This MSc Applied Data Science is a new master's designed for those wanting to learn the skills required to gain insights from data.

The conversion course enables students with little prior exposure to computing to develop expertise and valuable skills that will prepare students for a career in the growing data science industry where there is significant demand for skilled personnel, both in the UK and internationally. (Students with an interest in cyber security may also consider our combined MSc Applied Data Science and Cyber Security). The importance of data science grows year after year, with sectors including healthcare, manufacturing, retail, finance, and others reliant on the insights that accurate data capture and analysis can provide.

The course introduces students to a variety of languages essential to data science, including Python, and how to use different software packages such as sci-kit-learn. As they develop their understanding of how a wide variety of data science methods work, including clustering, regression, decision trees, and neural networks, they will learn how to apply them through hands-on examples from real-world settings.

Throughout their studies, they will acquire the skills to work with large datasets, interpret and communicate results in the presence of bias and uncertainty, and build their range of soft skills for making presentations and writing.