Georgia Tech

Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, United States
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Details
  • 5 places
  • Available for FIB students of the MDS and MIRI degrees
  • 1st year: 2 semesters (September – June) at UPC (60 ECTS)
  • 2nd year:
    • Autumn semester: 30 ECTS at GT Europe Campus
    • Spring semester: Master Thesis at UPC
    • 5th semester (autumn): 30 ECTS at GT Atlanta Campus
  • Classes in English
  • When the studies are finalized, two titles are obtained: the Master in Data Science (MDS) or the Master in Innovation and Research in Informatics (MIRI), from FIB, and the Master of Science in Computer Science (“CS”), from Georgia Tech.
  • Tuition fees for the second year must be paid at both the UPC (30 ECTS OPT + Master's Thesis) and GT (30 credits at GT Europe + 30 credits at GT Atlanta).
Conditions
  • 1 st course of MDS or MIRI must have been passed
  • Minimum GPA of 3.5/4.0 (GPA = General Point Average)
  • Strong recommendation letters
  • GRE: minimum grade:
    • Verbal > 153/170
    • Quantitative > 155/170
    • Analytical Writing > 3/6
  • Accredited English level (not older than 2 years):
    • IELTS≥ 7.5 (minimum grades of 6.5 in Reading, Listening and Speaking sections, and 5.5 in Writing section)
    • TOEFL iBT ≥ 90 (each section must have 19 points or above)
    • TOEIC > 850

 

Available advantages:

Atlanta Campus:

  • Teaching Assistantships available on a competitive basis in Computer Science: Tuition waiver with ~2,000 $ monthly stipend.

Europe Campus:

  • Teaching assistantship available, tuition waiver or 66% tuition waiver.
Studies
Master in Data Science