Overview

The Data Science and its Applications course at the University of Essex will place you at the core of data science, with the application of theory and methods to real-world problems, including the use and exploitation of big data.

At Essex, the techniques we use to model and manipulate data guide the political, financial and social decisions that shape our modern society and are the basis of growth of the economy and success of businesses.

The course introduces you to programming with the R language and as well as text analytics. Relational databases and SQL are developed and used for relevant applications from humanities, life sciences, linguistics, marketing and social science. The course encourages statistical thinking by data visualisations and guides you to develop your creativity within a scientific framework.

Your future

With a predicted shortage of data scientists, now is the time to future-proof your career. A successful career in data science requires you to possess truly interdisciplinary knowledge and our staff ensure that you graduate with a wide-ranging, yet specialised, set of skills in this area.

Data scientists are required in every sector, carrying out statistical analysis or mining data on social media. Its graduates are highly sought after by a range of businesses and organisations and find employment in financial services, scientific computation, decision making support and government, risk assessment, statistics, education and other areas. Its recent graduates have gone onto work as data scientists and data analysts in both the private and public sectors.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Data Visualisation

Data analysis and statistics with R

Programming and Text Analytics with R

Databases and data processing with SQL

Modelling experimental and observational data

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-08 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-18 00:00:00

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Deadlines: to be confirmed

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

76

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PTE Academic

60

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IELTS

6

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Colchester, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Data Science & Big Data View 420 other Masters in Data Science & Big Data in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

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76

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60

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6

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Other requirements

General requirements

A 2.2 degree or international equivalent in one of the following subjects:

Biology

Biostatistics

Chemistry

Economic Statistics

Economics

Finance

Marketing

Physics

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

23875 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

11025 GBP / year

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Living costs

Colchester

United Kingdom

660 - 1140 GBP / month

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Funding

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