MinneMUDAC

Student Data Science Challenge

Learn about the 2026 challenge→

MinneMUDAC is an analytics event inviting teams of graduate and undergraduate students to explore real-world data while enhancing and showcasing their skills. This unique collaboration between students, their academic advisors, and analytics professionals from the community has given hundreds of students the opportunity to gain valuable experience while competing for cash prizes.

MinneMUDAC will return Fall of 2026, with the main event set for October 17 at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, MN! This year MinneAnalytics is partnering with Minnesota nonprofit The Food Group to take on food insecurity. More information and registration coming soon! Sign up for updates here.

Check out these videos from the 2025 competition, during which student teams used real-world data to provide insights for Big Brothers Big Sisters Twin Cities in their mission to create impactful, sustainable mentorships for youth in the Twin Cities.

“We were very impressed by so many students! There were many who we judged individually who did not make it to the finals whose discoveries made us think of new ways we could run our business.”

-Karen Hildebrand, Co-Founder of Farm Femmes, 2019 MinneMUDAC Data Sponsor

“The transcript doesn’t mean as much as it once did—sharing what you can do is becoming a bigger part of getting that job.”

-Chris Malone, Co-Chair of MinneMUDAC and Co-Founder of MUDAC

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