The Minor in Applied Data Science for Engineering (MADS4Engineering) is an international semester that integrates the concepts of data-driven decision making with the knowledge of 1st cycle engineering, product design and business undergraduates.
MADS4Engineering challenges and supports participants to:
- Apply techniques and methodologies for analysing, visualising and processing real data;
- Develop multicultural and interdisciplinary teamwork, interpersonal communication, and project management skills;
- Design, develop and evaluate data-based solutions for real problems in close collaboration with industrial and research partners.
The syllabus focuses on the application of data science to engineering problems and includes a set of complementary activities covering group dynamics, communication, project management, ethics and critical thinking.
| Credits | 30 European Credit Transfer System Units |
| Language | English |
| When | Autumn semester |
| Where | ISEP, Porto, Portugal |
MADS4Engineering welcomes 3rd- and 4th-year engineering, business and product design students from European and International origin satisfying the following conditions:
- have an English CEFR level B2 certificate or higher;
- have accomplished:
- at application time at least 3 semesters of studies (90 ECTU);
- upon arrival at least 4 semesters of studies (120 ECTU).
Nominations | from the 1st May till the 15th May
Applications | till the 15th of June
Autumn 2026 | MADS4Engineering starts on the 14th of September and ends on the 15th of January.