Master's degrees in Data Science & Big Data in Ireland

Data insights are now a crucial part of the modern economy, influencing decision-making in both industry and government. Join the Economics and Data Analytics programme from University College Dublin.

The MA in Data Protection and Privacy Law from Dublin City University is an interdisciplinary degree run jointly by the School of Law and Government and the School of Computing.

The Data Science and Analytics programme at Maynooth University is a 12-month conversion course designed to give students the knowledge and skills to collect, process analyse and visualise data in order to extract useful information, explore patterns and evaluate models. 

Combining elements of genetics, statistical science, data analytics, machine learning, bioinformatics and computational biology, the Genomics Data Science programme of the University of Galway will provide graduates with a highly marketable and transferable set of data science skills as well as specialist knowledge of and experience in the application of these skills.

This exciting new Financial Data Science programme from University College Dublin will equip students for a career addressing global business needs for data science expertise particularly in the financial services industry.

The MSc in Social Data Science is a one year taught programme from University College Dublin with strong interdisciplinary features and components across social and computational sciences. 

The Data Science and Statistical Learning at University of Limerick provides an exciting opportunity for students with a quantitative background to specialise in the rapidly expanding field of data science, with an emphasis on statistical perspectives.

This full-time Digital Marketing course at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School is aimed at graduates who wish to develop a deep understanding and high level of competence in the application of digital marketing tools and techniques.

This full-time Masters course in Digital Marketing at University College Dublin is aimed at graduates who wish to develop a deep understanding and high level of competence in the application of digital marketing tools and techniques. The combination of strategic, analytical and practical elements will provide graduates of this course with a distinct advantage in the marketplace.

The explosion of online and social media, the proliferation of digitized information, and improved electronic access to political decision-making processes provide new opportunities to study existing and emerging political processes in various democratic and non-democratic political regimes. The Politics and Data Science programme is offered at the University College Dublin.

The Computer Science - Data Science programme of Trinity College Dublin is designed and taught by staff who are leading experts in their fields, and the course content is inspired by their cutting-edge work as well as their contacts with leading industry researchers around the globe.

Business Analytics programme at University College Dublin provides a set of analytical methods for solving problems and aiding decision-making, particularly in the context of large quantities of data.

The MSc in Data Science at Institute of Technology Carlow is designed to meet current industry needs and provides students with a thorough theoretical and practical grounding in the analysis and utilisation of large data sets, together with experience in conducting data science development projects, thereby preparing graduates for positions of responsibility in the Big Data and IT industries.

The Mathematical Modelling at University of Limerick provides training in techniques of applied mathematics, and focuses mainly on mathematical models of real-world processes, their formulation in terms of differential equations, and methods of solutions, both numerical and analytical, of the models.

The Higher Diploma in Science in Data Science and Analytics (NFQ Level 8) in Munster Technological University is a collaboration between the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Computer Science. 

The Big Data Analytics programme is a one year, full-time or two year, part-time programme offered by the Atlantic Technological University. It focuses on the processes involved in examining and interpreting large amounts of data of a variety of types to uncover hidden patterns, unknown correlations and other useful information.

This computing course aims to produce high-quality, technically competent, innovative graduates that will become leading practitioners in the field of data analytics.

The Business Analytics MSc programme from Trinity College Dublin equips graduates with the skills and knowledge to launch a career as future managers in this fast-expanding field.

The Data and Computational Science programme from University College Dublin is aimed at students who wish to gain a deep understanding of applied mathematics, statistics and computational science at the graduate level. The course will equip such students with the skills necessary to carry out research in these computationally based sciences.

University College Dublin offers a skills conversion graduate Computer Science (Conversion) programme for individuals who hold a primary degree in another discipline (e.g., Arts, Commerce, Engineering), and would like to enter an IT-related career. This programme provides a thorough foundation in modern Computer Science in a practically oriented learning environment.