Application

1. Curricular requirements

Candidates for admission to the master's degree course may come from various bachelor's, but must have earned at least 30 ECTS in computer science and mathematics (scientific disciplinary sectors: from MAT-01 to MAT-09, INF-01, ING- INF/05) and/or in the area of economic sciences and statistics (scientific disciplinary sectors: SECS-S/01, SECS-S/02, SECS-S/03, SECS-S/06, SECS-P/05, SECS-P/01, SECS-P/02, SECS-P/03, SECS-P/07, SECS-P/08, SECS-P/10), and/or in medical sciences (scientific sector MED/01 only).
Curricular requirements must be met by the date of effective submission of the application for admission. Students with a foreign qualification are required to provide an Italian qualification to show that they satisfy the minimum curricular requirements of DSEH.


2. Proficiency in English

Proficiency in English at a B2 level or higher per the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is required for admission.
The B2-level requirement will be ascertained by the University Language Centre (SLAM) upon admission as follows:
- Language certificate of B2 or higher level issued no more than three years before the date of admission application. You will find the list of language certificates recognized by the University at: https://www.unimi.it/en/node/39322. The certificate must be uploaded when submitting the online application;
- English level achieved during a University of Milan degree programme and certified by the University Language Centre (SLAM) no more than four years before the date of admission application, including levels based on language certificates submitted by the applicant during their Bachelor's degree at the University of Milan. In this case the process is automatic, the applicant does not have to attach any certificates to the application;
- Entry test administrated by the University Language Centre (SLAM) according to the calendar published on the website: (https://www.unimi.it/en/node/39267/)
All those who fail to submit a valid certificate or do not meet the required proficiency level will be instructed during the admission procedure to take the Entry test.
Applicants who do not take or pass the Entry test will be required to obtain a language proficiency certificate recognized by the University (see https://www.unimi.it/en/node/39322) and deliver it to the SLAM via the InformaStudenti service by the deadline fixed for the master's programme (https://www.unimi.it/en/node/39267/).
Applicants who do not meet the requirement by said deadline will not be admitted to the master's degree programme and may not sit any further tests.


3. Personal competencies and skills: assessment criteria

Satisfying minimum curricular requirements is a necessary but not sufficient condition for admission. An Admission Board appointed by the Faculty Board (a.k.a. Collegio Didattico) must evaluate and manage the admission procedures of candidate students.
Assessment of personal competencies and skills of applicants is enforced through a written online admission test in English. An admission threshold is set for the test by the Admission Board, and applicants must obtain a result over the threshold for passing the test. Applicants who do not participate or obtain a result over the threshold are not admitted to the master's degree programme and are not allowed to participate in any further test. Further information about the test and the related organization are published on the degree course website when the call for admissions is opened.
For applicants who meet the curricular requirements and obtain a result over the threshold in the admission test, the Admission Board assesses the personal competencies and skills of students based on the academic curriculum (quality of the previous degree as well as the average grade obtained in the bachelor program; grades obtained in mathematics, statistics, computer science and economics courses are part of the evaluation) and choice coherence (coherence between the academic curriculum and/or the activities previously carried out by the student and the learning objectives of the MSc in Data Science for Economics and Health).
The Admission Board has also the opportunity to ask the applicant an oral, technical interview through an online platform (e.g., Teams, Skype, Zoom, Meet). The interview aims to verify the individual knowledge and skills required by DSEH. A complete, detailed list of topics that can be asked during the interview is published on the DSEH website.
The DSEH program has also the opportunity to define a maximum number of students to be admitted, determined each year by the appropriate academic bodies on the basis of structural, instrumental, and personnel resources that can be employed to enforce the degree course.