Kanpur: The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, (IIT-Kanpur) launched a new four-year Bachelor of Science (BS) and a five-year Bachelor of Science-Master of Science (BS-MS) degree programmes in “Statistics and Data Science”.
Both the courses will be offered by its department of mathematics and statistics from 2021-22 academic session.
“The admissions to the programs will be through Joint Entrance Examination -Advanced. The program will be tailor-made for students interested in the study and analysis of data. The academic senate and the board of the institute have approved both the courses,” IIT-Kanpur director, Prof Abhay Karandikar was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.
“The programme will focus on areas of fundamental statistical and mathematical, computational and data science application courses with students having opportunity to do elective courses from the department of computer science and engineering and electrical engineering,” Professor Karandikar further said.
“To keep students acquainted with new challenges with data and the associated cutting-edge technology, the institute will invite industry personnel for guest lectures, real data analysis projects, seminar presentations and industry internships for students,” he added.
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