Data Science and Analytics
Combine your quantitative and technical interests with business skills and competence, to meet a growing global need for candidates with interdisciplinary abilities.
Combine your quantitative and technical interests with business skills and competence, to meet a growing global need for candidates with interdisciplinary abilities.
If you have an interest in data science, technology, statistics or mathematics, your options have traditionally been to deepen your knowledge and become a specialist in your field. But like all other fields, these are also affected by the job market and its changing needs. Although we still have a great demand for specialists, there is a growing need for candidates with interdisciplinary abilities and competence. The World Economic Forum estimates that the adjustment relating to the division of labour between humans and machines will result in 97 million new roles by 2025. As an educational institution that works in close cooperation with the business world, we receive feedback from different industries, wanting the best of both worlds.
"We need data science graduates with general business understanding, and not financial specialists."
Sr. Vice President, Big Data & Analytics, Orkla IT.
This is a trend we have seen grow over a long time, and BI has therefore developed new, innovative programmes that combine technical science with business. If you are comfortable diving deep into data, studying graphs or measuring probability, but are also motivated by using that expertise to help businesses and society succeed, then an education from BI Norwegian Business School can give you opportunities that make it possible to combine your interests. In a job market where fresh graduates often apply for the same jobs, you can now build a profile that makes you stand out from the crowd.
For data science to have the transformative effect that it has the potential to, it must be seen in the light of other disciplines as well. One must understand and know where and how it can be useful. Researchers, engineers, specialists and stakeholders within the business, the public sector and professionals working within governance, must work together to optimise the use of the tools we have and are developing for the future. Examples of key industries and societal challenges where this interdisciplinary expertise is important:
BI student Liselotte Farstad developed a trading model during her internship at Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) this summer, which was used to invest two billion Norwegian crowns in stocks and bonds.