MSc Data Science

Goldsmiths, University of London

The MSc Data Science will provide you with the technical and practical skills to analyse the big data that is the key to success in future business, digital media and science.

The rate at which we are able to create data is rapidly accelerating. According to IBM, globally, we currently produce over 2.5 quintillion bytes of data a day. This ranges from biomedical data to social media activity and climate monitoring to retail transactions. These enormous quantities of data hold the keys to success across many domains from business and marketing to treating cancer or mitigating climate change.

Why study MSc Data Science

• The MSc in Data Science will prepare you to join a new generation of data scientists that are highly in demand across multiple industries.
• You’ll learn to combine the statistical skills of data analysis and the computational techniques needed to carry out this analysis on a large scale.
• You’ll learn the mathematical foundations of statistics, data mining and machine learning, and apply these to practical, real-world data.
• We’ll equip you with the computational techniques needed to efficiently analyse very large data sets.
• With guidance from industry experts, you’ll put your skills to the test using real-world data to analyse trends in social media, make financial predictions, and extract musical information from audio files.
• You’ll carry out original analysis on real-world data through your final project, which allows you to focus on your specific research interests.
• You’ll use industry-standard software such as Apache Hadoop and Spark to analyse data from industries such as biomedical, financial and social media.
• We have close links with leading industry professionals, who regularly deliver lectures and talks on Data Science.
• You’ll learn from experts in the Department of Computing and the Institute of Management Studies. Many faculty members bring their knowledge from active research and consultancy in a wide range of sectors.

Pathways

As well as MSc Data Science, we have the following pathway options that give you the chance to specialise in a particular industry area. For each MSc Data Science pathway, in addition to the pathway-specific skills, you’ll learn core skills that are essential for data scientists such as statistical analysis, programming, machine learning, data visualisation, and big data technologies.

In collaboration with Goldsmiths Institute of Management Studies, you ll learn the skills to become the next generation of data science experts in sectors ranging from healthcare to business.

The pathway options are:

• MSc Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
• MSc Data Science and Financial Technologies
• MSc Data Science and Econometrics
• MSc Data Science and Marketing

Prepare yourself for a career in data science

We carefully designed our MSc (Data Science) programme to help you to become successful data science professionals. Core modules of the individual pathways provide you with a solid grounding in the theory of big data, statistics, machine learning as well as your chosen pathway specialism. You’ll learn the latest methods and techniques to become an important member of different organisations as a data scientist and engineer.

You’ll get hands-on experience of data science through lab sessions, learning skills to take with you into your career.

With modules covering both fundamentals and current trends in data science, you’ll graduate with sought-after skills in the workplace. You’ll learn from a faculty of data science experts, guided by our Industry Advisory Board to make sure that teaching is relevant and up to date.