Graduate Certificate in AI and Data Science

The Graduate Data Science Certificate Program is open to all graduate students at the University of Michigan. The goal of the program is to improve graduate students’ research skills by exposing students to the foundations of data science and artificial intelligence (AI) and allowing them to gain basic data science skills that can be applied to a wide range of fields of graduate research. This program is the starting point of a student’s journey to gain data science and AI expertise. The program provides interactive data and AI-centered training and involves 9 credits of courses and 3 credits of experiential training that requires a poster presentation or written report on data analytics. The program is open for enrollment in both fall and winter semesters. U-M graduate students from any field are eligible to enroll. Students are encouraged to take classes outside their own core degree programdepartment. Completion of the program can be done in 2-4 semesters; but the students may complete the program any time before they graduate from U-M. The Graduate Data Science Certificate Program aims to provide key experiences with courses in: Foundations: Understanding of core data science principles, assumptions & applications. Applications: Hands-on experience with modeling tools and technology using real data. Electives: Courses might have a narrow scope but go deeper on a topic of special interest (Alternatively, students may take another Foundations or Applications course).