MSc Data Science (Business and Management) / Course details
Year of entry: 2025
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Course description
Whether you’re trying to make sense of a football match, a general election or a business’ financial performance, data is vital. Our Data Science – Business and Management master’s will teach you invaluable skills for today’s economy such as:
- data analysis
- project design
- computational methods
- data stewardship.
This pathway focusses particularly on the data techniques and uses that are most relevant to business and management, with optional course units exploring themes such as business creation and AI in finance.
The course welcomes applicants from a range of STEM, business and humanities backgrounds. Working with the rest of your student cohort will enrich your understanding of the uses and potential of data.
Upon course completion, you’ll have developed a highly valued skillset, enhancing your employability across countless sectors.
Aims
This innovative MSc in Data Science course is an opportunity for graduates from a broad range of disciplines to develop data science skills.
Our goal is to help you develop into an agile, skilled data scientist, adept at working in a variety of settings and be able to meet the challenges and rewards of interdisciplinary teamwork.
Course unit details
Through a set of core units, you will develop a set of key data science skills.
The core units are:
- Machine Learning and Statistics (both semesters);
- Understanding Databases;
- Understanding Data and their Environment;
- Applications in Data Science.
Course unit list
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
| Title | Code | Credit rating | Mandatory/optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics and Machine Learning 1: Statistical Foundations | DATA70121 | 15 | Mandatory |
| Statistics & Machine Learning 2: AI, Complex Data, Computationally Intensive Statistics | DATA70132 | 15 | Mandatory |
| Understanding Databases | DATA70141 | 15 | Mandatory |
| Applying Data Science | DATA70202 | 15 | Mandatory |
| Understanding Data and their Environment | DATA71011 | 15 | Mandatory |
| Extended Research Project | DATA72000 | 60 | Mandatory |
| Mathematical Programming and Optimisation | BMAN60101 | 15 | Optional |
| HRM: Strategy and Practice | BMAN70231 | 15 | Optional |
| Knowledge Management and Digital Strategy | BMAN71652 | 15 | Optional |
| Simulation & Risk Analysis | BMAN73942 | 15 | Optional |
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Scholarships and bursaries
The School offers a number of awards for students applying for master's study.
To find our more, please visit our master's funding opportunity search page.