MSc Data Science for Business

Core and specialist options

You will start by building your understanding of how data is collected, processed and analysed, and how quantitative methods can be applied to real business problems, by studying core units in:

• Programming and computational thinking for data science
• Data science methods for business challenges
• Statistics and quantitative analysis.

You will then progress into more applied and specialist units, choosing from optional modules that may cover:

• Business applications of data science across marketing, finance, supply chains and sustainability
• Data-driven decision-making and strategic analysis
• Advanced analytics techniques applied to organisational problems
• Optional specialist pathways aligned to your interests and career goals.

Final project

Your studies in teaching blocks 1 and 2 build the foundations for your 60-credit independent research project, completed over the summer. This allows you to apply your learning to an extended piece of independent or practice-based work.

Options include:

• Independent Data Science Research Project
• Applied Analytical Research Project linked to a real-world organisational challenge.

Visit our programme catalogue for full details of the structure and unit content for our MSc in Data Science for Business.

You will typically need an upper second-class honours degree or an international equivalent in a quantitative subject (whether as a single, joint or combined honours degree) such as:

• Accounting and Finance
• Actuarial Sciences
• Computer Science
• Data Science
• Economics
• Engineering
• Finance
• International Economics and Trade
• Maths
• Physics
• Commerce (with specialism in Accounting/Finance/Accounting and Finance/Economics).

If your degree subject is not listed above, you must have evidence of an upper second-class honours degree or international equivalent which includes one unit of mathematics from the Maths qualification requirements list below, with 60% (UK equivalent) or above in this unit

OR

A-level Mathematics with grade A if no mathematics or quantitative unit in your degree.

If you are currently completing a degree, we understand that your final grade may be higher than the interim grades or module/unit grades you have achieved during your studies to date.

We will consider your application if your interim grades are currently slightly lower than the programme's entry requirements and may make you an aspirational offer. This offer would be at the standard level, so you would need to achieve the standard entry requirements by the end of your degree. Specific module requirements would still apply.

We will also consider your application if your final overall achieved grade is slightly lower than the programme's entry requirements.

If your achieved grade is lower than our entry requirements, or if your subject is not listed above, your application may be more likely to receive an offer if you have additional relevant work experience or qualifications. If you have at least one of the following, please include your CV (curriculum vitae / résumé) when you apply, showing:

• evidence of five years' work experience in fields such as business and corporate management, finance and accounting, marketing and sales, operations and logistics, public sector or nonprofit administration, human resources, project management, data and analytics, engineering, technology, design, creative industries, innovation-related roles
• a relevant postgraduate qualification. Specific module requirements would still apply, which can be met in either undergraduate or postgraduate qualifications.

See international equivalent qualifications on the International Office website.