Since its creation in 2015, the Master for Smart Data Science has seen dozens of students come and go. They are now working as data scientists in the private sector or in research all over the world.
Our students are either continuing their studies or changing careers and come from a wide variety of countries in Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia.
The testimonials of the “Smarties”, gathered in interviews or at commencement ceremonies, give a pragmatic view of the courses and career prospects offered by the Master’s program.
What our students say about the Master for Smart Data Science
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Retraining as a data scientist Gaëlle Sellin, a graduate of the ENSAI Master for Smart Data Science class of 2024, has lived several professional lives. After working as a logistics manager, she became an engineer at the CNRS and now brings her data science skills to the Odyssey team. Read Gaëlle Sellin’s testimonial
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Joining the Master for Smart Data Science after a Master 1 in Economics at Cambridge After obtaining a Master’s degree in Economics at the University of Cambridge, Armand Lebbe joined the class of 2023 of the ENSAI Master for Smart Data Science. The program allowed him to strengthen his skills in statistics and machine learning with a view to a career in data science applied to finance. |
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A master’s degree combining mathematics and computer science to perfect her data science skills A graduate of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Olga Anabitarte López chose the Master in Smart Data Science for its balance between theory and practice.
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Towards a career in finance Ovidiu Costea graduated from the Master for Smart Data Science in 2020. He is now a data scientist at the Romanian financial institution Viva Credit IFN. |
Commencement, the final step before a career as a data scientist
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Class of 2024 With testimonials from Gonem Lau, a double-degree student at the Erasmus School of Economics in Rotterdam, and Ines Rezgallah, now a data scientist at Legrand. |
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Class of 2023 With testimonials from Razvan Visoiu, now a data scientist in retail, and Julia Lascar, a PhD student at CEA. |
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Class of 2021 With testimonials from Michael Darmoutomo, now a quantitative trader, and Guillaume Franchi, now a PhD candidate in statistics at Crest laboratory.
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Eduniversal ranking
Eduniversal’s ranking of the best Master’s, MS and MBA programs evaluates programs on 3 main criteria: student satisfaction feedback, program reputation and salary. The ENSAI Master for Smart Data Science is ranked 6th, just behind the programs offered by ENSAE Paris, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Telecom Paris. To learn more, click here.