Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences

Admission Requirements

Enrolling for this study plan is possible after having obtained one of the following degrees:

Academic Bachelor's programme computerwetenschappen
Academic Bachelor's programme informatica
Academic Bachelor's programme ingenieurswetenschappen: computerwetenschappen

You may also be asked to provide additional documents so we may evaluate your application.

Aanbevelingsbrief 1 / Letter of recommendation 1
Aanbevelingsbrief 2 / Letter of recommendation 2
Motivatiebrief / Letter of motivation
Puntenlijst / Transcript of records

Overview of the study plan

Compulsory: 48 ECTS-credits
Electives: 12 ECTS-credits


Master Applied Informatics profile Big Data Technology compulsory

Master Applied Informatics profile Big Data Technology compulsory

Compulsory components programme level.

All courses in the list below are compulsory.

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 18 ECTS credits.

3ECTS credits - Methods for Scientific Research
15ECTS credits - Master's Thesis in Applied Informatics

Compulsory components profile Big Data Technology.

All courses listed below are compulsory within the profile Big Data Technology.

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 30 ECTS credits.

6ECTS credits - Data and Information Management
6ECTS credits - Security in Computing
6ECTS credits - Information Visualisation
6ECTS credits - Cloud Computing and Big Data Processing
6ECTS credits - Multicore Programming

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Master Applied Informatics profile Big Data Technology electives

Students must choose 12 ECTS from the list below.

In addition, it is possible to include remedial courses in this module: Parallelism and Distribution, Higher Order Programming, Web Technologies, Machine Learning, and Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. Please indicate your choice via the form that can be found on the website.

To complete this module, students must obtain 12 ECTS credits.

6ECTS credits - Software Architectures
6ECTS credits - Declarative Programming
6ECTS credits - Scalable Data Management Systems

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