Course summary
Visit our website for more information on fees, scholarships, postgraduate loans and other funding options to study at Swansea University. 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. Our brand new £32.5m Computational Foundry lies at the heart of this course. Sophisticated teaching and research equipment include a Vision and Biometric Lab, a Maker Lab, a TechHealth Lab, a Theory Lab, a Cyber Security/Networking Lab, a User Lab and a Visualisation Suite. With large data sets now available across almost all industry sectors, there is an increasingly high demand for innovative new technologies and skilled data scientists. Visit our website for more information on fees, scholarships, postgraduate loans and other funding options to study at Swansea University.
Modules
Modules may include: Computer Science Project Research Methods; Visual Analytics; Big Data and Data Mining; Big Data and Machine Learning; Mathematical Skills for Data Scientists; Data Visualization; Human Computer Interaction; High Performance Computing in C/C++; Graphics Processor Programming; Computer Vision and Deep Learning; Modelling and Verification Techniques; Operating Systems and Architectures.
Entry requirements
Minimum 2:2 (or equivalent) in Computer Science or a related discipline. IELTS 6.0 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or equivalent English test.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
England | £10150 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £10150 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £10150 | Year 1 |
Wales | £10150 | Year 1 |
EU | £21950 | Year 1 |
International | £21950 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Provider information
Swansea University
Singleton Park
Swansea
SA2 8PP