Applied Data Science (with Advanced Practice) MSc

MSc Applied Data Science See what it’s like to study MSc Applied Data Science and if you’re eligible for a £10k scholarship Data scientists are in high demand as government departments and leading companies realise the importance of big data and its applications to developing successful strategies in their decision making or business relations. You gain technical and critical thinking skills in applying knowledge of data science to real-world problems, and learn fundamentals of software for digital innovation, applied machine learning, big data and business intelligence, interactive visualisation of data, and applications. You explore professional, ethical, security and social implications of future data science technologies, and gain a range of transferable skills to progress into industry. Progressing from almost any first degree discipline, you gain leading-edge skills, solid programming experience, research expertise and optional industry experience to enter this field and rapidly expanding job market. You work closely with our AI and Machine Learning research groups, and have the opportunity to undertake an internship.

Normally a first degree (2.2 minimum), relevant experience or equivalent qualifications. Any first degree subject* is considered excluding BSc (Hons) Computer Science, BSc (Hons) Artificial Intelligence and BSc (Hons) Data Science. Entry from some first degree disciplines including BSc (Hons) Computing and BSc (Hons) Information Technology depends on course content. You are required to provide a full transcript of studies to enable our admissions team to determine your eligibility.