About this program
Data Intensive Astrophysics
The MSc in Data-Intensive Astrophysics has been designed to provide you with the skills and knowledge needed for a career in a range of areas including academic research in astronomy or astrophysics as well technical, development and engineering positions in related scientific fields.
The MSc in Data-Intensive Astrophysics has been designed to provide you with the skills and knowledge needed for a career in a range of areas including academic research as well technical, development and engineering positions in the “in-demand” field of “Big Data” and related scientific fields. By combining data analysis and computational techniques with a core science discipline, the course is intended to satisfy the increasing demand for well-qualified postgraduates who are equipped with the expertise to respond to a range of challenges arising from this exciting field. It has been estimated that “Big Data” has already added thousands of new jobs to the UK economy and this is likely to increase as new approaches to data transform the public, private and academic sectors.
Admission requirements
Typically, you will need to have either:
- a 2:1honours degree in a relevant subject area such as physics, astrophysics,a related physical science, mathematics, astronomy, computer science,engineeringor an equivalent international degree
- a university-recognised equivalent academic qualification
- or relevant professional experience evidenced by a reference.This should be signed, dated and less than six months old at the time you submit your application.
English Language requirements:
IELTS with an overall score of 6.5 with 5.5 in all subskills, or an accepted equivalent.
For more information about admission requirements, please check the university website.
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Program content
The modules shown are an example of the typical curriculum and will be reviewed prior to the 2022/23 academic year. The final modules will be published by September 2022.
Core modules for year one
- Research Project
- Applied Machine Learning
- Principles of Machine Learning
- Data Analysis
- Advanced Techniques in Physics and Astrophysics
- Advanced Study and Research Skills
Scholarships & funding
For more information about scholarships, please visit the university website.
Tuition
- Tuition fees for UK: £10,200 per year.
- Tuition fees for International Students: £23,450 per year.
For more information about tuition fee, please visit the university website.
Qualification
What are the learning outcomes of this course/program?
The Learning outcomes for this program describe what you will be able to do as a result of your study at Cardiff University. They will help you to understand what is expected of you and academic staff will focus on precisely what they want you to achieve within each Module.
Knowledge & Understanding:
On completing the program you will be able to demonstrate:
- A sophisticated level of knowledge and understanding of the current state-of-the-art in the field of data-intensive astrophysics;
- A sophisticated level of the core knowledge applicable to the practice of data-intensive astrophysics, including an up-to-date acquaintance with the academic literature, high-performance computing techniques, the important aspects of informatics and data analysis and wider issues connected with data conservation etc.
- Knowledge and understanding of the most effective software packages, programing languages and mathematical techniques central to tackling research problems in the field of data-intensive astrophysics.
Intellectual Skills:
On completing the program you will be able to demonstrate:
- A sophisticated theoretical and computational, mathematical and data-analytic skillset and the ability to adapt these skills to novel applications;
- A sophisticated specialist skillset derived from the elective modules and the ability to adapt these skills to novel applications;
- The ability to critically analyse, critique, curate and synthesise state-of-the-art academic literature and the most up-to-date techniques.
Professional Practical Skills:
On completing the program you will be able to:
- Efficiently and effectively integrate into a research group environment, including concisely reporting progress, negotiating activities and timescales, supporting colleagues and working in a team;
- Plan, propose and execute a sophisticated research project with realistic goals, deliverables and contingency plans;
- Demonstrate a solid, research-grade level of knowledge across the core elements of data science.
Career paths
Typically, an MSc degree in Data-Intensive Astrophysics will open up opportunities in the following areas:
- Theoretical, experimental and computational doctoral research in astrophysics;
- Numerate, technical, research, development and engineering positions in related scientific fields;
- Physics, mathematics and general science education.
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