Program Overview

Master's Degree in Health Data Science

The Master's Degree in Health Data Science is an interuniversity program participated by 7 Catalan universities (URV, UPC, UB, UAB, UdG, UdL, and UVic-UCC), the Université Grenoble Alpes, and promoted by the Bioinformatics Barcelona (BIB) association. The program is entirely taught in English and has a clear international vocation.

Objectives

The main objectives of the program are to:

• Form scientists specialized in the management and analysis of large volumes of health data, prepared to provide solutions with an impact on improving healthcare assistance.
• Provide interdisciplinary and transversal training necessary to identify and value the opportunities of Data Science applied to health challenges.
• Train entrepreneurs in the field of digital health at the European scale, capable of creating the necessary tools to manage, analyze, and extract information from big data in the clinical environment and identify business opportunities.

General Information

• Duration and start: 2 academic years, 120 ECTS credits, starting in September.
• Schedule and modality: Non-presential.
• Language: English.

Access

• General requirements: Academic requirements for access to a master's degree.
• Places available: 80.
• Pre-enrollment: This interuniversity master's degree is not coordinated by the UPC. Pre-enrollment must be done at the coordinating university, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV).

Study Plan

The study plan is not available.

Professional Outcomes

Graduates of the Master's Degree in Health Data Science will be capable of working in the public sector (public agencies, universities, research centers, and large scientific infrastructures, hospitals, and research hospitals) and in the private sector (technology-based companies, pharmaceutical companies, consulting firms, and insurance companies), as well as in the main areas of:

• Project management and technical direction.
• Scientific programming.
• Scientific-technical consulting.
• Research.
• Academic sector.

Competences

The program aims to provide students with the necessary competences to work in the field of health data science, including:

• Emprendeduria and innovation.
• Sustainability and social commitment.
• Knowledge of a third language (preferably English).
• Teamwork and solvent use of information resources.

Quality Seals

The main quality indicators of the degree can be found on the portal Estudis Universitaris de Catalunya of the Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya.

Academic Organization

• Teaching center: Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona (ETSEIB).
• Participating institutions:
  • Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).
  • Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).
  • Universitat de Barcelona (UB).
  • Universitat de Girona (UdG).
  • Universitat de Lleida (UdL).
  • Universitat de Vic (UVIC).
  • Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) - coordinating university.
  • Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA).