As part of the academic-business partnership, the 5th Data Science in Practice educational project is being implemented by McKinsey Polska together with three universities: the University of Warsaw (UW), the University of Łódź (UŁ) and the Łódź University of Technology (PŁ). The main goal of the project is to solve a practical problem posed by the business partner, mBank in the fifth project.

The project involves 15 students from the University of Warsaw, 16 students from the University of Lodz and 1 student from the Lodz University of Technology. Students solve various business problems related to banking under the supervision of 16 business mentors from McKinsey Polska, one business mentor from mBank, and three academic mentors from the University of Warsaw and the University of Lodz.

The Data Science in Practice educational project aims to share knowledge, skills and experience with students studying Data Science or derivatives, incl. computer science, mathematics, econometrics, big data.