MSc Data Science and Analytics with Placement Year

Course Details

Course Subject

Total Credit

180

Qualification

Postgraduate Taught

Awarding Body

University of Hertfordshire

Academic Level

Level 7

Course Location

Hatfield

Course Duration

2 Years (Including Placement)

Course Fees

£ 18950 Yearly

MOI

Accepted

OIETC

Accepted

Intakes

January/September

Work Placement

Yes

About The Course

About the course

This course is part of our master’s programme in Computer Science.

The MSc in Data Science and Analytics utilises our strong international reputation for research in these areas. The expertise of our staff influences this course which explores current research and practice in data science and analytics, extending your knowledge and understanding of the principles and practice of obtaining data from various sources, the essential methods for pre-processing and cleaning data, data analytics and modelling.

Why choose this course?

3rd for computer science in the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES, Advance HE, 2023).
You will gain industrial experience by applying the skills you have learned throughout your studies in a practical environment.
One of a range of advanced courses within our postgraduate master’s programme in Computer Science, this particular course provides you with a specialism in Data Science and Analytics.
Advanced topics studied include mathematics and programming of data science, data mining, machine learning and neural artificis, and data analytics applications.
Taught by a highly-regarded and long-established computer science department.
Computer Science saw 90% of its research ranked as world-leading (Research Excellence Framework, 2021).

English Requirement

You have to get at least 6 band socre of IELTS

General Requirement

Entry requirements and key information

For admission to MSc Data Science and Analytics, the normal requirement is a good honours degree (or equivalent) in computer science or cognate discipline. The choice of award title students may be accepted on to will be determined by the award applied for and the prior learning of the student as demonstrated by the transcript for existing qualifications held by the applicant.

Applicants whose first language is not English must demonstrate sufficient competence in English to benefit from the Programme. This is normally demonstrated by recognised awards equivalent to an overall IELTS score of 6.0. Candidates who do not satisfy these requirements will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

The programme is subject to the University’s Principles, Policies and Regulations for the Admission of Students to Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate Programmes (in UPR SA03), along with associated procedures. These will take account of University policy and guidelines for assessing accredited prior certificated learning (APCL) and accredited prior experiential learning (APEL).