Program Description

The MSc in Data Science gives you a solid grounding in data science concepts and technologies for extracting information and constructing knowledge from data. This course focuses on three core technical themes of data mining, machine learning, and visualisation. You study computational principles, methods, and systems for a variety of real-world applications that require mathematical foundations, programming skills, critical thinking, and ingenuity.

Completing this MSc considerably enhances your data science career prospects. Our graduates often progress to rewarding employment within esteemed organisations. Below are a number of their recent destinations.

• Workflow developer, Irwin Mitchell
• Programmer, Evil Twin Artworks
• Web developer & web support, VSI Thinking
• Software developer, Wireless Innovations
• Associate business application analyst, CDC Software
• Software developer, OpenBet Technologies
• Software developer, BMJ Group

Admission Requirements

• General requirement-
  • Indian Students-
    • Successful completion of a relevant Bachelors degree from a recognised institution with either a Second Class Upper Division or a Second Class Lower Division equivalent:
    • Second Class Upper Division equivalent: 60%; or CGPA 6.7 (10 point system); or CGPA 6 (7 point system); or CGPA 3 (4 point system) - including Standard XII in English - 70% or above (or equivalent).
    • Second Class Lower Division equivalent: 55% or CGPA 6.1 (10 point system) or CGPA 5.5 (7 point system) or CGPA 2.67 (4 point system) for institutes of national importance/LLB) including Standard XII in English - 70% or above (or equivalent).
  • Arab Students-Candidates are expected to have successfully completed a relevant Bachelors degree from a recognised institution with a minimum of a Second Class Lower Division: CGPA 2.5 (out of 4.0) or Grade C+ CGPA 3.5 (out of 5) or 75% or Grade C+ with IELTS 6.5 with 6.0 in each part of the test (or equivalent)
• Minimum 2:2 (or equivalent) in Computer Science or a related discipline.  

IELTS Requirements

Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking	Overall
5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	6

Remarks:

Indian Students IELTS Waiver::-

• Only Below State Boards are eligible for IELTS Waiver – Karnataka State, Maharashtra State, Tamil Nadu State, West Bengal State,AP (2018 Board exam onwards only ) Telangana ( 2018 Board exams onwards only )
• 75% in Standard XII English language from SSCE,CBSE,ICSE,CISCE