International Program in Survey and Data Science
Customized continuing education for specialists in the field of data collection and data analysis
If your job includes working with data and you want to enhance your skills in this area, the International Program in Survey and Data Science offers you a unique opportunity: Developed by international experts on the basis of intensive research, government sponsored, and multi-certified, IPSDS provides you with a scientifically based continuing education at the highest level. IPSDS graduates are perfectly prepared to tackle fundamental changes in survey and Big Data generation, integration, and processing.
Interactive Learning on your own schedule
IPSDS combines the best of both world: individuel, flexible online learning and rewarding intercation with small classes of motivated people from all over the world. We know that it can be challenging to combine continuing education with a full-time employment and/
Benefit from our experience and reputation
IPSDS is jointly offered by the Mannheim Center for Data Science (University of Mannheim) and the Joint Program in Survey Methodology, a consortium of the University of Maryland, the University of Michigan, and Westat. In Mannheim, the Service&Marketing GmbH of the University of Mannheim takes over the administrative support.
IPSDS courses can only be enrolled in through our partner program at the University of Maryland. Please find more information here.
Why IPSDS?
I am a mother of a 7- and a 10-year-old child, married, and working in an 80% job so my first priority when looking for further studies was flexibility. With the IPSDS, my family and I can easily match my studies with our daily routine. I can watch the videos and complete the appointments when it fits us best so we could establish Friday as my fix study day. Now, my family doesn’t just support me in my studies, I even realized that my kids are more motivated to do their own homework when we can study together.
Our courses
Our courses are divided into five focus areas:
- Research Design
- Data Generating Process
- Data Curation Storage
- Data Analysis
- Data Output/
Access
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The wide range of courses guarantees that you gain a thorough understanding of the entire subject area throughout the program. On average, each study period (spring, summer, and fall) includes two to three courses that vary between four and 12 weeks in duration. ECTS credits are awarded accordingly.
All of our courses are taught online and in English. Please find our complete course catalog at the website of our operating partner, the Service & Marketing GmbH of the University of Mannheim.
Our faculty
IPSDS courses are held by academics from renown universities and practitioners from leading companies.
University of Mannheim and LMU Munich
- Thomas Fetzer (University of Mannheim)
- Thomas Gautschi (University of Mannheim)
- Anna-Carolina Haensch (LMU Munich)
- Christoph Kern (LMU Munich)
- Florian Keusch (University of Mannheim)
- Frauke Kreuter (LMU Munich)
- Helmut Küchenhoff (LMU Munich)
- Walter J. Radermacher (LMU Munich)
- Richard Traunmüller (University of Mannheim)
- Alexander Wenz (University of Mannheim)
University of Maryland and University of Michigan
Other universities
- Christian Borgs (Universität Duisburg-Essen)
- Trent Buskirk (Bowling Green State University, Ohio)
- Alexandru Cernat (The University of Manchester)
- Sascha Goebel (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Executive faculty board
- Christopher Antoun (University of Maryland)
- Jörg Drechsler (Institute for Employment Research)
- Florian Keusch (University of Mannheim)
- Frauke Kreuter (LMU Munich)
- Raphael Nishimura (University of Michigan)
Industry partners and Official Statistics
- Ashley Amaya (Pew Research Center)
- Manfred Antoni (Institute for Employment Research)
- Stefan Bender (Deutsche Bundesbank)
- Jernej Berzelak (National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia)
- Hanna Brenzel (Destatis)
- Piet Daas (Statistics Netherlands)
- Jörg Drechsler (Institute for Employment Research)
- Emily Geisen (Qualtrics)
- Mirjan Kummerow (GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)
- Marco Puts (Statistics Netherlands)
- Benjamin M. Reist (NASA)
- Jennifer Romano-Bergstrom (Google)
- Joseph Sakshaug (Institute for Employment Research)
- Gina K. Walejko (Google)
- Stefan Zins (Institute for Employment Research)
Past faculty
- Laura Boeschoten (Utrecht University)
- Brian Kim (University of Maryland)
- Carolina de los Angeles Casas-Cordero Valencia (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile)
- Heiner Stuckenschmidt (University of Mannheim)
- Christoph Kilian Theil (University of Mannheim)
- Jeffrey Gonzalez (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
- Robert Fay (Westat)
- Thorsten Meiser (University of Mannheim)
- Frederick Conrad (University of Michigan)
- Carolina Franco (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Steven Heeringa (University of Michigan)
- James Lepkowski (University of Michigan)
- Louis Rizzo (Westat)
- Roger Tourangeau (Westat)
- Richard Valliant (University of Michigan)
- Ting Yan (Westat)
- Daniel Oberski (Utrecht University)
- Jill Dever (RTI)
- Mario Callegaro (Google)
- Simon Munzert (Hertie School of Governance Berlin)
IPSDS BMBF Project
The International Program in Survey and Data Science (IPSDS) was initiated as a project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in 2014 to establish an online study program for working professionals in survey methodology and data science. Tailored to the needs of working professionals, we offer a modular and multidisciplinary curriculum, a web-based learning environment with small class sizes and world-class faculty. All courses are offered as single courses or as part of an EMOS certified Master program. Core program partners are the Joint Program in Survey Methodology at the University of Maryland (USA) and Mannheim Business School at the University of Mannheim (Germany).
IPSDS Research and Publications
Contact
Prof. Dr. Florian Keusch
University of Mannheim
Professorship for Statistics and Methodology / International Program in Survey and Data Science
A5 6, 68159 Mannheim
Email: ipsdsuni-mannheim.de
Tel. +49 (0) 621/