Data Science Master's programmes in Germany
Data Science Master's programmes in Germany, including analytics and big-data programmes. Most expect solid mathematics and statistics in your Bachelor's, as well as programming.
We list 47 English-taught Master's programmes here, at 43 German universities, most of them in North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg and Lower Saxony. 36 charge no tuition, 0 don't require the GRE and 0 accept a medium-of-instruction letter instead of IELTS. Where a minimum grade is published, the typical one is a German 2.5 — about a 3.0 CGPA on a 4.0 scale.
Data Science Master's programmes in Germany: all 47 programmes
Requirements change every intake — always confirm on the official programme page before you apply. Our free eligibility check compares your own degree, credits, grade and English with every programme below.
| Programme | University | Tuition | Min. German grade | English | GRE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Data Science |
University of Göttingen
Göttingen
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Applied Mathematics for Network and Data Sciences |
Mittweida University of Applied Sciences
Mittweida
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics |
Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences
Neu-Ulm
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Artificial Intelligence and Data Science |
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Artificial Intelligence and Data Science |
Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Deggendorf
|
€500 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Digital Business Management |
FH Furtwangen
Furtwangen
|
€1,500 / semester | 2.5 | IELTS 7 | Not stated |
| Business Analytics & AI |
University of Cologne
Cologne
|
No tuition | 2.7 | Not stated | Not stated |
| Business Intelligence and Data Analytics |
Emden/Leer University of Applied Sciences
Emden/Leer
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Computational and Data Science |
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Karlsruhe
|
€1,500 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Computer Science - Big Data and Artificial Intelligence |
SRH University of Applied Sciences
Heidelberg (and other campuses)
|
€6,800 / semester | 3.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Data Analytics (International Master’s degree) |
University of Hildesheim
Hildesheim
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Data Analytics and Decision Science |
RWTH Aachen University
Aachen
|
€7,500 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science |
Kiel University of Applied Sciences
Kiel
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science |
Bielefeld University
Bielefeld
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science |
University of Trier
Trier
|
No tuition | 1.7 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science |
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 7 | Not stated |
| Data Science |
IU International University of Applied Sciences
Erfurt (and many campuses)
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 7 | Not stated |
| Data Science |
RWTH Aachen University
Aachen
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science |
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Erlangen
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science |
Hamburg University of Technology
Hamburg
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science |
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Data Science |
University of Europe for Applied Sciences
Potsdam (and other campuses)
|
€6,594 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science |
Fulda University of Applied Sciences
Fulda
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science |
University of Greifswald
Greifswald
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science |
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund
|
No tuition | 2.7 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science |
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Ilmenau
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science |
University of Augsburg
Augsburg
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science |
University of Münster
Münster
|
No tuition | 2.5 | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data Science |
XU Exponential University of Applied Sciences
Potsdam
|
€6,594 / semester | 2.5 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science (Research Master) |
Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Bielefeld
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Data Science and Artificial Intelligence |
Saarland University
Saarbrücken
|
No tuition | 3.0 | IELTS 7 | Not stated |
| Data Science and Artificial Intelligence |
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg
|
No tuition | 3.0 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science and Machine Learning |
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Oldenburg
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Data Science in Business and Economics |
University of Tübingen
Tübingen
|
€1,500 / semester | 2.5 | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data Science in Sports and Health |
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Data Science of Human Multimodal Communication (MULTICOM) |
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Erlangen
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Geoinformatics and Spatial Data Science |
University of Münster
Münster
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Information Technology – Data Science (MSc) |
Mediadesign University of Applied Sciences
Berlin (and other campuses)
|
€6,300 / semester | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Management & Data Science |
Leuphana University Lüneburg
Lüneburg
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Mannheim Master in Data Science (MMDS) |
University of Mannheim
Mannheim
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Master's in Analytics and Artificial Intelligence |
ESMT Berlin
Berlin
|
€14,500 / semester | 2.5 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Mathematical Data Science |
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Cottbus
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Mathematics of Machine Learning and Data Science |
Heidelberg University
Heidelberg
|
€1,500 / semester | 2.3 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Operations Research and Business Analytics |
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Magdeburg
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 5.5 | Not stated |
| Project Management and Data Science |
Berlin University of Applied Sciences and Technology (HTW Berlin)
Berlin
|
No tuition | 4.0 | IELTS 6 | Not stated |
| Social and Economic Data Science |
University of Konstanz
Konstanz
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
| Web and Data Science |
University of Koblenz
Koblenz
|
No tuition | 2.5 | IELTS 6.5 | Not stated |
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