MSc Data Science and Business Analytics

University of Plymouth

This one-year conversion MSc is designed for graduates from a wide range of disciplines and experience. It gives you skills in data analytics, computing and business. Using sophisticated analytics techniques, including social network visualisation and sentiment analysis, and professional software, including R tidyverse, Python and SQL/NoSQL, you gain the skills and knowledge to transform data into commercial value and boost your employability. Equips applicants from all undergraduate degrees with broad professional competence in one of the world economy’s most sought-after postgraduate subject areas.Offers taught credits in the three areas of analytics, computer science and business, with a wide choice of available business modules.Provides a flexible individual project in one or more of the three taught areas supervised by world-leading subject experts.Establishes high proficiency in the use and application of state-of-the-art programming languages including R, Python, SQL and NoSQL.Benefits from easy access to cutting-edge specialist labs and next-generation software and hardware on a single campus. You may access facilities such as our NVIDIA seed-funded GPU Research Centre and our High-Performance Computing Centre.When our new engineering and design facility is launched, students in engineering, science and the arts will have access to a range of specialist equipment and innovative laboratories.Develops modern analytics expertise for obtaining business, scientific and social insights from big data sources and social media such as Twitter.Enjoy research-led teaching from leading academics with world-renowned expertise in data science, data analytics, statistics, computer science and business.Offers a range of general and merit-based postgraduate scholarships for local and international students.

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics