degree) to the University admissions site, the same used to apply, well in advance before the roll call. We will check the documents and remove the conditions in the middle of August. Do not forget to bring a valid ID (e.g. passport).

Apart from formalising the start of your studies, during this occasion we will also get a chance to meet each other in person and you will receive more information from your study advisor and the student union. Some coffee/tea and cake (fika) will be served during the meeting.

Attending courses

From Monday, September 2, lectures for the courses in the first period of the first semester start. From that time, you will be expected to spend on average 40 hours per week on your education (including individual study time). You will be able to generate your own schedule based on your individual study plan, but if you are curious here you can see the lecture schedule for some frequently chosen courses in the programme, to get an idea. You can see the full schedule for Year 1 and Year 2. It is possible to filter by Reason if you are looking to import specific meetings (e.g. information meetings).

Student account

To participate in the programme it is very important that you have a student account. You should have received the information on how to activate it from the central University administration.

Other welcoming activities

Activities are organised by various organisations every year to welcome new students. These are not handled by the programme, so we do not provide details about these activities here, and we suggest to look at the pages provided by these organisations.

The Uppsala Union of Engineering and Science students (UTN) arranges social activities and informative meetings specifically for you, the new students in one of our master's programmes. Read about those activities here.
For hundreds of years, the student nations have been a central part of student life for many. Uppsala's 13 student nations regularly organize events to welcome new students and then throughout the year. More information about student nations is available here, and here. The student nations will post information on their web pages about welcoming activities over the summer.
Centrally, the University arranges a welcome programme and reception.

We are looking forward to meeting you in Uppsala!

Other resources

There is a LinkedIn group for Students and Alumni of Uppsala University's Master's Programme in Data Science.

Study plans are linked for the specialisation in Data Engineering and specialisation in Machine Learning and Statistics.

Information on the Master's thesis and the Project in Data Science is available on our programme Studium page.