Academic structure, teaching phases, and curriculum for M.Sc. Data Science at Vellore Institute of Technology.


M.Sc. Data Science (2 Year), Vellore campus
Tuition fee
$3,450
Estimated hostel fee with food
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Teaching phases
Two-year M.Sc. Data Science
Taught at the Vellore campus, where VIT also offers the same title at Chennai and VIT-AP under separate admissions. VIT runs adjacent quantitative master's programmes at Vellore including M.Sc. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and M.Sc. Business Statistics, and progression to a Ph.D. is available through VIT's research programmes, which carry a separate NRI and Foreign application and a different fee band.
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Tuition fee and hostel estimate
Year-wise cost data is not currently published for this program.
Training & support
Practical training & industry exposure
Practical exposure at Vellore is built around industry-partnered degrees, credit mobility and campus recruitment. Named industry-linked programmes include B.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering and Business Systems delivered with TCS, B.Tech. Civil Engineering in collaboration with L&T, M.Tech. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning with LTIMindtree as knowledge partner, and B.Com. specialisations run with NSE Academy and TCS. VIT's International Transfer Programme offers 2+2 bachelor's, 1+1 master's, 3+2 and 3.5+1.5 accelerated pathways with partner universities abroad, and is available in seven engineering disciplines: Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Biotechnology. VIT states it holds more than 500 memoranda of understanding with foreign universities and is a partner in the European Commission-funded Erasmus+ CBHE HARMONY project on internationalisation, led by the University of Zaragoza. On placement outcomes, VIT's NIRF 2025 submission for the Vellore campus records 4,031 of 5,964 graduating four-year undergraduates placed in 2023-24 at a median salary of INR 899,000, and 884 of 1,270 two-year postgraduates placed at a median of INR 915,000.
Industry & placement partners