MSc in Data Science

This innovative MSc provides an opportunity for graduates from a broad range of disciplines to develop data science skills.

The programme is split into a variety of pathways, reflecting the interdisciplinary relevance of data science skills and allowing students to specialise in an area of their choosing.

You can choose between six distinct pathways:

• Data Science (Urban Analytics) MSc
• Data Science (Business and Management) MSc
• Data Science (Computer Science Data Informatics) MSc
• Data Science (Environmental Analytics) MSc
• Data Science (Mathematics) MSc
• Data Science (Social Analytics) MSc

Each pathway provides training in core data science skills, embedded in its specific disciplinary context. You will develop computational skills, data analytical skills, data stewardship skills and knowledge, and project design skills, among a host of other expertise.

Our goal is to help you develop into an agile, skilled data scientist, adept at working in a variety of settings and be able to meet the challenges of interdisciplinary teamwork.

Global demand for data scientists continues to grow. On this course, you’ll develop a truly international skillset, opening doors in countless industries.

The University also has its own dedicated Careers Service that you would have full access to as a student and for two years after you graduate.

The University of Manchester is a centre of teaching excellence, world-class research, outstanding student experience, and social responsibility. Part of the prestigious Russell Group of universities, it’s institutions like ours that have the greatest responsibility to act as the world faces big challenges. Together, we face this head on.

Founded in 1824 for the advancement of education, we’ve since been home to 25 Nobel Prize winners and worked across disciplinary and geographic boundaries to give the world new ideas, discoveries and innovations. Inspired by and connected with our city – the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, home to an iconic arts, music and culture scene, and now the driving force of the Northern Powerhouse scheme – Manchester remains at the heart of everything we do. We've been making an impact since day one; from creating the world’s first nuclear reaction, to building the modern computer, isolating graphene, pioneering development economics, and transforming cancer diagnosis and treatment across the world. And it doesn’t stop there – our teaching and learning approach creates life-changing student experiences, inspires lifelong learning and shapes exceptional graduate outcomes for global citizens of the future. As we enter our third century, we’re not letting anything stand in our way as we continue to tackle the world’s biggest problems with unbreakable resolve.