MSc Data Science - Masters degree

Benefits of this course

The benefits of this MSc Data Science course are many and varied. You will build knowledge of the data science field, learn new techniques, and be part of exciting current industry developments.

By the end of the course you will have specialist skills in data acquisition, information extraction, aggregation and representation, data analysis, knowledge extraction and explanation, which are all in high demand and will help progress your career.

Discover how you can benefit from training resources provided to students on this MSc data science course as well as opportunities to take part in workshops and seminars with our partners in industry.

Accredited by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT for the purposes of partially meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered IT Professional and on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of partially meeting the academic requirement for a Chartered Engineer.

Award

You can select to apply for one of the available exit points for this course.

• Master of Science (MSc)

Who is this course for?

This course will teach you how to apply data science across many different sectors, including health, retail and government.

You will need to have a numerate first degree or demonstrate numeracy skills. You may be at the early stages of your career in professions including economics, statistics or computer science.

You are expected to be curious about data and enjoy working with algorithms.