MSc Data and Decision Analytics (Online Learning)

These entry requirements are for the 2026/27 academic year and requirements for future academic years may differ. Entry requirements for the 2027/28 academic year will be published on 01 July 2026.

Entrance to our MSc programmes is strongly competitive. You can increase your chances of a successful application by exceeding the minimum programme requirements.

Important points to note when applying for this programme

A UK 2:1 honours degree or its international equivalent in an area related to management science, operational research, statistics, econometrics, mathematics, physics, computer science, engineering, or business and management with mathematical-related courses.

Your background should ideally include courses and/or experience gained in basic mathematics, such as standard concepts of calculus and linear algebra, probability, statistics, and/or computer programming.

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Year 1
Semester 1
September–December
Compulsory courses
Data Analysis and Statistics for Business
Programming and Data-Driven Storytelling
Semester 2
January–May
Compulsory courses
Applied Decision Optimisation
Applied Machine Learning
Year 2
Semester 1
September–December
Option courses
Choose 1 or 2

Data Management
Heuristic Optimisation
Semester 2
January–May
Option courses
Choose 1, 2 or 3

Data Analytics for Web and Social Media
Understanding Planetary Health & Data
Making science relevant to policy and decision-making
Time Series Forecasting
Please Note: Courses have pre-requisites and some also have co-requisites.

Semester 2
May–August
Dissertation
Details of the Dissertation