MSc/PGDip Big Data and Digital Futures at University of Warwick

The MSc/PGDip in Big Data and Digital Futures pairs practical data skills with theoretical approaches to data, aimed at graduates from any discipline who want to understand and act in a society transformed by data, networks and computation. Unlike purely computational data science degrees, it combines statistical modelling and programming with critical social perspectives.

Department: Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies  |  Duration: MSc: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time; PGDip: 9 months full-time, 21 months part-time  |  Intake: 28 September 2026  |  Study mode: full-time/part-time  |  Location: Coventry, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Students learn Python and R programming, introductory data science and machine learning/AI including generative AI, statistics in social science up to multiple and logistic regression, and advanced statistics including generalised linear models, multilevel modelling and causal inference. Further topics include social network analysis, web scraping, reproducible analysis, data visualisation, SQL, deep learning and agent-based modelling. Optional modules worth 60 CATS and a 10,000-word dissertation complete the MSc.

Career pathways

Graduates have gone on to employers including IBM, Jaguar Land Rover, Multiverse, NHS England, the Office for National Statistics and Tesco, in roles such as user experience designer, digital product manager, systems and data analyst, IT manager, management consultant and business analyst.

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