MSc Data Science

Overview

The MSc Data Science is a conversion course for graduates from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds looking to pursue a career, or upskill, in this new and rapidly developing field. Data scientists are in short supply, and there is high demand for data science skills across sectors including business, government, healthcare, science, finance, and marketing.

The aim of the MSc in Data Science is to support you if you have little previous experience of data analysis or computer programming. It aims to help you gain new skills such as:

• working with databases
• statistical thinking
• programming in high-level languages
• modelling
• applying data science tools and packages
• machine learning
• data visualisation
• addressing the challenges of big data.

📚 Typical Modules:

• Statistics and Machine Learning

• Big Data Technologies

• Data Mining and Visualization

• Artificial Intelligence

• Research Project

💸 Tuition Fees (UK): £9,500 – £14,500

🎯 Entry Requirements:

• 2:2 degree in Mathematics, Computing, Engineering, or Science

🚀 Career paths:

• Data Scientist

• Machine Learning Engineer

• AI Specialist

• Business Intelligence Analyst

🏫 Example Universities:

• London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

• University of Edinburgh

• King’s College London

• University of Manchester

• University of Warwick

• University of London (Birkbeck College)

• Coventry University

• University of Hull

• University of Southampton

• University of Glasgow

• University of Bristol

• University of Leeds

• University of Sheffield

• University of Birmingham

• University of Exeter

• University of Nottingham

• University of Leicester

• University of Surrey

• Newcastle University

• University of York

• Queen Mary University of London

• University of Strathclyde

• University of Essex