Program objectives

• Business alignment: Acquire the skills and know-how to mine and model data and to articulate your discoveries and recommendations to those not schooled in the world of data.
• Entrepreneurship: Learn to turn big data into real value. From mining the economic value of personal data, to developing novel ways to apply actionable insights, through to discovering innovative strategic and marketing models.
• Data Science Knowledge & Skills: Our learn-by-doing approach addresses the hard skills you require to successfully implement data projects. Get to understand data engineering and data analytics. Explore data sets, gather actionable insights, visualize results and communicate meaningful findings while taking into consideration underlying legal and ethical issues.

Application requirements
You must be able to show a high level of motivation in formulating and solving complex problems in a data driven environment. You should also be eager to learn combining generalist with expert thinking. An entrepreneurial mind-set is second nature to you. In fact, if you can tick most of the following, this program could be for you.

• Technical expertise: An absolute must is that you have expertise in a scientific discipline at Master level.
• Curiosity: You have an unstoppable desire to discover, distil and model a problem down to a clear set of concepts and hypotheses that can be tested.
• Storytelling: Eagerness to develop the skill to use data to tell a story and to be able to communicate such a story effectively.
• Creativity: You have the skill for looking at problems from different angles and finding creative solutions.

Program structure
The Data Expert Program is designed for ambitious professionals with a strong analytical and quantitative background. Duration: 1 year. Approximately 30 full working days – in general on Fridays and one weekend.

The program comprises 8 blocks. All blocks cover all aspects of data science.
Participants will receive an official certificate from JADS/Tilburg University/Eindhoven University of Technology. Program objectives: Data Science Knowledge & Skills, Business Alignment and Entrepreneurship.