All industries now utilise data and Data-Science and Data-Analytics are increasingly identified as key industrial activities. The position of Data Scientist is rapidly becoming a required post for any company that wishes to take full advantage of the data that they collect. This course is designed to give students the skills to step into a career as a Data Scientist in a wide range of industries and companies.

This masters has been designed to offer those with a familiarity in maths, science or computing an opportunity to develop a key set of skills for future employment in a way that builds on students' existing knowledge and skill base. Upon completing the course, students will be ready to fulfil the requirements of a Data Scientist.

Students will focus on the intertwining areas of machine learning, visual analytics and data governance, and be able to strike a balance between theoretical underpinnings, practical hands-on experience, and acquisition of industrially-relevant languages and packages. Students will also be exposed to cutting-edge contemporary research activity within data science that will equip them with the potential to pursue a research-based career, and, in particular, further PhD study at Middlesex University