Data Science and Society Central European University (CEU)

Overview

Key Facts of the  Data Science and Society programme at Central European University (CEU)

The programme teaches the interdisciplinary skills necessary to extract scientific understanding from societal data and consists of comprehensive training in computational data analysis and mathematical modeling, as well as core theory and methods from sociology, economics, environmental science, and political science.

Students are eligible for an Austrian-accreidted BSc in Data Science and Society after three years, and a US-accredited BA in Data Science and Society after completing the fourth year.

Students will learn how to take advantage of the unprecedented quantity and level of detail of available information on human habits, health, communication, opinions, political and economic behavior in a manner that is built upon quantitative theory and methods while being directly integrated with the scholarship in the various areas of the social sciences.

Students will be expected to conduct interdisciplinary research as part of their thesis and capstone project in their chosen areas of specialization.