MSc Applied Data Science and Statistics at University of Exeter

This well-established conversion course, with a network of over 600 graduates, will enable you to learn data science skills alongside the fundamental mathematics that underpins all data. You will learn to programme in Python and R (no prior experience of programming is required) and explore a wide variety of applications to prepare you for a career working with data in a variety of sectors.

Duration: 1 year full time; 2 years part time  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Exeter, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The programme will include applications across a wide variety of sectors and help you develop innovative and responsible approaches to the use of data. You will cover the entire spectrum from collection through to interrogation and analysis, interpretation, visualisation, and communication. Our data governance and ethics module is essential to this programme – you will learn from colleagues in our faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences how the complex technologies behind data science can be managed and governed for the benefit of society now and in the future, as well as exploring your responsibility as a data scientist for ensuring...

Career pathways

A World Economic Forum report ‘The Future of Jobs 2023’ projects that the demand for data analysts and scientists, big data specialists, business intelligence analysts, database and network professionals and data engineers is growing by 30 to 35%. Whether you’re looking to take your career in a new direction or for an MSc that will sit alongside your undergraduate degree to land you an exhilarating graduate job, you’re unlikely to find a better choice than Applied Data Science and Statistics.

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