Data Science & Society
Bachelor
Is data the new oil? Can facial recognition systems lead to bias? Do fitness-tracking apps impact infrastructure planning? Join our programme as we explore these questions! Master the art of understanding data and delve into the ethical and societal impacts of technology. Gain future-proof data skills to shape a better world!
✔️ Gain valuable skills like programming while paying attention to social, ethical and political aspects of datafication
✔️ Learn from international lecturers with different areas of expertise, from governance to data visualization, and explore your interests
✔️ Develop as a data professional by learning how to communicate and present data-based insights and gain future-proof skills to excel in your career!
Data is neither good, nor bad, nor neutral. In this future-focused bachelor, you’ll explore the social aspects of data and data-driven decisions while gaining essential technical skills. At Campus Fryslân, you’ll grow in a hands-on, international learning community.
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Events:
- Open Day: 31 January
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English
Title
Bachelor of Science
Duration
3 years
ECTS credits
ECTS
The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a student-centred system based on the student workload required to achieve the objectives of a programme of study. Its aim is to facilitate the recognition of study periods undertaken by mobile students through the transfer of credits. The ECTS is based on the principle that 60 credits are equivalent to the workload of full-time student during one academic year.
Accreditation
Numerus Fixus
No Numerus Fixus
Without numerus fixus.
Tuition fee 2024/2025
EU/EEA
The EU/EEA rate is the regular fee for students from within the EU/EEA.
€ 2,530
Non-EU/EEA
The non-EU/EEA rate is the rate for students from outside the EU/EEA.
€ 13,100
Institutional
The institutional rate is for all students who have already obtained a bachelor’s or master’s degree and who want to start a second programme leading to a degree at the same level or at a lower level.
€ 11,500
Admission
Application requirements
VWO with Wiskunde A or B or HBO-propedeuse diploma or Colloquium doctum *Colloquium doctum applicants are advised to apply until December
*VWO English or one of the certified English tests *Mathematics: VWO Mathematics A or VWO Mathematics B
Final transcript. If you have yet to graduate, please include at least all the transcripts from the previous one and a half years up to your most recent transcripts.
Language requirements
- C1
- Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English
- C2
- Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English
- 6.5
- IELTS overall band
- 90
- TOEFL internet based
Check when you can start and what you have to pay!
| Tuition fees | |
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| € 2,530 | |
| € 13,100 | |
| € 11,500 |
| Tuition fees | |
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| € 2,601 | |
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| Information not available |
| Start date | App. deadline EU/EEA | App. deadline Non-EU/EEA |
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| 1 Sep '25 | 1 May '25 | 1 May '25 |
| 1 Sep '26 | 1 May '26 | 1 May '26 |
Contact
Main addressWirdumerdijk 34
8911 CE Leeuwarden
058-205 5000
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