College of Computer

Data science is one of the most important and most demanded disciplines at the local and global level, in light of the developments and the big data revolution that the world is witnessing and the great importance it includes at the level of countries, bodies and institutions, and the presence of specialists to deal with these data and analyze them in the required manner, the existence of graduate programs in this field has become an urgent necessity. The wise government in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has paid great attention to supporting and building a knowledge economy, investing national minds and keeping pace with the world in modern disciplines in order to serve the labor market in the Kingdom and achieve its requirements in line with Vision 2030 and to achieve development plans. Hence, the idea of introducing the Master of Science in Data Science program in the Department of Information Technology to be part of a series of postgraduate programs offered by Qassim University as one of the trends at the national and international level to contribute to: - Keeping up with the rapid developments in the field of data science. - Meeting the needs of the labor market with academically and scientifically qualified competencies. - Providing graduates with the most important basic skills that help them deal with big data and design and produce high-quality programs and systems that provide appropriate economic and commercial solutions while taking advantage of the best practices in this field. - Giving students the opportunity to hone their thinking skills, creative analysis and scientific research, in addition to gaining experience through distinguished practical practice.