MSc Data Science and Communication at University of Liverpool

The MSc in Data Science and Communication is designed for students who have an interest in the way data and data processing are shaping our communication practices as society becomes increasingly digitised. Whether you want to investigate how Big Data impacts our daily decision-making practices or learn how to create innovative communication chatbots, this MSc will provide you with the necessary means to successfully navigate the Networked Society. Study in a department currently ranked within the world top 75 and 5 th in the UK for Communication (Shanghai Global Rankings of Academic Subjects 2025).

Faculty: Faculty of Science and Engineering  |  Duration: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time  |  Study mode: full-time; part-time also available  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

You will study four compulsory modules, including a dissertation; and three optional modules (one in Semester one, and two in Semester two). Compulsory modules in semester one include Introduction to Data Science a, Introduction to Computational Social Science Methods.

Career pathways

The interdisciplinary professional skills developed by the students will make them highly qualified, compared to single-discipline graduates, for a wide range of sectors dealing with Big Data and Society, ranging from data analysis and data management to natural language processing and communication diffusion. In addition, the programme’s focus on cutting edge methodologies for data analysis in response to social science issues will allow our students to become pioneers in solving novel problems arising in the Networked Society, tackling, for instance, misinformation as well as challenges both in human-computer interaction and computer-mediated communication.

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