Data Architecture and Management

The Master of Science in Data Architecture and Management offers a multitude of courses in data engineering, including supplementary courses required to deliver data results to management in a meaningful way. We plan to cover data management, advanced data management, data warehousing and business intelligence, column databases, data science engineering, and big-data engineering. On the software engineering side, we offer advanced big-data programming using the powerful Scala language and a course on advanced data science as well as cloud computing. We also offer multi-thread concurrent computing—important for synchronizing a huge set of servers working in parallel to do large scale analytics, making things run faster by 100s-fold increase in speed. Due to the high-level mathematical operations required to make these programs run, only software engineers can work in these complicated areas. Only they can make the necessary mathematical algorithms execute quickly enough to get the finest results.

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The MS in Data Architecture and Management goes beyond data collection and analysis. It addresses crucial activities, including data preparation, data curation, application integration, and data engineering based on the combination of use cases and integration persona.

• Students may pursue a PhD after completion of the master's degree
• Can be combined with a Gordon Engineering Leadership certificate
• Graduates of Northeastern's College of Engineering programs have been very successful in obtaining employment during the last 10 years

• Completed online application form
• $75 application fee
• Two letters of recommendation
• Transcripts from all institutions attended
• GRE is not required for terms starting during the 2021-2022 or the 2022-2023 academic years
• Statement of purpose
• Resumé
• TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo for international applicants

Once your application is submitted, received, and processed, you will be able to access your Application Status Check. If you are required to provide further information regarding your proficiency in English, you will be able to complete the requirement in several ways, depending on your familiarity with English, and the frequency with which you use English each and every day:

• Non-native English-speaking applicants will be required to submit official and valid results from one of the following English Language Tests:
  • C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency (Cambridge English)
  • Duolingo English Test (DET)
  • IELTS Academic
  • PTE Academic
  • TOEFL Internt-based Test (CEEB Code: 3667) Northeastern will accept either the in-person version completed in a test center, or the TOEFL iBT Home Edition
• However, based on your academic environment and the primary instructional language in either your high school or university, you may be eligible for a waiver. All waivers must be submitted through your Application Status Check. For additional information and to determine whether or not you are eligible for a waiver, please read the section below on waiving the English proficiency requirement.

Please note: Northeastern’s Admissions Committee reserves the right to request proof of English language proficiency from any applicant, regardless of citizenship or first language, at any time during the evaluation process.

• 1.Create your application

  Submit your application through The Common Application or the Coalition Application (both are accepted). Once you have created your application, please select Northeastern University to directly submit your application to us. Application fee of $75 or need-based fee waiver* *Northeastern accepts need-based fee waivers from the Common Application, the Coalition Application, as well as organizations such as the College Board and ACT, or in a written request from a school official.

• 2.Submit all required materials

  Double check to make sure that you have submitted all required materials. Even if your application has been submitted, we cannot begin reviewing your file until all of your required materials have been received. For applicants applying for the 2022-2023 academic year, Northeastern University is test-optional and does not require standardized testing to complete an application for admission.

• 3.Check your application status

  Within seven days of applying, you should receive a confirmation email containing your Northeastern University ID number and instructions for setting up your Application Status Check account. To ensure all of the necessary documents have been submitted, and for updates or information about your application, visit your application status check.