Eligibility for the Master's program
The master’s program in Data Science in Business & Entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary program to which students with a wide range of qualifications in science subjects can apply. All applications are individually assessed by the admissions committee. As a prospective candidate for the master’s program in Data Science in Business & Entrepreneurship, you should be prepared to embark on a multidisciplinary program for students of all sorts of different nationalities coming from different backgrounds and cultures. This page contains all the information you need about our admission requirements.
Eligibility University
In order to be directly eligible to the Master Data Science in Business and Entrepreneurship, the curriculum of your relevant Bachelor’s program needs to meet the following criteria:
- A minimum of 15 EC in mathematics and statistics, which include at least 5 EC
in mathematics and 5 EC in statistics.
Courses in:
- Databases
- Algorithms
- Programming (at least one language, preferably Python)
- Machine Learning / Data Mining
Next to this you need to meet the English language requirement.
For those students who have sufficient knowledge of statistics and mathematics, but who are not immediately eligible for the master’s program itself, we offer a half-year pre-master’s program of 30 EC. The courses of the pre-master’s program Data Science in Business and Entrepreneurship start in the first week of February. For more information, go to our pre-master page.
Check direct eligibility
Check the ‘doorstroommatrix’ to see if you are directly eligible to the program, or if you need to follow some additional courses first. If this is not the case, we will asses your eligibility for the Master Data Science in Business and Entrepreneurship on an individual basis. Go to: www.doorstroommatrix.nl
Eligibility foreign students
Depending on the level on which your diploma is being evaluated, you will be processed either as a graduate from (i) research-oriented education or as (ii) a graduate of higher professional education. Please note that in some cases having a university diploma in your country, it might not be sufficient for having access to a university program in the Netherlands. The curriculum of your Technical Bachelor program needs to meet the overall criteria for the Master’s program, as well as the language requirements.
Students are required to be proficient in spoken and written English. Applicants need to provide evidence of having achieved the required level by having one of the following qualifications (for September intake):
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) test with a minimum total score of 90 and minimum subscores of 21 for Speaking and 22 for Writing for TOEFL iBT: Computer based and/or Paper Edition, at a test center.
- IELTS (International English Language Testing System) test with an overall minimum total score of 6.5 and a minimum subscore of 6.0 on the Writing and Speaking sections of the test.
- Cambridge C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency: minimum total score of 176 and a minimum subscore of 169 for Writing and Speaking.
You are exempt from an English test if:
- You completed your entire Bachelor’s or Master’s program in one of the following countries:
Australia, Canada (with the exception of Quebec), Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, or the United States of America.
For all other countries and situations, the English language test is mandatory.
For further details or requirements of the February intake, go the the website of Tilburg University.
Eligibility for higher education
Students from Avans and Fontys ICT
Excellent students studying at Avans and Fontys ICT can be offered the opportunity to follow a minor program during their studies. For more information about the minor, you can contact the study advisor of your program at Avans or Fontys ICT. Please note that application for the minor program goes directly through your hbo institution.
Students holding a degree in HBO ICT or equivalent
If your HBO ICT program contains at least 15 ECTS in mathematics and statistics, which includes a minimum of 5 ECTS in mathematics and 5 ECTS in statistics, your English meets the language requirements and your average grade of the HBO ICT program is 7,5 or higher you are most likely to be eligible for a premaster at JADS.
JADS Master Data Science in Business & Entrepreneurship Tuition Fees
Check out the website of Tilburg University for the updated tuition fees
Bachelor-before-Master rule
If you are a final-year Bachelor’s student or Pre-Master student and, due to the corona measures, you are not sure if you can successfully complete your Bachelor’s or Pre-Master’s program and you want to know if you can start your Master (Bachelor-before-Master rule). Go to our FAQ page about this subject.
How to apply
The master’s and pre-master’s Data Science in Business and Entrepreneurship are a joint effort of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and Tilburg University. The application and admission procedure is done exclusively via Tilburg University. You can find the complete step-by-step procedure on their website. Once you have completed your enrollment at Tilburg University, you will automatically be enrolled at TU/e and you will have access to the facilities of all three campuses in ’s-Hertogenbosch, Eindhoven and Tilburg.
