# UNB Saint John to launch data-science bachelor’s degree in 2027 > The four-year degree combines mathematics, statistics and computing; UNB has also published concentration and province-specific admission details. - Canonical URL: https://newsverum.com/en/news/unb-saint-john-bachelor-data-science-degree-2027 - Publisher: Newsverum - Section: Education - Country: Canada - Published: 2026-10-28T11:03:55+00:00 - Updated: 2026-10-28T11:03:55+00:00 - Event / data period: 2026-10-27 - Other editions: [Türkçe](https://newsverum.com/tr/news/unb-saint-john-bachelor-data-science-degree-2027.md) The University of New Brunswick plans to open a four-year Bachelor of Data Science at its Saint John campus in September 2027. The university announced the degree on October 27. It is being developed jointly by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the Department of Computer Science, combining those fields in a program designed around data handling, analysis and applied problem-solving. The launch adds a data-science option at the Saint John campus; applicants will need to compare its published course requirements with their provincial or territorial high-school curriculum. UNB’s program page lists programming, data management, machine learning, modelling and visualization among the subject areas. Students are also expected to develop communication, teamwork, project-management, ethics and leadership skills and consider the wider effects of data-driven decisions. This combination spans a data workflow: preparing information, selecting methods, building models, interpreting outputs and explaining findings. The degree description does not provide a term-by-term course calendar, so the listed areas describe intended learning rather than a complete course sequence or credit breakdown. The university says students can take part in industry projects, internships, practicums and applied research from the first year. A two-semester capstone is designed around solving an applied data-science problem. Those components give the program a practical dimension beyond its mathematics, statistics and computing foundations. The university’s page names examples of work such as analyzing complex data, building predictive models and managing datasets. It does not identify specific project sponsors or guarantee that every student will receive a particular placement; the capstone and other opportunities are elements of the design. Students may follow a general stream or choose one of four concentrations: Health; Ecology and Environment; Business; or Engineering and Technology. UNB links health data to care and public-health decisions, environmental analysis to ecological change, conservation and natural-resource issues, and business data to markets and operations. The engineering and technology concentration is listed as a separate option, though the program page gives less detail about its applications. These paths apply a shared quantitative foundation to different kinds of questions, rather than creating four separate degrees. UNB has also published admission requirements, which vary by province and territory. For applicants following New Brunswick’s English curriculum, the listed requirements are English 122; Pre-Calculus A 120 and Pre-Calculus B 120; two approved sciences, such as Physics 122, Chemistry 122 or Biology 122; and one Group 1, 2 or 4 elective. The page sets a minimum overall admission average of 75% and a minimum mathematics-and-science average of 75%. Applicants with only one science course may be considered with faculty approval. Other provincial curricula use their own course codes; for example, Ontario applicants are asked for English 4U, MHF4U mathematics and two approved sciences, with the same stated averages. The requirements make clear that preparation in mathematics and science is central to entry, while the differing course codes reflect province-specific secondary-school curricula. The page also lists a French-curriculum pathway for New Brunswick, with French 10411, specified mathematics courses, two approved sciences and an elective. It gives comparable course and average requirements for the provinces and territories. Applicants therefore have more admissions detail than the October 27 launch release alone provides; they should use the requirements page matching their curriculum and confirm any individual case with UNB. The university lists potential career paths such as data scientist, data analyst, machine-learning engineer, health data analyst, environmental data analyst and operations-research analyst. These examples indicate the range of sectors the curriculum is intended to serve, not a promise of a specific job or a forecast of local vacancies. The most concrete features now published are the September 2027 start, four-year duration, subject foundations, four concentration choices, applied-learning elements and entry requirements. Course scheduling, tuition and cohort size are not stated in the cited materials, so those details remain for prospective students to verify as UNB releases them. ## Data ### UNB data-science degree: published design Published launch, degree design, admissions requirements and experiential-learning elements. Methodology: Launch and degree duration come from UNB’s release. Curriculum and concentrations come from its official program page; admission requirements come from the linked requirements page. Requirements differ by provincial or territorial curriculum. These are published program requirements, not placement or employment outcomes. | Element | Detail | |---|---| | Degree length | Four years | | Campus and launch | UNB Saint John; September 2027 | | Academic foundations | Mathematics, statistics and computer science | | Concentrations | Health; Ecology & Environment; Business; Engineering & Technology | | Applied learning | Industry projects, internships, practicums and applied research | | Capstone | Two semesters; applied data-science problem | Sources: , , · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/unb-saint-john-bachelor-data-science-degree-2027/data/unb-data-science-degree-design?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/unb-saint-john-bachelor-data-science-degree-2027/data/unb-data-science-degree-design?lang=en&format=csv) ### Admission requirements: New Brunswick English curriculum Course and minimum-average requirements UNB publishes for the program. Methodology: Requirements are taken from UNB’s linked admissions page; course codes differ in other provinces and territories. Applicants with one science course may be considered only with faculty approval. | Requirement | Published requirement | |---|---| | English | English 122 | | Mathematics | Pre-Calculus A 120 and Pre-Calculus B 120 | | Sciences | Two approved sciences, including Physics 122, Chemistry 122 or Biology 122 | | Elective | One Group 1, 2 or 4 elective | | Minimum averages | 75% overall admission average; 75% mathematics and science average | Sources: · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/unb-saint-john-bachelor-data-science-degree-2027/data/unb-data-science-admission-requirements?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/unb-saint-john-bachelor-data-science-degree-2027/data/unb-data-science-admission-requirements?lang=en&format=csv) ## Sources - [University of New Brunswick]() (Source checked: 2026-10-28; Published: 2026-10-27) - [University of New Brunswick]() (Source checked: 2026-10-28) - [University of New Brunswick]() (Source checked: 2026-10-28) --- Cite the canonical URL above. 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