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Study Details: MSc 2 full-time years including placement year
Improve your employability for roles in data science with specialist knowledge in machine learning, statistics and software technology.
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 to become an industry expert. You’ll gain an understanding of the balanced combination of science and technology required for delivering effective data science.
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.
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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.
Year1 – 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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