Big Data and Business Intelligence

This course belongs to the STUDY ABROAD summer program of the University of Almeria. This Summer Program offers 4-week intensive academic and professional courses taught by Doctors and Full Professors of proven expertise and experience in the most leading-edge areas of knowledge of our University (Science and Engineering, Business and Social Sciences, Computing, Health Sciences, Education, Modern Languages, Tourism, etc).

This program is a unique opportunity for both undergraduate and postgraduate students from around the world to improve their academic, scientific and professional knowledge and expertise through a unique summer academic immersion experience. Since our beginning (2013), more than 250 students from different international universities have already participated (USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Belgium, UK, Finland, Norway, Netherlands, Austria, etc.).

The summer course packages include accommodation and meals, local transport voucher, cultural tours and trips, among other. The workload of the courses is 80 hours and they can be recognized by up to 11 ECTS credits at the home university. Please notice that our summer courses are addressed both to Undergraduate and Postgraduate students.
This course can be also taught in Spanish

Course leader

José del Sagrado Martínez

Contact (sabroad@ual.es)

Target group

Undergraduate and/or postgraduate students from universities all over the world

Course aim

1. Aquire and apply knowledge about Big Data and Business Intelligence.
2. Use tools for tasks related to data analysis.
3. Solve problems in the context of data analysis and visualization for
organizations.
4. Know and apply numerical and computational methods to Big Data problems.
5. Create Dashboards reflecting key point indicators of a organization

Credits info

11 EC
The 80-hour course can be recognized by up to 11 ECTS credits at home university.

Fee info

EUR 1800: THE PROGRAM INCLUDES:

· Course registration and tuition

· Accommodation at University Halls of Residence (newly built in 2016)

· Meals (Full board: breakfast, lunch and dinner)

· Free WIFI (on accommodation and Campus)

· Local transport card

· Travel and medical insurance

· Free access to university facilities (library, computer and study rooms, etc.)

· Buddy system (support from the International Student Association)

· Academic events

· Visits to industries (1 – 3 per course)

· Cultural program (at least 5 sightseeing tours and trips & organized social activities).

· Official Certificate & Transcript of Records.
EUR 1700: Registrations made before March 30, 2018 have 5.5% discount (1,700 EUR).

Scholarships

· Early-bird registration: 5.5% discount (1,700 EUR) for registrations made before March 30, 2018.

· Standard registration: 1,800 EUR

· Possibility of payment in installments (900 EUR x 2)