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Dear UMBC’s current and Graduate Data Science students:

We created an online document to provide you with all the necessary information about our graduate data science programs. Please read our Handbook.

For more information, please visit our official website.

 

New Students

  • Please consult with our “Student Success team” which will help you manage your program from the time you are admitted until you graduate. Throughout your time, the team will provide you with information and assistance regarding registration, class scheduling, graduation, and any other program logistics that may come up along the way. The team will also notify you of these events and webinars (writing, career services, campus resources) throughout the year and you are encouraged to utilize these valuable resources. Please contact the Student Success team with any questions you have during your academic journey and be sure to visit their website for additional information.

New and Current Students

Office hours of Spring 25 graduate tutors have been announced. Please click here.

If you can’t find the answer to your questions in our handbook, then please contact your advisor for academic matters, CPT/OPT requests, course permissions, etc.

  • If you are a Shady Grove student, then your advisor is Dr. M. Ali Yousuf (maliyou1@umbc.edu).
  • If you are a main campus student and your last name starts with

If you want to be a graduate grader/tutor (GGT) next semester, please fill out this form. Note that

  1. You will need to be logged in with your UMBC email account to have access to this form. If it says you don’t have permission, please log out from all your Gmail accounts and sign in to your UMBC email account only.
  2. Also, you will need to have pdf copies of your latest resume and current UMBC transcript as pdf files in your Google Drive folder!
  3. Once again, you will need to be done with DATA 601, 602, 603, and 604 before the semester you want to start working as a graduate tutor!

Students From Other Departments/Programs

  • In the course registration system, please find the “Class notes”. There is a link to Google Form. Please complete it. Note that you will need to be logged into your UMBC email account to have access.
  • Completing this form doesn’t mean a guaranteed seat in that class. Two weeks before the semester starts, we will give permission to N students who meet our admission requirements and course prerequisites, where N is the number of available seats.

Future Students: 

  • Our application deadlines for domestic students are August 1 and December 1 for the Fall and Spring semesters, respectively. International candidates should check our official website.
  • We don’t require GRE!
  • We don’t have assistantships. We don’t provide financial help.