Start your transformation towards a data-driven future
Lead by upgrading your data-proficiency
Enhance your data knowledge and discover new ways to apply big data technologies in order to design and implement innovative and successful business applications. By having academic experts, (non-)profit organisations and its student community collaborating ECDA can help you to give your personal development and career a boost.
ECDA-initiated programs
We help (future) leaders leverage data to unlock their full potential.
The Leadership Challenges with Data Analytics programme is a holistic executive training programme on how to achieve value from data, analytics and AI. The programme is designed for multidisciplinary teams from public and private organizations. Teams develop a proof of concept during the programme with coaching support from a Professor and business consultant. Besides renowned Professors from Erasmus University Rotterdam, TU Delft, Erasmus MC and Leiden University, the programme features masterclasses from external guest speakers to share detailed insights from practice.
Data Analytics Summer School
Learn. Disrupt. Connect.
The Data Analytics Summer School is a 5-day intensive programme, launched by the Erasmus Centre for Data Analytics and Erasmus Tech Community. The goal of the programme is to allow university students to gain hands-on experience in a range of critical topics related to the field of data analytics. Third-year bachelor and master students will gain the opportunity to extend their skills and tap into a potential path for their future career.
ECDA-initiated programs
We help (future) leaders leverage data to unlock their full potential.
Executive program: Leadership Challenge with Data Analytics
The Leadership Challenges with Data Analytics programme is a holistic executive training programme on how to achieve value from data, analytics and AI. The programme is designed for multidisciplinary teams from public and private organizations. Teams develop a proof of concept during the programme with coaching support from a Professor and business consultant. Besides renowned Professors from Erasmus University Rotterdam, TU Delft, Erasmus MC and Leiden University, the programme features masterclasses from external guest speakers to share detailed insights from practice.

Data Analytics Summer School
Learn. Disrupt. Connect.
The Data Analytics Summer School is a 5-day intensive programme, launched by the Erasmus Centre for Data Analytics and Erasmus Tech Community. The goal of the programme is to allow university students to gain hands-on experience in a range of critical topics related to the field of data analytics. Third-year bachelor and master students will gain the opportunity to extend their skills and tap into a potential path for their future career.
ECDA-supported programs
Bachelor & Master programs
We facilitate and support education at bachelor and master level to full-time students. For more information about the courses, you can contact the program management of the specific programs.
Executive & in-company programmes
Student-led Educational Initiatives
We support initiatives to enhance tech education on campus.
ECDA is strongly wired in the student community of Erasmus University. Connected to, amongst others, the Erasmus Tech Community and the Turing Society we offer education initiatives and events to a new generation of students, which is catered to their needs. Often powered by business cases it’s keeps academic experts and teachers inspired and ahead of the game. ECDA helps to keep learning, and to improve their professional data-development and growth perspectives.

ETC was established to raise awareness and educate students at Erasmus University Rotterdam about exponential technologies that are reshaping the world. They actively collaborate with private sector companies to organize events, workshops, hackathons and challenges. ETC has over three thousand students in their network.

Turing Students
TSR is building a community of tech-leaders of the future by inspiring students of Erasmus University Rotterdam through educational events, coding bootcamps and social activities. Turing students Rotterdam enables students from all backgrounds to learn hard skills and start their career in the technology world.

R-Ladies
A World-wide organization to promote gender diversity in the R-community. R-Ladies’ primary focus, therefore, is on supporting minority gender R enthusiasts to achieve their programming potential, by building a collaborative global network of R leaders, mentors, learners, and developers to facilitate individual and collective progress worldwide.