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Applied Data Science and Statistics with Professional Placement MSc

UK

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What will I learn?

Overview

  • Designed for those wanting to work with and derive meaning from data, but without prior experience of programming
  • Explore a wide variety of applications to prepare you for a career working with data in a wide variety of sectors
  • Graduate with the capability to extract otherwise-hidden information within data and use it to make informed decisions, with the skills needed to enter a Data Scientist or Analyst role
  • Learn a variety of languages essential to Data Science, including R and Python
  • Work with data and gain the ability to perform statistical analysis to answer questions, and understand how to interpret and communicate results in the presence of bias and uncertainty.

Careers

Employer demand for statistically-trained data scientists is high. A staggering 98% of our 2016/17 computing graduates, and 84% of mathematics graduates, went into work or further study within six months of graduation.

A World Economic Forum report ‘The Future of Jobs’ states that data analysts are likely to be one of two job fields which will be critically important across all industries and geographies by 2020. ‘Companies expect that [data analysts] will help them make sense and derive insights from the torrent of data generated by technological disruptions’.

Graduate destinations

Whether you’re looking to take your career in a new direction or for an MSc that will sit alongside your undergraduate degree to land you an exhilarating graduate job, you’re unlikely to find a better choice than Applied Data Science and Statistics.

Which department am I in?

Department of Mathematics

Study options

Full Time (2 years)

Tuition fees
£29,100.00 (US$ 37,694) per year
The Professional placement (second year) £5,820 full-time.

This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

September 2025

Venue

Streatham Campus

Northcote House,

Queen's Drive,

Exeter,

Devon,

EX4 4QJ, England

Entry requirements

For international students

A good degree (normally a 2:2). Successful applicants will usually have at least an A-level or equivalent in Mathematics and/or have received quantitative skills training as part of their undergraduate programme or professional experience. Prior experience of coding is not necessary on this course. IELTS: Overall score 6.5. No less than 6.0 in any section. TOEFL: Overall score 90 with minimum scores of 21 for writing, 21 for listening, 22 for reading and 23 for speaking.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

Pathways options

Offered by other partners

This university accepts pathways courses from
  • INTO University of Exeter
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About University of Exeter

Never far from the breathtaking coasts of south west England, Exeter offers world-class education in unbeatable surroundings

  • Top 15 UK universities (Guardian University Guide 2023)
  • Member of the globally renowned Russell Group of unis
  • Triple accredited business school (AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS)
  • Top 150 universities globally (Times Higher Education 2023)

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