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Laureate Education teams up with IBM for data science curriculum

Laureate Education teams up with IBM for data science curriculum

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, a network of higher education institutions headquartered in Baltimore, is collaborating with Big Blue on a technology program.

Laureate and International Business Machines Corp. are working on a curriculum to be offered exclusively to students at Laureate’s 70 schools around the world.

The curriculum will teach skills necessary for business analysis, data science, project management and software engineering, according to Laureate. It will be offered in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

It will also let students study artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Eilif Serck-Hanssen, chief executive officer of Laureate, said in a statement that the company’s work with would lead to good employment opportunities for Laureate’s students.