Launch Your Data Science Career
The School of Data Science prepares students to step confidently into a rapidly evolving, data-driven world by connecting them with the people, skills, and experiences that shape meaningful careers. Through personalized advising, hands-on workshops, and robust industry engagement, our Career Services Team supports students at every stage of their professional journey.
Whether you are exploring career paths, building essential competencies, or preparing for competitive opportunities, you will find a community committed to your growth. With access to a powerful global alumni network and connections across every sector of the economy, students gain the insight and support they need to launch and thrive in impactful data science careers.
Prospective Students
The Career Services Team provides a wealth of opportunities for data science students to learn, connect, and grow. These offerings are adapted to the needs of the cohort or the year and may take different forms as needs change. Services the team offers include:
- Industry Engagement: Industry-led technical talks, professional development workshops, and panels.
- Career Coaching: One-on-one and drop-in career coaching to discuss your specific job and internship goals and strategies, resume and cover letter reviews, networking questions, compensation negotiation and recruiting preparation.
- Workshops: In-person and virtual workshops on a variety of topics including technical interview preparation, offer negotiation, and alumni panels
- Modeling Your Future Series: A monthly interactive series that helps you explore career paths, build skills, and prepare for internships and full-time roles through guided activities and conversations with industry professionals.
- Data Science Clubs: Join a UVA or School of Data Science student organization or participate in data science meetups.
- Career Events: Career fairs, networking events, and LinkedIn and Github reviews with an alumni career consultant.
- Alumni Connections: Leverage the UVA network of 250K+ alumni worldwide and 110+ global alumni clubs.
All students studying at UVA also have access to a broad network of career support and services via the University Career Center. Consider exploring the following:
- Check out UVA Career Events.
- Join a UVA Career Community.
- Leverage the career resource cards that have been curated by the collective UVA career community.
Current Students
Current data science students can connect directly with career coaches, access our programming and services and leverage the School of Data Science Career Launchpad.
Craft your unique narrative from the outset with in-depth insights into pivotal data science career topics. The Launchpad allows you to navigate with flexibility, balancing your career advancement alongside other commitments, and access a wealth of specialized resources including resume blueprints, exclusive templates, ways to leverage AI, and even previously paid tools now available to you for free. Elevate your collegiate experience with the Career Launchpad, meticulously crafted based on years of data science-specific career expertise, serving as the cornerstone of your career development discussions throughout your time with us.
You can also access the Career Launchpad through Canvas Connect using your UVA computing ID/NetBadge.
Students can also:
Schedule a career advising appointment through Stellic.
Leverage Handshake to:
View current job and internship postings.
RSVP to career events, including career fairs, employer information sessions, and workshops.
Explore data and analytics specific career resources.