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Study Details: MSc 2 years with professional placement
Prepare for a career in Data Science with specialist skills and knowledge in fundamental statistic techniques and cutting-edge machine learning technologies.
Data science drives a significant proportion of global economic activity from healthcare to finance and technology. It's influencing scientific progress across numerous fields including bioscience, energy and telecommunications.
This course provides you with the computational skills, tools and strong mathematical foundation preparing you for a career in industry. You'll gain practical, analytical and software skills to proficiently gather, process and analyse data, preparing you to tackle complex challenges in modern data science.
To ensure you’re well prepared for the course, you will need a good first degree in a numerate subject such as computer science, mathematics, physics, economics, engineering, or relevant social sciences. You should also be able to demonstrate proficiency in mathematical topics such as calculus and linear algebra, possess some familiarity with probability and statistics, and have a good foundation in programming.
Course highlights
You should have a first or strong second-class Bachelor’s honours degree or international equivalent.
To apply for this course your undergraduate degree can be in computer science with a strong mathematical focus, mathematics or any joint mathematics subject. Statistics, physics, astrophysics, engineering or other science degrees with sufficient baseline maths are also suitable. We'll also consider other subjects with sufficient maths content. Programming experience is an advantage.
We may make an offer based on a lower grade if you can provide evidence of your suitability for the degree.
If your first language is not English but within the last 2 years you completed your degree in the UK you may be exempt from our English language requirements.
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After graduating, you'll be well placed for a variety of careers in data science - from large-scale commercial enterprises, to innovative tech start-ups. Alongside the specialist skills and knowledge you'll gain, our dedicated careers team offers individual guidance and help you decide between employment and further study.
Recent graduate roles include: data scientist, machine learning developer, Python developer and software engineer.
Compulsory course units
These compulsory units are currently being studied by our students, or are proposed new units.
Year 1 – Semester 1
Semester 2
Summer
You can use the summer to begin your placement or you can do your dissertation first.
Year 2 – Semester 1
Semester 2
Summer
If you choose to do your dissertation in Year 1, you will still be on placement in the summer of Year 2.
Optional units
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