Master's Degree Program in Data Science and Advanced Analytics

The popularity of Data Science and Analytics has been steadily growing in the last few years, both in Industry and Academia. The Master Degree Program in Data Science and Advanced Analytics is aimed at analytical oriented people wishing to meet the challenges of modern technology by solving new and challenging problems, who like to turn data into knowledge and aspire to develop a career in a field with huge potential for growth and with great demand worldwide.

In addition to specializations in Data Science and Business Analytics, starting in the 2026-27 academic year, the Master's program will offer two new specializations — Data Engineering and Scalable Technologies and Artificial Intelligence and Computational Systems — reinforcing its technological component and aligning the curriculum with current market demands.

In every academic year, the partners offer a paid internship to the 1^st year students, to be undertaken during the 2^nd year. 1st year students should apply to the internship(s) they are interested in. The internship will be assigned to the student gathering the best qualification in the application.

This Master is ranked as the best Master's program in Data Analytics in the Western Europe, for the 3^rd time in a row, by Eduniversal (2025), an international agency that publishes an annual ranking of the best MBA and Master's programs in the world.

Applications for this Master's are open between January 1^st and February 3^rd, 2026. To apply, click here.

Apply here

EDUNIVERSAL

Ranked, for the 3^rd time in a row, as the best program in Data Analytics in Western Europe, by Eduniversal (2025 Best Masters Ranking).

Know more here

Format

Working Hours
Length and ECTS

4 semesters
(120 ECTS)
Attendance

2 to 3 times a week
Start Date

September 2026

More oriented to information management and business. This specialization will train students with a stronger business oriented background, that will allow them to identify and implement the most adequate analytical models to different business problems and functional areas. In addition, students will be able to interpret the results of business analytics and their implications to business. Finally, according to the data analysis results, they will be able to make data driven decisions to optimize the business process.

More oriented to information technology and computer science. This specialization will provide stronger technical skills, allowing students to master all the most known and widely used paradigms and environments for software development. Students from this specialization will be specialized in problem solving, optimization and computational intelligence, they will be able to approach big data technically and they will have solid skills in methods like deep learning, that are very much in demand in the global market nowadays.

Partnerships

Tranquilidade
Future Healthcare
BI4ALL
Mind Over Data

resumo do conteudo da tabela
Curricular Unit	Program	Annual Prize Value

caption text

Internships Agreements

Accenture
Ageas
Feedzai

resumo do conteudo da tabela
Curricular Unit	Program	Annual Prize Value

caption text

Regulation and accreditations

Regulation

Regulation of the Master in Data Science and Advanced Analytics (in Portuguese).
(Regulation No 917/2022, published in the Official Gazette, 2^ndseries, No.190, September 30^th, 2022).

Accreditations

A3ES;
DGES – Registration number R/A-Cr 197/2011/AL06 on 11-08-2022.

Xavier Gonçalves

Data & Business Analyst | Whitestar Asset Solutions

Jorge Abreu

Data Scientist | Ageas Portugal

Eleonora Sbrissa

Senior Data Analyst | VORTAL Connecting Business

Carina Albuquerque

Invited Lecturer | NOVA IMS

Lara Oliveira

Invited Lecturer | NOVA IMS

The course offered me excellent technical tools in the field of Data Science. These resources allow any professional to stand out and get better opportunities in organizations.

The Master Degree Program in Data Science & Advanced Analytics allowed me to learn about the main ways of working with one of the most important resources today: data. It had a very practical component, which was enhanced by the possibility of entering a curricular internship that allowed me to have a realistic perspective of the current challenges of organizations, in addition to have direct contact with professionals in the field.

The specialization in Business Analytics was my choice to change my career path into data analysis.
The program is well structured, innovative, and covers a wide range of topics that are required when looking for a job in this area. The curriculum tackles a theoretical approach and an application to real life through group projects. It’s also a big opportunity to meet people from all over the world for its internationality.

The Master Degree Program in Advanced Analytics focuses on learning and developing optimized solutions to respond to new and demanding analytical problems. The multidisciplinary and international scope, the constant updating of relevant topics in the market and the teaching excellence make this program a unique and peculiarly unique experience in the academic context.

NOVA IMS is the right school to create skills suited to one of the biggest challenges today: extracting useful information from data from different domains, from social networks to hospitals. It is a faculty that opens windows of opportunity and leads us to success.