Microsoft Accelerator Program in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
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Microsoft Accelerator Program in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
What makes this program unique?
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Industry-ready curriculum
The program spans core data science to advanced AI, enabling you to analyze data, build ML models, create neural networks, and craft GenAI solutions for real-world challenges.
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Dedicated module on Generative AI
The in-depth module on GenAI covers ChatGPT, Large Language Models (LLMs), and Prompt Engineering, empowering you to leverage industry-relevant GenAI tools and workflows.
Program Outcomes
Elevate your career with Data Science & AI Skills
Become a Future-Ready Data Science & AI Professional
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Earn a co-branded certificate from Microsoft & Great Learning, validating your proficiency and boosting your career credentials
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Prepare for data science and AI roles by building a robust portfolio of over 20 real-world case studies and 4 hands-on projects, demonstrating your job-ready skills to employers
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Apply industry-standard techniques and tools, including Microsoft Azure, NLP, Scikit-Learn, Python, Hugging Face, and Langchain, to solve real-world business challenges
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Accelerate your career with support through career mentoring masterclasses, interview prep, and resume/LinkedIn reviews to help you lead data science and AI projects from day one
Key program highlights
Why choose Accelerator Program
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Earn a Co-Branded Certificate
Graduate with a co-branded certificate from Microsoft and Great Learning that validates your skills and adds powerful credibility to your profile.
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Master In-Demand Tech
Get hands-on with the entire DSAI workflow through 30+ hours of video content and labs covering Python, SQL, Azure AI, and more.
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Build a Standout Portfolio
Get transition-ready by creating a robust portfolio of 4 hands-on projects and 20+ real-world case studies that prove your skills to employers.
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Attend weekly classes with experts
Learn with weekly micro-classes designed to encourage peer collaboration and meaningful engagement with mentors.
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Gain a Real-World Edge
Learn from seasoned industry professionals and Microsoft Certified Trainers in weekly live sessions to turn theory into practical, job-ready knowledge.
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Accelerate career growth
Get career support with career mentoring session, access to interview questions, expert resume & LinkedIn profile review.
Skills you will learn
Python
Data Science
Exploratory Data Analysis
Machine Learning
Predictive Modeling
Natural Language Processing
Generative AI
Deep Learning
SQL
Business Statistics
Prompt Engineering
Neural Networks
Data Visualization
Python
Data Science
Exploratory Data Analysis
Machine Learning
Predictive Modeling
Natural Language Processing
Generative AI
Deep Learning
SQL
Business Statistics
Prompt Engineering
Neural Networks
Data Visualization
Secure top Data Science & AI jobs
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$501.03 B
Global Data Science Market by 2032
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$15.7 T
AI GDP contribution (2030)
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41.5 % CAGR
GenAI growth (2025–2030)
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Up to $127,844
Avg annual salary
Careers in Data Science & AI
Here are the ideal job roles in AI sought after by companies in globally
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Machine Learning Engineer
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Data Scientist
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Business Analyst
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Data Architect / Data Warehouse Architect
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AI Architect
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AI Product Manager
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Business Intelligence Developer
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Data Analyst
Our alumni work at top companies
- Projects
- Tools
- Certificate
- Faculty
- Mentors
- Career support
- Fees
The Accelerator Program is ideal for
Ambitious individuals ready to step into the fast-evolving world of data science and artificial intelligence
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Emerging Data Science and AI Professionals
Looking to enter the data science and AI space with foundational skills, real-world projects, and industry insights for seamless role transition
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Next-Gen AI Practitioners
Interested in taking on projects in data science and AI, or in building skills to be ready for future roles in these fields
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Professional Explorers
Eager to explore data science and AI opportunities and learn how these fields can boost your career growth
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Business Innovators
Professionals from all backgrounds who enjoy tackling complex challenges and want to leverage data science and AI to create impactful, tech-enabled solutions across industries.
Work on hands-on projects & case-studies
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4
hands-on projects
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20+
case studies
BFSI
Company Annual Financial Report Analysis
About the Project
Aid financial analysts to extract key information from long financial documents like annual reports very quickly using RAG and thereby increasing efficiency in making key financial decisions.
Skills you will learn
- Generative AI
- Large Language Models
- Prompt Engineering
- Hugging Face
- Retrieval Augmented Generation
- Vector Databases
- Langchain
Food and Beverages
Restaurant Review Analysis
About the Project
Analyse the customer reviews for different restaurants for a leading global food aggregator and use Generative AI models to analyse the reviews and tag them, thereby enhancing the company's ability to understand customer sentiments at scale, enabling data-driven decision-making, and improving overall customer satisfaction
Skills you will learn
- Generative AI
- Large Language Models
- Prompt Engineering
- Hugging Face
Hospitality
Hotel Booking Cancellation Prediction
About the Project
Build a Data Science solution for a chain of hotels that will help them predict the likelihood of a booking getting canceled so that they can take measures to fill in potential vacancies and reduce revenue loss.
Skills you will learn
- Exploratory Data Analysis
- Decision trees
- Random Forest
- Scikit-Learn
- Pandas
BFSI
Credit Card Fraud Detection
About the Project
Analyze credit card transaction data and build a neural network model to capture the complexities in the data and predict the probability of a transaction being fraudulent to help minimize financial losses incurred by the financial institution and the cardholders.
Skills you will learn
- Exploratory Data Analysis
- Neural Networks
- TensorFlow
- Keras
Retail
Used Car Price Prediction
About the Project
Explore and visualize the data, build a linear regression model to predict the prices of used cars, and generate a set of insights and recommendations that will help the business.
Skills you will learn
- Exploratory Data Analysis
- Data Visualization
- Bagging
- Random Forests
- Scikit-Learn
BFSI
CredPay
About the Project
Analyze the data provided by a consultation firm that partners with banks, answer key questions provided, draw actionable insights, and help the company to improve the business by identifying the attributes of customers eligible for a credit card.
Skills you will learn
- Exploratory Data Analysis
- Data Visualization
- Pandas
- Seaborn
Food and Beverages
FoodHub Order Analysis
About the Project
Perform an exploratory data analysis and provide actionable insights for a food aggregator company to get a fair idea about the demand of different restaurants and cuisines, which will help them enhance their customer experience and improve the business
Skills you will learn
- Python
- Numpy
- Pandas
- Seaborn,
- Univariate Analysis
- Bivariate Analysis
- Exploratory Data Analysis
Immigration
EasyVisa
About the Project
Analyze the data of Visa applicants, build a predictive model to facilitate the process of visa approvals, and based on important factors that significantly influence the visa status recommend a suitable profile for the applicants for whom the visa should be certified or denied.
Skills you will learn
- Exploratory Data Analysis
- Data Preprocessing
- Bagging
- Random Forest
- Boosting
- AdaBoost
- Gradient Boosting
- XGBoost
- GridSearchCV
BFSI
Stock News Sentiment Analysis
About the Project
Analyze the data of stock news and prices, develop an AI-driven sentiment analysis system that will automatically process and analyze news articles to gauge market sentiment, and summarize the news weekly to help financial analysts optimize investment strategies and improve client outcomes.
Skills you will learn
- Exploratory Data Analysis
- Word Embeddings
- Transformers
- Sentence Transformers
- Large Language Models
- Prompt Engineering
- Sentiment Analysis
Master in-demand Data Science & AI tools
Get DSAI training with in-demand tools to enhance your workflow, optimize models, and build DSAI solutions
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Azure AI Services
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Azure ML Studio
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Azure AI Language
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Python
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Google Colab
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Pandas
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NumPy
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Seaborn
Certificate of Completion by Microsoft & Great Learning
Receive a co-branded Certificate of Completion from Microsoft & Great Learning -proof of your DSAI skills, ready for your resume and LinkedIn.
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Meet your faculty
Our end-to-end program is led by 10+ year veterans—faculty and mentors from top tech firms and academia you can verify on LinkedIn
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Dr. Abhinanda Sarkar
Senior Faculty & Director Academics, Great Learning
30+ years of experience in data science, ML, and analytics.
Ph.D. from Stanford, taught at MIT, ISI, and IIM Bangalore.
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Dr. Pavankumar Gurazada
Senior Faculty, Academics, Great Learning
15+ years of experience in marketing, digital marketing, and machine learning.
Ph.D. from IIM Lucknow; MBA from IIM Bangalore; IIT Bombay graduate.
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Dr. Bradford Tuckfield
Co-Founder & Director, Wilson Consulting
10+ years of expertise in statistics, programming, and machine learning.
PhD. from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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Prof. Mukesh Rao
Senior Faculty, Academics, Great Learning
20+ years of expertise in AI, machine learning, and analytics
Director - Academics at Great Learning
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Matthew Graziano
Data Science Expert
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Mr. Faraaz Ahmed Sheriff
Senior Data Scientist
Expert in advanced analytics and evidence-based decision-making.
Extensive experience consulting for Fortune 500 companies.
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University LinkInteract with Industry Experts
Interact with experienced artificial intelligence experts who will guide you in your learning & career journey
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Evans Otalor
Chief Data Officer at Bahcode
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Franck Tchuente
Senior Data Scientist Paper
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Marcelo Guarido de Andrade
Research Assistant at University of Calgary University of Calgary
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Dale Seema
Data Science Specialist FNB
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Omid Badretale
Senior Research Data Scientist | Alternative Data RBC Capital Markets
Get career support
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Access to guided projects
Apply your skills with 4 industry-aligned projects and 20+ case studies to build a powerful portfolio.
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Interview Preparation
Hone your interview skills with unlimited AI-powered mock interviews and get access to a curated set of commonly asked questions.
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Resume & Profile review
Get your resume and LinkedIn profile reviewed by our experts to highlight your skills & projects.
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Career Mentoring
Gain valuable career strategies and industry insights from seasoned professionals in our mentoring masterclasses.
Course fees
The course fee is 990 USD
Invest in your Data Science & AI career
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Earn a co-branded certificate from Microsoft & Great Learning, validating your proficiency and boosting your career credentials
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Prepare for data science and AI roles by building a robust portfolio of over 20 real-world case studies and 4 hands-on projects, demonstrating your job-ready skills to employers
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Apply industry-standard techniques and tools, including Microsoft Azure, NLP, Scikit-Learn, Python, Hugging Face, and Langchain, to solve real-world business challenges
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Accelerate your career with support through career mentoring masterclasses, interview prep, and resume/LinkedIn reviews to help you lead data science and AI projects from day one
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