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Qualification
MSc - Master of Science
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Location
Heriot Watt University - Edinburgh Campus
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
14-SEP-26
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Duration
1 Year
Course summary
Our MSc in Data Science provides you with the expertise to extract, analyse, and communicate meaningful insights from vast and complex datasets, making students invaluable across a wide range of industries. This programme is aimed at graduates or those already in the industry with a background in computing or related disciplines, the programme blends rigorous theoretical foundations with practical, hands-on skills essential for managing and analysing large-scale data. Heriot-Watt University is home to four world-leading Global Research Institutes (GRIs) with over 50 years of research, specialising in robotics, AI, healthcare and wellbeing, environmental sustainability, and earth and marine science, designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and tackle some of the most pressing global challenges of our time.
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University information
Heriot-Watt University
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University League Table
31st
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Campus address
Heriot Watt University - Edinburgh Campus, Riccarton, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH14 4AS, United Kingdom
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Subject ranking
37th out of 118 4
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Entry standards
/ Max 229163 71%20th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10086.0 86%30th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 42.83 71%114th
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