Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering: Focal Area in Data Science
Full Time
The Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering: Focal Area in Data Science by coursework employs innovative approaches and algorithms, most notably machine learning algorithms, for processing and analysing data. Data Science technologies can be applied to both small and big data, of various types such as relational, images, video, audio, and text. Big data constitutes extremely large data sets that may be analysed computationally to reveal patterns, trends and associations, especially relating to human behaviour and interactions. The data science programmes focus on enabling students to develop innovative optimisation and machine learning techniques to produce novel, efficient and robust data science technologies, for use in Industrial Engineering, Engineering Management and related applications.
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Please note that selection for postgraduate programmes is highly competitive. Meeting the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee admission to the programme.
Minimum admission requirements
To be considered for admission to the MEng (Structured) programmes, you must:
• hold at least a BEng, a BScHons, another relevant four-year bachelor’s degree, an MTech, or a PGDip (Eng); or
• hold other academic degree qualifications and appropriate experience that have been approved by the Faculty Board. The relevant department’s chairperson must make a recommendation regarding such qualification and experience to the Faculty Board.
Selection
Irrespective of the admission requirements above, you must be selected for an MEng programme by the home department of the relevant field of study
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Additional assessment documents
In cases where your programming experience does not reflect on your academic transcript, you may submit one PDF document containing copies of your short course certificate(s) for programming courses as evidence of previous experience. This PDF must also include the achieved marks.
Examples for accepted programming courses are listed here:
https://ie-datascience.sun.ac.za/masters-in-engineering/#admission-requ…
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Additional assessment documents (optional)
Please note:
Current Stellenbosch University applicants must apply via the SUNStudent application system and submit the additional supporting documents via email to the Postgraduate Manager, Dr Martina Frei ([email protected]).
External applicants must upload all required documents directly when applying on the SUNStudent application portal before the application is submitted.
Programme structure
The MEng (Structured) is based on coursework and the emphasis is on the advanced application of engineering sciences in design.
The MEng (Structured) programme consists of 180 credits on NQF level 9. It comprises:
• a research assignment that contributes a minimum of 60 credits, but fewer than 90 credits, at NQF level 9;
• a number of required modules that contribute the balance of the required 180 credits at NQF level 9 after the credits of the research assignment have been considered; and
• possibly some supplementary modules.
The required and supplementary modules are prescribed by the chairperson of the relevant home department, while the topic of the research assignment is subject to the chairperson’s approval. In the research assignment the emphasis is on the practical application of the theory and on assessing how valuable the impact of this application is.
Depending on their content, the modules in MEng (Structured) programmes may be presented in semester or block format. Particulars should be requested from the home department of the module.