Self-disclosure for M.

Sc Data Science at TU Dortmund University

Dear interested Data Science students,

Many thanks for your interest in our Master program. Before you apply for our program, we ask you
to carefully read and fill out this document. It will help you to pre-check our admission criteria and to
evaluate whether you are eligible for our program. You have to sign this document in the end to
confirm that you completed the self-test and the special functional qualification.

Surname/Family name: Chaudhary

First name/Given name: Shikha
Date of birth: 11/11/2002
Bachelor degree: Bachelor in Engineering in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
Bachelor University (name and place): Mumbai University

Admission requirements
In order to be eligible for our Master program, you have to fulfill five different admission criteria. As
long as you fulfill all of these criteria, a seat in our program is guaranteed for you. The program is free
of restriction.

Criterion 1: Orientation of your Bachelor degree

In order to be eligible, your Bachelor degree has to be the Bachelor degree in Data Science from TU
Dortmund University. Alternatively, we consider your Bachelor degree to be eligible, if it is Computer
Science / Mathematics / Statistics oriented. It has to be not just from one of these three fields, but it
has to cover the important basics of all three of these fields. More specifically, our examination
regulations define clear criteria for this, which your Bachelor's program must fulfill. You can find the
details on our website (https://www.statistik.tu-dortmund.de/ds_admission.html)

First, you have to transform the credits (or hours per week) of your university into our ECTS system.
To do so, calculate your average number of credits per semester. Divide 30 by this number and multiply
all of your credits with this factor. For example, if you had 20 credits per semester on average, you
have to multiply your credits with 1.5.

We require your Bachelor program to contain the following achievements. Please list them in the
tables below. If you do not fulfill all of these criteria, it might nevertheless be possible that you can be
admitted under certain conditions. Please note that each of your courses can only be counted once.

We are not allowed to count any additional qualifications, such as courses from additional master
degrees, professional experience or online courses from platforms like Coursera. Please only list
courses from your Bachelor program.

1. 8 ECTS in mathematics courses. Possible fields for those courses are "Calculus", "Linear
Algebra", "Differential Equations", "Discrete Mathematics" and "Numerics". If your Bachelor
did not cover at least 10 ECTS in “Calculus” and “Linear Algebra”, you will have to take the
additional (pre-requisite) course “Advanced Engineering Mathematics” after enrollment.

Course title ECTS

Engineering Maths -I 5.52
Engineering Maths -II 5.52
Engineering Maths -III 5.52
Engineering Maths -IV 5.52
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 2. 8 ECTS in Computer Science courses. Possible fields for those courses are “Programming”
“Algorithms”, “Data Structures”, “Object-Oriented Programming” and “Software Engineering”.
If your Bachelor did not cover 8 ECTS in courses about “Data Structures, Algorithms and
Programming” that are on the level of a Bachelor in Computer Science, you have to take such
a (pre-requisite) course after enrollment. E.g., if your degree only covered a single course
“Introduction to Programming / Computer Science”, you would have to take the pre-requisite.

Course title ECTS

Analysis of Algorithm 5.52
Python Programming OOP's in JAVA 5.52
Software Engineering and Project Management 5.52
Data Structure 5.52

3. A course of at least 4 ECTS that covered an introduction to (descriptive) statistics or probability

theory. Please note: It must be a single course entirely focused on statistics. For example, a
combined course on “Numerical and Statistical Methods” would not count here. If your
Bachelor did not cover such a course, than you are not eligible for our program.

Course title ECTS

Statistics in AIDS 5.52

4. Courses of at least 8 ECTS in the field of Advanced Statistics, possible fields for those courses
are “point estimation”, “interval estimation”, “hypothesis testing” and “stochastics”. If you do
not fulfill this, you have to take such a course as a pre-requisite after enrollment.

Course title ECTS

-
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5. The sum of courses in 1., 2., 3. And 4. must be at least 44 ECTS. Sum of ECTS
If your sum of courses is less, than you are not eligible. 49

6. A course of at least 4 ECTS in the field of introduction to databases. If you did not attend such
a course during your Bachelor, you have to take one as a pre-requisite after enrollment.

Course title ECTS

Database Managment System 5.52

7. Courses of at least 8 ECTS in the field of Data Modelling, possible fields are “(generalized) linear
linear models”, “statistical / machine learning methods”, “time series”, “artificial intelligence”,
“neural networks”, “deep learning” and “(practical) optimization”.

Course title ECTS

Deep learning 5.52
Artificial Intelligence ,Advance AI 5.52,5.52

It is only allowed to take pre-requisite in one of the three areas 2., 4. and 7. If you would have to take
pre-requisites in at least two of these areas, than you are not eligible for our program.

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Criterion 2: Final grade of your Bachelor degree
The final grade of your Bachelor degree has to be at least “good” (i.e., 2.5 in the German system). We
will use the so-called “modified Bavarian formula” to calculate your German grade. If your grade is less
than “good”, there is no way to change this and in this case you are not eligible.

Criterion 3: Language requirements

Our Master program is entirely taught in English language. Hence, you have to prove sufficient English
language skills in order to participate in our Master. We require at least B2 level or better. We accept
the following proofs:

1. German certificate of general qualification for university entrance (English from 5th or 7th
grade up to the Abitur). This usually applies for students who did their school education in
Germany,
2. an internationally recognized language certificate (typically, IELTS or TOEFLS),
3. a diploma from an English-speaking school or an English-speaking course of study, i.e., if your
study program was taught in English, we accept this as a sufficient language proof,
4. comparable evidence.

Since most of the other programs at TU Dortmund University are taught in German language, it is also
allowed to take courses in German language during our program. However, note that you need very
good German language skills to participate in those courses. Since it is possible to finish the program
with just taking courses in English language, you do not need to prove any German language skills
during the application process.

However, since you will have to live in Dortmund during your studies, we recommend you to learn at
least a bit German. It makes bureaucracy, shopping and other activities of everyday life a lot easier.

Criterion 4: Participation in the self-assessment test

In order to help you to assess your own scientific skill level and to help you understand which a-priori
basic knowledge we expect from you, we implemented an online self-assessment test in which you
have to participate. Please note that this test is not graded, we are not interested in how good or how
bad you performed in this test, the test is only designed to give you a feedback of whether your
knowledge is sufficient for our Master program.

Hereby I confirm that I did participate in the online self-assessment test.

Mumbai,6/3/2024

Place and Date Signature

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Criterion 5: Special functional qualification
In order to determine whether you have the skills and knowledge required to successfully complete
the Master's program, it is necessary to prove special functional qualification for a Master's program
in Data Science at the TU Dortmund University. The special functional qualification is considered to be
automatically proven if you have completed a Bachelor's degree in Data Science or Data Analysis and
Data Management at the TU Dortmund University with at least the final grade "good" (2.5).

If you have completed a statistically, computer science or mathematically oriented course of study
with empirical application with a final grade of at least "good" (compare admission criteria 1 and 2),
you must successfully participate in a data analysis project provided on our website to prove your
special functional qualification. You must do so independently and without unauthorized aids. For this
purpose, a final report on the data analysis project must be written and submitted together with the
other application documents. In this case, the special functional qualification is proven if on the basis
of the final report it is determined that you possess the specialist knowledge and skills required for a
Master's degree in Data Science at TU Dortmund University.

More details on the task for the current semester can be found on our admission website:
https://statistik.tu-dortmund.de/en/studies/degrees/data-science-msc/admission/.

Hereby I confirm that I submitted the requested Statistical Report. I confirm that I did write the report
independently and without unauthorized aids. I understand that my admission may be declared to be
invalid if I violate this.

Mumbai,6/3/2024
Place and Date Signature