Become a Data Scientist & AI Specialist
The Master in Big Data Analytics & Artificial Intelligence for Society (University of Pisa) is a one-year postgraduate program designed for graduates from all disciplines, combining theory, hands-on labs, projects, and an internship with partner organizations.
The program is designed to support heterogeneous backgrounds and includes an alignment course on core skills (e.g., databases, exploratory analysis, Python).
What this program offers
A complete, interdisciplinary training path in Big Data and AI: from data acquisition and management, to analysis and modeling, to communication and responsible use of data-driven systems.
- Designed for graduates of all disciplines
- Balance of theoretical lectures and practical activities
- Industry seminars, bootcamps, and supervised internship
Who it is for
Graduates and professionals who want to work in data analysis and AI across business and research, and who value ethical and societal implications of AI systems.
How it works
Teaching model
- Online program delivered via MS Teams
- Weekly schedule: Wed–Fri 16:00–20:00, Sat 09:00–13:00
- Labs (optional) to practice with tutor support
- Attendance requirement: ≥ 70% of lecture hours
Two-phase structure
- Phase 1 (Nov–Jul): lectures + project activities
- Phase 2 (Aug–Dec): 425 hours internship with partners
- Learning supported by Moodle for materials
Skills you will develop
Theoretical competences
- Machine Learning
- Deep Neural Networks
- Information Retrieval
- Data Management Systems
- Data Crawling
- Decision Support Systems
- Text Analytics
- Time Series Analysis
Technical toolset
- Scikit-learn
- TensorFlow
- Elasticsearch
- Power BI
- NLTK
- Selenium
- NetworkX
- tslearn
