MSc in Data Science
Swansea, United Kingdom
MSc
DURATION
LANGUAGES
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
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 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.
This course is also available in Part time basis with 2 years duration.
International Excellence Scholarships are available to both Undergraduate and Postgraduate students. Other scholarships are available, please see our website for more information including eligibility criteria and closing dates.
Year 1 (Level 7 PGT)
Compulsory Modules
- Human-Centred Visual Analytics
- Big Data and Data Mining
- Big Data and Machine Learning
- Mathematical Skills for Data Scientists
Optional Modules
- Abuses, Biases and Blessings of Data
- Data Visualization
- Human Computer Interaction
- Optimisation
- Computer Vision and Deep Learning
- Modelling and Verification Techniques
- Operating Systems and Architectures
Compulsory Modules
- MSc Project
Data Science Employment Opportunities
Completing this MSc considerably enhances your data science career prospects. Our graduates often progress to rewarding employment within esteemed organisations. Below are a number of their recent destinations.
- Workflow developer, Irwin Mitchell
- programr, Evil Twin Artworks
- Web developer & web support, VSI Thinking
- Software developer, Wireless Innovations
- Associate business application analyst, CDC Software
- Software developer, OpenBet Technologies


