IIIT Hyderabad: Post Graduate Certificate in Software Engineering for Data Science

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Comprehensive Curriculum
  • 350+ learning hours with Online content and Live Online Teaching by IIIT Hyderabad faculty and industry experts
  • Uniquely crafted learning experience that blends the best of academic excellence and industry applications
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  • Learn from the world class faculty at IIIT Hyderabad and Industry Experts
  • Personalised and interactive learning experience with live online teaching from faculty and industry experts and optional in-campus residencies at IIIT Hyderabad.
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Post Graduate program from IIIT Hyderabad
  • Showcase your expertise and credibility with a post graduate certificate from IIIT-Hyderabad
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Working Professional
PG Certificate from IIIT Hyderabad
Industry Project
350+ learning hours with Online content and Live Online Teaching
Salary Hike
Career opportunities with 3100+ Hiring Companies

Curriculum

The program enables participants to gain an in-depth understanding of data science and software systems that are widely used by companies. It takes a very practical approach to impart industry-relevant skills, and enables participants to become job-ready.

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Pre-work
Introduction to Programming in Python
  • Python basics - Concept of Mutable and Immutable, Python Vocabulary, Data Types, Control Statements, Functions, Collections in Python
  • Exception Handling, File Operations using Python, Modules & Packages
Software Development fundamentals
Object Oriented Programming
  • Class, Objects, Methods, Variables
  • Inheritance, Polymorphism, Encapsulation
  • Abstraction and Abstract Classes
Data Structures & Algorithms
  • Algorithm and Time Complexity
  • Recursion and Space Complexity
  • Searching
  • Sorting
  • Linked List
Database Management Systems
  • Basics of RDBMS - Keys, Normalization, Indexes, ACID, Constraints
  • Basics of SQL queries (DDL, DML, DQL)
  • Using MySQL with the help of Python, Data Modelling
  • Tools - MySQL Workbench
Web Development Framework
  • Introduction to Client Server Architecture
  • REST API
  • Flask Introduction
  • Components of Flask
  • Session Management
  • Error Handling
  • Basics of SQLAlchemy as ORM
  • Swagger docs for testing APIs
Front End Engineering
  • HTML, CSS
Pre-requisites
Python for Data Science
  • Numpy, Pandas, Visualization, EDA
Introduction to AIML
  • Supervised Learning - Linear Models, Decision Trees, Ensemble Models
  • Introduction to Deep Learning, Neural Networks
  • Introduction to NLP
Hackathon
Software Engineering for Data Science
Software Engineering and Data Science
  • SE for AI
  • SE Development Methods
  • Data Pipelines, Model Pipelines, and ML pipelines
Data Engineering
  • Structured and Unstructured Data
  • Databases to store and querying Unstructured data (MongoDB and Cassandra, GraphDB)
  • Data – Discovery, Catalogue, Lineage, Governance and Quality
  • Dimensionality reduction (LDA and PCA)
  • Synthetic data (SDV) and data versioning (DVC)
Engineering for Cloud
  • Cloud computing:- Virtualization and Usage of virtual machines
  • Docker, Container, and Kubernetes
  • Distributed Systems
  • Hadoop file system, MapReduce
  • Big data Pipeline
  • Spark and Kafka
Hackathon
Designing Intelligent Systems
  • Requirements, Architecture and Design Patterns
  • Model Quality, Data Quality, System Quality
  • Software Engineering Architecture and Design, Microservices
  • AIOps, DataOps, MLOps
Qualities in Intelligent Systems
  • NFR qualities in context to Data Science Applications:- Modularity, Reproducability
  • Qualities in intelligent systems:- Completeness, Consistency and Correctness of Data, Explainability, Interpretability, Fairness, Bias
  • Secure Software Engineering:- Security and Privacy, Cryptosystems, RSA, Web Applications Vulnerabilities
  • Intelligent User Interfaces
Capstone Project

You will design a complete solution to demonstrate end-to-end pipeline for an Intelligent System under industry experts’ guidance. Successful completion of the project will earn you a Post Graduate Certificate in Software Engineering for Data Science.

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Faculty & Academic Advisors

Learn from the world class faculty at IIIT Hyderabad and several experienced industry practitioners from top organisations.

Dr. Karthik
Dr. Karthik Vaidhyanathan

Associate Professor, Software Engineering Research Center, IIIT Hyderabad, India

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Dr. Karthik Vaidhyanathan is an Assistant Professor at the Software Engineering Research Center, IIIT-Hyderabad, India. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy and did his postdoc at the University of L’Aquila, Italy. His main research interests lie in the intersection of software architecture and machine learning with a specific focus on microservices and IoT domains. His research focuses on how machine learning techniques can be leveraged to better architect self-adaptive systems and further how to better define architecting practices for developing Machine Learning-enabled software systems. As a part of his research activities, he serves as a reviewer/organizing committee member in various workshops, conferences, and journals.

Great Learning Advantage: A unique learning experience

Learn from a comprehensive curriculum taught by world-class faculty. Get guidance on your learning journey, and access dedicated career support.

DESIGNED FOR WORKING PROFESSIONALS & STUDENTS

Live interactive Virtual Classes

  • Live Weekend Online sessions with IIIT Hyderabad Faculty & Industry experts
  • Hands-on exposure through Industry oriented projects

STRUCTURED PROGRAM WITH GUIDANCE

Personalised attention and Program support

  • Dedicated program manager to solve your queries
  • Mentorship from experts to gain industry insights
  • Interact with peers to grow your professional network.

NETWORK WITH PEERS AND EXPERTS

GL Confluence - Interact and learn from Great Learning Community

  • A chance to interact with all past learners and share success stories
  • Meet with the faculty and mentors and explore career opportunities
  • Network with the larger Great Learning community consisting of entrepreneurs, directors, architects, senior professionals across leading organisations

GL Excelerate - Career Support

GL Excelerate is a career support program designed exclusively for our learners. We aim to empower our learners with everything they need to succeed in their careers.

3100+

Leading organizations hire our alumni

  • 3100+ Leading organizations hire our alumni
Recruitment
Recruitment

Exclusive recruitment drives

Attend Great Learning job fairs organised regularly

Curated Jobs
Curated Jobs

Access to curated jobs

Access a list of jobs relevant to your experience and domain.

Interview Preperation
Interview Preperation

Interview preparation

Workshop to help you prepare for technical interviews conducted by industry experts.

Mentorship
Mentorship

Career mentorship

Get an expert career mentor personalised to your experience and industry.

Our alumni are working in over 3100+ companies

nielsen
cognizant
latentview
lowes
L&T
tech mahindra
hsbc
uber
mercedes
mahindra
american express
capgemini
medlife
infosys
tata power
nielsen
cognizant
latentview
lowes
L&T
tech mahindra
hsbc
uber
mercedes
mahindra
american express
capgemini
medlife
infosys
tata power

Our alumni are working in over 3100+ companies

Learner Testimonials

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Vatsala Vaddiraju

Ex - Lead programming analyst

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Videos provided are very clear in terms of content coverage and quality. Assignments and quizzes helped me understand the topics better. We have been given several channels to approach the program office, which I appreciate a lot. I am enjoying my first step towards Great Learning!!

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Akshay Gangumalla

Retail Sales & Marketing Associate

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Having worked in the technology profiles, I have always wanted to be involved in a Data Science program. Great Learning has provided me with the perfect platform to build on my career with access to a well-designed and comprehensive curriculum, faculty, along with supportive management. It's been a refreshing experience.

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Rimjhim Kakkar

Teacher-Partner

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I am enrolled with the Great Learning for Software Engineering in Data Science Course, offered by IIIT Hyderabad, and it has been a wonderful experience so far. The team is pragmatic and the course content comprehensive, with highly qualified mentors who possess rich experience in the relevant field. Thus altogether an awesome experience.

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N Venkata Surya Bharadwaj

B.Tech Graduate, Fresher

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Understanding the concepts from the basics up till the end has been absolutely great for me as a beginner. I would strongly recommend this course for non-technical professionals too. Mentoring sessions are great where I got hands-on experience, also the mentors are very supportive and friendly. I'm happy with this program and look forward to growing professionally.

Frequently Asked Questions

FAQ's
Why choose IIIT Hyderabad Post Graduate Certificate Program?

Even as many institutes offer software engineering for Data Science courses in Hyderabad, when should you take up the PG Program in data science by IIIT Hyderabad?

  • IIIT Hyderabad is one of the prestigious technological institutions of the country.
  • This program allows you to learn from the world-class faculty at IIIT Hyderabad and Industry Experts. 
  • Gain hands-on exposure through Industry oriented projects. 
  • This course also offers you the utmost flexibility to learn at your convenience.

So, Apply now for the software engineering (data science) course by IIIT Hyderabad today!

What is The Curriculum of the IIIT Hyderabad PG Program?

The curriculum of the postgraduate software engineering in data science program is highly exhaustive. It covers all the concepts and tools of the concepts desired for learning Data Science.

Besides, the curriculum also encompasses several lab sessions and projects that exercise hands-on learning. Learn more about the Program’s Curriculum

What is the fee structure of the PG Program by IIIT Hyderabad?

Fees details for IIIT Hyderabad: Post Graduate Certificate in Software Engineering for Data Science is available in the Program Fees section, click on the link to know more.

What are the various benefits offered by the IIIT Hyderabad data science program?

The 8-month software engineering for data science program has got some astounding benefits to offer. These benefits include career support programs, organizing placement drives, career mentorship programs, providing access to curated jobs, interview preparation workshops, and more.

Who would be the faculty for the IIIT Hyderabad Data Science course?

Taking up this course, you would learn from the prestigious faculty at IIIT Hyderabad and various experienced industry practitioners of data science from top-notch organizations.

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What is the Application Process for the Software Engineer (data science) Program?

The application process is very easy, it is built into 3 steps.

  • Step 1: Fill the application form (online application form)
  • Step 2: Application Screening
  • Step 3: Join Program (An offer letter will be rolled out to the candidates.)
What are the various Career Support programs organized by IIIT Hyderabad?

Candidates that take up the Software Engineering for Data Science program would partake in several interview preparation workshops, career mentorship programs, participate in mock interviews, and more to get proficiency in attending the interviews organized by Great Learning.

Can my company sponsor me for this PG Program?

Yes. Great Learning does accept corporate sponsorship.

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