Data Science City University of Hong Kong

Overview

In an inter-professional setting, students are given the tools to build theoretical and methodological knowledge in data science, communication skills and ethic awareness. There are three flexible areas of advanced knowledge:

• Artificial  Intelligence (Al)

• Social Media Analytics

• Statistical Learning

Career

The unique power of data science knowledge and technology is gaining unprecedented attention in the job market, as big data analytics, data mining, machine learning and artificial intelligence become more and more relevant to mainstream industries. 

It is no wonder that data science has been heralded by the Harvard Business Review as one of the hottest fields in the 21st century. Data scientists solve some of the hardest problems that businesses face, and their work is relevant to almost all realms of business.

The Data Science major from City University of Hong Kong is a unique programme to offer students a rigorous theoretical and methodological knowledge of data science along with in-depth analysis and evaluation for applied problems. 

Graduates with such solid theoretical knowledge and rich practical experience capable of working alongside domain experts are in great demand in virtually all fields, including but not limited to the following.

• Finance and Banking

• Innovative Industry

• E-commerce

• IT and Software Companies

• Smart City

• Logistics and Transportation Systems

• Retail and Digital Marketing

• Power and Energy

• Healthcare and Medical Research

• Government and Public Organisations

• Consultancy

• Education and Research

• Small Business, Start-ups, Multi-industry Opportunities