DASCA Accreditation Process

The DASCA accreditation program is now open for governments, universities, and vocationaltraining institutions in several countries. Institutions can apply for DASCA accreditation along either the Standard or the Accelerated accreditation track. The difference is that the Standard accreditation track involves six stages of assessment,whereas the Accelerated accreditation track is faster and involves only two stages.

Continuation of DASCA Accreditation

A DASCA accreditation of a data science program is valid for 6 years, and continuation of the accredited status for the next three years can be conveniently obtained online by ensuring compliance to the 11 DASCAstandards. Continuationof accreditation for programs essentially hinges on demonstrating that the programs are guided by standards-driven data science learning, and a healthy percentage of students of these programs are regularly qualifying DASCA certification exams.