Overview
This innovative B.Sc. in Data Science programme at NSHM will provide participants with an opportunity to get exposed to a broad range of subjects leading to a high-level of data science skills. The objective of this programme is to help the students develop into agile, skilled data scientists and become adept at working in variety of settings and able to meet the challenges and reap the rewards of interdisciplinary team work.
The broad areas in which the students will be able acquire their skills and knowledge are: Applied Statistics, Data Mining and Predictive Modelling Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics and more. The pedagogy is will be extremely hands-on using real world case problems. NSHM has state-of-the-art infrastructure for high performance computing. The institute has collaborated with Analytics Society of India, Kolkata Chapter to provide guided analytics learning and certification. It is also association with national level analytics forums like Analytics India Magazine and Analytics Vidhya.
Programme Education Objective
- Prepare the students with the knowledge and skills of programming with Python, SQL, information and computing environment, statistical methods, AL and ML, databases, big data analytics, and other business Intelligence tools and techniques for just-in-time decision-support as analyst, scientist, BI experts, security expert, data manager, researcher, etc. across all sectors of development all over the world.
- Enable them to contribute to the data-led future of the economy by way of continuous learning, advanced analysis, analytics and applications with data in an ethical and socially responsible manner in cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary settings.
Career Opportunities
India is the second-highest country next to the US to have generated the demand to recruit about 50,000 Data Scientists for 2020 and 2021. After studying B.Sc in Data Science, students can join the industry in following roles:
- Data Analyst
- Data Scientist
- Data Architect
- Data Administrator
- Business Analyst
- Data / Analytics Manager
- Business Intelligence Manager
Programme Structure
Core Curriculum
Computing Fundamentals
Foundation of Computer Science
fundamentals of computing, computing peripherials, data structure, web and internet.
DBMS
management of data, databases and SQL programming
Statistical Methods
Statistics Theory
fundamentals of statistics and probability, statistical modelling and data analysis.
Time series
time series to forecast, smoothing techniques, time series as a stochastic process, spectral analysis of time series data.
Machine learning
Artificial Intelligence & Machine learning
design algorithms, artificial intelligence & machine learning techniques, AI/ML applications with business and scientific data.
Python Programming
Analyze and process data, build machine learning models with advanced Python programming language.
Advanced concepts in data science
Big Data Analytics
big data concepts, Hadoop ecosystem and build big data environment, apply machine learning in distributed big data environment.
Business Intelligence
techniques of faster reporting, analysis, planning, business decision support, improved data quality, operational efficiency, agile methods, user centricity and customer satisfaction.
Programme Type - UG
Duration - 3 years (6 Semesters)
Minimum Eligibility - 10+2 passed with Science, Mathematics and English from a recognised board. Knowledge of Statistics is preferred.
Degree Awarded By -
Fee Details
- Kolkata
Kolkata
Payment Date |
One Time Payment | Yearly Payment Payment Deadline | Half-Yearly Payment |
| Admission Fee | INR 50,000 | INR 50,000 | INR 50,000 |
| Within 15 days of Admission | INR 2,67,300 | INR 1,43,700 | INR 78,200 |
| on or before 30th Nov, 2023 | INR 78,200 | ||
| on or before 31st May, 2024 | INR 86,300 | INR 46,900 | |
| on or before 30th Nov, 2024 | INR 46,900 | ||
| on or before 31st May, 2025 | INR 62,500 | INR 31,300 | |
| on or before 30th Nov, 2025 | INR 36,200 | ||
| Total Fees: | INR 3,17,300 | INR 3,42,500 | INR 3,67,700 |
| Course Fee including Admission : |
* The fees mentioned above are only for students from India.
Please contact the admission counselor for a detailed fee structure for International Students.
Download And Know More About The NSHM
Mentor
Prof Madhurima Paul
Assistant Professor
Top Recruiters
