Data Science is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary area, with applications in business, government, public health, and the sciences. Its applications range from identifying customers’ buying patterns and monitoring machinery to tracking the spread of a disease and logging and improving an individual's health. There is therefore a huge unfilled demand for graduates with skills in ‘Big Data’.

Overview

Why study MSc Data Science at Aberystwyth University?

Aberystwyth University is a top 50 university for research power and intensity – REF 2014
Opportunity to study in Departments with links to many major companies and a strong research focus

Opportunity for graduates of any discipline to significantly enhance their employability

Opportunity to apply the knowledge from this course to other areas, including your initial undergraduate discipline

100% of the Department of Computer Science’s research was deemed either world-leading or internationally excellent in terms of research impact

Employability

The range of careers to which our graduates advance is vast and continuously expanding. Examples of pathways our previous graduates have taken include working for/ as:

Google

MarkLogic

Investment banks

Product Managers

setting up their own companies

Developing careers in research

There are many opportunities for Data Scientists in the jobs market, and whatever your intention post-MSc, you will be offered support with your career planning.