- Level
- Postgraduate
- Duration
- 1 year
- Mode
- Full-time
- Subject
- Computer Science
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Next intake
- SEP 2026
Overview
This MSc in Data Science is designed to train highly qualified data analysts – or data scientists – to embark on careers in a wide range of industries. You’ll be given an excellent practical and theoretical grounding in data mining and statistics with the chance to customise your degree through modules in artificial intelligence, visualisation, programming, database manipulation and other specialised subjects. As a student on this MSc Data Science course, you’ll be part of our vibrant research community and have excellent opportunities to progress to a PhD You’ll be part of a research group that has made significant contributions in techniques for data mining and KDD – including KDD Methodologies; use of metaheuristics for rule and tree induction; all-rule induction; clustering techniques; feature subset selection; feature construction; time series classification as well as many applications in the financial services industry, medicine, agritech, and telecommunications. Data Scientists are highly prized for their advanced, practical skill set and their increasing importance to the success of modern businesses. Organisations in almost any industry need to source, analyse and utilise vast amounts of data to aid strategic decision-making, so you’ll have great graduate career prospects as well as a wide range of transferrable skills.
Entry requirements
| Degree | 2:2 |
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English language requirements
| IELTS | 6.0 overall, no part below 5.5 |
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IELTS 6.0 overall (minimum 5.5 in each component)
Fees
International students: £25,700 per year
UK students: £12,350 per year
UK/Home: £12,350 per year
International: £25,700 per year
Start dates
September 2026
Application deadline
Rolling admissions - apply early
Campus
- Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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