12 monthsProgramme duration
18 Aug, 2027Application Deadline
29Scholarships
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
Course summary
How do you make sense of vast, complex datasets? And how can you turn that information into insights, systems and decisions that make a difference?
If you want to become a proficient data scientist and build the specialist skills needed by digitally empowered organisations, MSc Data Science is for you.
At Southampton, you’ll learn how to work with the growing volume and complexity of data that shapes modern organisations. Develop advanced knowledge in areas including data mining, machine learning and data visualisation, building the technical expertise to analyse information and communicate what it means.
You’ll work with contemporary techniques and programming toolkits while exploring how data science is applied across industrial and societal settings. This combination will help you understand not only how different methods work, but where and why they can be useful.
Generative AI is changing how organisations create, innovate and solve problems, but data remains the foundation. You’ll develop the skills to harness, analyse and apply data effectively, helping you navigate an information landscape that continues to evolve.
Find your place in a field where technology, analysis and problem-solving come together, and build the expertise to turn complex data into something people and organisations can use.
Key features of this course
**Build advanced data science expertise.** Develop specialist knowledge across data mining, machine learning and data visualisation.
**Turn information into insight.** Learn how to analyse complex datasets and use different approaches to reveal patterns, relationships and useful information.
**Develop practical technical skills.** Work with contemporary programming toolkits and techniques used to tackle data science problems.
**Explore data science in context.** Investigate industrial and societal application scenarios, helping you understand how data science methods can be used beyond the classroom.
**Prepare for an AI-shaped landscape.** Explore data science in an era increasingly influenced by Generative AI, developing the skills to work effectively with the data that underpins new technologies and applications.
Your future career
Data-driven organisations need people who can work confidently with complex information, choose appropriate analytical approaches and turn data into useful insights.
You’ll graduate with advanced knowledge of data mining, machine learning and data visualisation, alongside practical experience using programming tools and modern data science techniques.
The course is designed to prepare you to work as a proficient data scientist in organisations where data plays an increasingly important role in decision-making, innovation and digital development.
Wherever your career takes you, you’ll leave Southampton better equipped to understand complex information, apply data science methods effectively and adapt as technologies and data-driven practices continue to change.
Further information
This is a one-year MSc programme.
The course develops specialist knowledge in data mining, machine learning and data visualisation, alongside experience of contemporary techniques, programming toolkits and industrial and societal applications.
How do you make sense of vast, complex datasets? And how can you turn that information into insights, systems and decisions that make a difference?
If you want to become a proficient data scientist and build the specialist skills needed by digitally empowered organisations, MSc Data Science is for you.
At Southampton, you’ll learn how to work with the growing volume and complexity of data that shapes modern organisations. Develop advanced knowledge in areas including data mining, machine learning and data visualisation, building the technical expertise to analyse information and communicate what it means.
You’ll work with contemporary techniques and programming toolkits while exploring how data science is applied across industrial and societal settings. This combination will help you understand not only how different methods work, but where and why they can be useful.
Generative AI is changing how organisations create, innovate and solve problems, but data remains the foundation. You’ll develop the skills to harness, analyse and apply data effectively, helping you navigate an information landscape that continues to evolve.
Find your place in a field where technology, analysis and problem-solving come together, and build the expertise to turn complex data into something people and organisations can use.
Key features of this course
**Build advanced data science expertise.** Develop specialist knowledge across data mining, machine learning and data visualisation.
**Turn information into insight.** Learn how to analyse complex datasets and use different approaches to reveal patterns, relationships and useful information.
**Develop practical technical skills.** Work with contemporary programming toolkits and techniques used to tackle data science problems.
**Explore data science in context.** Investigate industrial and societal application scenarios, helping you understand how data science methods can be used beyond the classroom.
**Prepare for an AI-shaped landscape.** Explore data science in an era increasingly influenced by Generative AI, developing the skills to work effectively with the data that underpins new technologies and applications.
Your future career
Data-driven organisations need people who can work confidently with complex information, choose appropriate analytical approaches and turn data into useful insights.
You’ll graduate with advanced knowledge of data mining, machine learning and data visualisation, alongside practical experience using programming tools and modern data science techniques.
The course is designed to prepare you to work as a proficient data scientist in organisations where data plays an increasingly important role in decision-making, innovation and digital development.
Wherever your career takes you, you’ll leave Southampton better equipped to understand complex information, apply data science methods effectively and adapt as technologies and data-driven practices continue to change.
Further information
This is a one-year MSc programme.
The course develops specialist knowledge in data mining, machine learning and data visualisation, alongside experience of contemporary techniques, programming toolkits and industrial and societal applications.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
Course summary
How do you make sense of vast, complex datasets? And how can you turn that information into insights, systems and decisions that make a difference?
If you want to become a proficient data scientist and build the specialist skills needed by digitally empowered organisations, MSc Data Science is for you.
At Southampton, you’ll learn how to work with the growing volume and complexity of data that shapes modern organisations. Develop advanced knowledge in areas including data mining, machine learning and data visualisation, building the technical expertise to analyse information and communicate what it means.
You’ll work with contemporary techniques and programming toolkits while exploring how data science is applied across industrial and societal settings. This combination will help you understand not only how different methods work, but where and why they can be useful.
Generative AI is changing how organisations create, innovate and solve problems, but data remains the foundation. You’ll develop the skills to harness, analyse and apply data effectively, helping you navigate an information landscape that continues to evolve.
Find your place in a field where technology, analysis and problem-solving come together, and build the expertise to turn complex data into something people and organisations can use.
Key features of this course
**Build advanced data science expertise.** Develop specialist knowledge across data mining, machine learning and data visualisation.
**Turn information into insight.** Learn how to analyse complex datasets and use different approaches to reveal patterns, relationships and useful information.
**Develop practical technical skills.** Work with contemporary programming toolkits and techniques used to tackle data science problems.
**Explore data science in context.** Investigate industrial and societal application scenarios, helping you understand how data science methods can be used beyond the classroom.
**Prepare for an AI-shaped landscape.** Explore data science in an era increasingly influenced by Generative AI, developing the skills to work effectively with the data that underpins new technologies and applications.
Your future career
Data-driven organisations need people who can work confidently with complex information, choose appropriate analytical approaches and turn data into useful insights.
You’ll graduate with advanced knowledge of data mining, machine learning and data visualisation, alongside practical experience using programming tools and modern data science techniques.
The course is designed to prepare you to work as a proficient data scientist in organisations where data plays an increasingly important role in decision-making, innovation and digital development.
Wherever your career takes you, you’ll leave Southampton better equipped to understand complex information, apply data science methods effectively and adapt as technologies and data-driven practices continue to change.
Further information
This is a one-year MSc programme.
The course develops specialist knowledge in data mining, machine learning and data visualisation, alongside experience of contemporary techniques, programming toolkits and industrial and societal applications.
How do you make sense of vast, complex datasets? And how can you turn that information into insights, systems and decisions that make a difference?
If you want to become a proficient data scientist and build the specialist skills needed by digitally empowered organisations, MSc Data Science is for you.
At Southampton, you’ll learn how to work with the growing volume and complexity of data that shapes modern organisations. Develop advanced knowledge in areas including data mining, machine learning and data visualisation, building the technical expertise to analyse information and communicate what it means.
You’ll work with contemporary techniques and programming toolkits while exploring how data science is applied across industrial and societal settings. This combination will help you understand not only how different methods work, but where and why they can be useful.
Generative AI is changing how organisations create, innovate and solve problems, but data remains the foundation. You’ll develop the skills to harness, analyse and apply data effectively, helping you navigate an information landscape that continues to evolve.
Find your place in a field where technology, analysis and problem-solving come together, and build the expertise to turn complex data into something people and organisations can use.
Key features of this course
**Build advanced data science expertise.** Develop specialist knowledge across data mining, machine learning and data visualisation.
**Turn information into insight.** Learn how to analyse complex datasets and use different approaches to reveal patterns, relationships and useful information.
**Develop practical technical skills.** Work with contemporary programming toolkits and techniques used to tackle data science problems.
**Explore data science in context.** Investigate industrial and societal application scenarios, helping you understand how data science methods can be used beyond the classroom.
**Prepare for an AI-shaped landscape.** Explore data science in an era increasingly influenced by Generative AI, developing the skills to work effectively with the data that underpins new technologies and applications.
Your future career
Data-driven organisations need people who can work confidently with complex information, choose appropriate analytical approaches and turn data into useful insights.
You’ll graduate with advanced knowledge of data mining, machine learning and data visualisation, alongside practical experience using programming tools and modern data science techniques.
The course is designed to prepare you to work as a proficient data scientist in organisations where data plays an increasingly important role in decision-making, innovation and digital development.
Wherever your career takes you, you’ll leave Southampton better equipped to understand complex information, apply data science methods effectively and adapt as technologies and data-driven practices continue to change.
Further information
This is a one-year MSc programme.
The course develops specialist knowledge in data mining, machine learning and data visualisation, alongside experience of contemporary techniques, programming toolkits and industrial and societal applications.
Admission Requirements
3.2+
120+
67+
92+
6.5+
176+
You'll need a 2.1 degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering or maths/statistics or physics. Specific module requirements also apply. Please see website.
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