In India, an unprecedented number of working professionals and aspiring students have turned to upskilling lately. This holds true for domains like data science, which has seen a surge in the courses offered by various institutions. There are courses for part-timers, CTOs and even for non-tech executives. It can be cumbersome to pick the best data science course. Over the years, we, at Analytics India Magazine, have collaborated with industry experts and accumulated a treasure trove of data to help both newcomers and working professionals looking to pivot.
The annual rankings by AIM highlights the best courses in analytics and data science as a result of primary research undertaken in the form of a survey to determine candidates’ preferences based on their experiences. In addition to that, experts’ advice is taken into consideration to assign an overall ranking. These rankings have set the industry benchmarks for many years and data science enthusiasts utilise this reliable research to pick the best courses for a better future.
The following rankings are based on the length of the course, the university or institute with which it is affiliated, fee structure and more.
Top UG Programmes In Data Science
Course information was taken, faculty-student ratio, graduation outcomes and students reviews were thoroughly analysed to reach a conclusion and come out with the best UG programmes.
Here are the top 5 rankers from last year.
1| Bachelor of Data Science By S.P Jain School Of Global Management
- Duration of programme: 36 months
- Total no. of learning sessions: 3,780 hours
- Course fees: ₹ 22,00,000
- Industry partnership, affiliation or collaboration: AWS, Oracle, IBM, Here Technologies, SAS Institute, IEEE, Tableau, ACS, IIT Bombay, University of Massachusetts, ISI Kolkata, Instagram and several others
2| B.Sc. (Applied Statistics & Analytics) By NMIMS (Deemed to be University)
- Duration of programme: 36 months
- Total no. of learning sessions (in hours): 2,865 hours
- Course fees: ₹ 3,37,500
- Industry partnership, affiliation or collaboration: As a part of the course, industry experts, especially from the marketing and finance domain, to share their work and research papers.
3| B.E. in Artificial Intelligence (AI) By Vijaybhoomi University
- Duration of programme: 48 months
- Total no. of learning sessions: 1,800 hours
- Course fees: ₹ 12,80,000
- Industry partnership, affiliation or collaboration: INSOFE is the teaching partner. In addition, the University of Texas, USA and Rennes School of Business, France are other partners
4| Bachelors of Science in Data Science By Vijaybhoomi University
- Duration of programme: 24 months
- Total no. of learning sessions: 1,200 hours
- Course fees: ₹ 9,60,000
- Industry partnership, affiliation or collaboration: INSOFE is the teaching partner. In addition, the University of Texas, USA and Rennes School of Business, France are other partners
5| B.Tech CSE with specialisation in Data Science By The NorthCap University
- Duration of programme: 48 months
- Total no. of learning sessions (in hours): 3,052 hours
- Course fees: ₹ 9,84,000
For Detailed Overview: Top 10 UG Programmes in Data Science – 2020 Ranking
Top Online Data Science Courses In India
These courses are designed as per the industry’s standard, compared on different parameters such as faculty programme, outcomes, placement to enable aspiring professionals get the best options to choose from.
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