Educational offer - University of Padova

Brief description of the degree course

Characteristics and objectives
The program is aimed at shaping students highly skilled in the field of data science, statistical analysis anche data management with sound expertise both on technical and substantive side. Graduated students are able to apply statistical theories and techniques for collecting, analysing and summarizing information, in order to give interpretative models of data, identify solutions to adopt in all the sectors of service and goods production, and increase the scientific knowledge.
The program makes the student achieve a sound double learning core: one focused on applied mathematics and statistics, and the other focused on statistical methods and models with applications to several fields. On these cores, a specialistic formation is built, characterised by further methodological, computational, applied skills, with applications in business, social and demographic sciences, technology and biostatistics.

Occupational opportunities
Graduates are employed in several fields of production system, in public administration and research institutes. Con These competences are required in different functional such as data science, strategic marketing, market analysis, sales forecasting, research and development, decision support, planning and controllino, management of information system, industial politics analysis, financial support, analysis of financial markets and of investiments portfolios, the quality control, the evaluation of customer satisfaction, demographic forecasts.

Course units available for each Academic Year of the degree course

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From May to the end of September you can also see the next A.Y. details for each course unit as soon as they are available.

Degree course track	Course unit code	Course unit name	Credits	Year	Period	Lang.	Teacher in charge
COMMON	SCP4063078	COMPUTATIONAL FINANCE Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	1st Year	First semester	ENG	MASSIMILIANO CAPORIN
COMMON	SS02107624	INFORMATION SYSTEMS Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	6	1st Year	First semester	ITA	MARISTELLA AGOSTI
COMMON	SC01122905	MACHINE LEARNING Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	6	1st Year	First semester	ITA	FABIO AIOLLI
COMMON	SCP4063085	MARKETING (ADVANCED) Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	1st Year	First semester	ITA	ROBERTO GRANDINETTI
COMMON	SCP8084941	PARTICLE PHYSICS: FOUNDATIONS, TOOLS AND ANALYSIS METHODS Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	1st Year	First semester	ITA	TOMMASO DORIGO
COMMON	SCP4063319	PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	1st Year	First semester	ITA	LIBERO VITIELLO
COMMON	SCP4062979	PROBABILITY THEORY Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	1st Year	First semester	ITA	MARKUS FISCHER
COMMON	SCP6076457	QUANTITATIVE MARKETING Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	1st Year	First semester	ITA	CLAUDIO MOSCARDINI
COMMON	SCP8084942	QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCES Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	1st Year	First semester	ITA	LIVIO FINOS
COMMON	SCP4063071	STATISTICAL MODELS FOR SOCIAL DATA Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	1st Year	First semester	ITA	FAUSTA ONGARO
COMMON	SCP4063083	STOCHASTIC PROCESSES Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	1st Year	First semester	ITA	MARCO FORMENTIN
COMMON	SCP4062891	DATA MINING Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	1st Year	Second semester	ITA	BRUNO SCARPA
COMMON	SCP7081820	INFORMATIC METHODS FOR STATISTICS AND DATA SCIENCE Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	1st Year	Second semester	ITA	MASSIMO MELUCCI
COMMON	SCP7081819	SOCIAL MEDIA Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	1st Year	Second semester	ITA	ANDREA SCIANDRA
COMMON	SCP4063084	STATISTICS (ADVANCED) Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	1st Year	Second semester	ITA	ANTONIO CANALE
COMMON	SCP4063217	STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	1st Year	Second semester	ITA	LUIGI DE GIOVANNI
COMMON	SCP7081744	THE TARGETS OF CLINICAL RESEARCH IN ONCOLOGY Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	1st Year	Second semester	ITA	PIERFRANCO CONTE
COMMON	SCP4063318	COMPUTATIONAL BIOSTATISTICS AND BIOINFORMATICS Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	2nd Year	First semester	ITA	DAVIDE RISSO
COMMON	SCP4063389	COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS (ADVANCED) Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	2nd Year	First semester	ITA	NICOLA SARTORI
COMMON	SCP4063360	POPULATION THEORIES AND MODELS Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	2nd Year	First semester	ITA	MARIA LETIZIA TANTURRI
COMMON	SCP4063351	STATISTICAL METHODS AND MODELS FOR FINANCE Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	2nd Year	First semester	ITA	FRANCESCO LISI
COMMON	SCP4063387	STATISTICAL METHODS FOR CAUSAL INFERENCE Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	2nd Year	First semester	ITA	ADRIANO PAGGIARO
COMMON	SCP4063385	STATISTICAL METHODS FOR MARKETING RESEARCH Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	2nd Year	First semester	ITA	FRANCESCA BASSI
COMMON	SCP4063394	STATISTICAL MODELS FOR ECONOMIC DATA Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	2nd Year	First semester	ITA	MASSIMILIANO CAPORIN
COMMON	SCP4063368	EPIDEMIOLOGY AND STATISTICAL METHODS FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH (ADVANCED) Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	2nd Year	Second semester	ITA	GIOVANNA BOCCUZZO
COMMON	SCP4063304	FINANCIAL DATA ANALYSIS Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	2nd Year	Second semester	ITA	FRANCESCO LISI
COMMON	SCP4063380	ISSUES AND METHODS FOR POPULATION AND SOCIETY Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	2nd Year	Second semester	ITA	STEFANO MAZZUCO
COMMON	SCP4063306	STATISTICAL METHODS AND MODELS FOR BUSINESS Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	2nd Year	Second semester	ITA	MARIANGELA GUIDOLIN
COMMON	SCP4063377	STATISTICS FOR TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	2nd Year	Second semester	ITA	GIOVANNA CAPIZZI
COMMON	SCP4063364	STATISTICS: CASE STUDIES Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	2nd Year	Second semester	ITA	GUIDO MASAROTTO
COMMON	SCP4063246	THEORY AND METHODS OF INFERENCE Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	9	2nd Year	Second semester	ENG	ALESSANDRA SALVAN

Internships and traineeships

Degree course track	Course unit code	Course unit name	Credits	Year	Period	Lang.	Teacher in charge
COMMON	SCP4065406	EDUCATIONAL INTERNSHIP Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	1	2nd Year	Second semester	ITA

Final examination

Degree course track	Course unit code	Course unit name	Credits	Year	Period	Lang.	Teacher in charge
COMMON	SSN1042952	FINAL EXAM Details for students enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19 Current A.Y. 2018/19 , Next A.Y. 2019/20	20		Annual	ITA