Master of Data Science

What you will study

UNSW’s Master of Data Science is the most advanced 100% online postgraduate degree in Data Science, establishing you as an expert data scientist, so you can take advantage of the booming employment market and gain a professionally and financially rewarding career.  

This program will give you a deep understanding of the role of the data scientist, how to add value to an organisation and communicate insights that drive innovation, support strategic decision making and put you at the forefront as a leader in data and ethics. 

Building your confidence in statistics and machine learning, this program gives you the knowledge to know what questions to ask, how to solve them and how to use outcomes to drive innovation.

Program Structure

The Master of Data Science is comprised of 12 courses - nine compulsory and three electives.

There is also the option to study the Graduate Certificate in Data Science, or the Graduate Diploma in Data Science, separately. The masters program includes the content of the Graduate Certificate and the Graduate Diploma, together with further electives and a capstone course.

Graduate Certificate

4 courses
or continue studying

Graduate Diploma

+ 4 courses
or continue studying

Masters

+ 4 courses

Graduate Certificate in Data Science

Achieve with a Graduate Certificate in Data Science

Data Scientists drive business decisions and the more data that is created the greater the need there is for experts to interpret that data into models for business growth. 

The Graduate Certificate provides you with the core skills employers demand in a fast-tracked model, plus gives you a pathway to study the Graduate Diploma in Data Science and Master of Data Science.  

Courses are delivered in seven-week intensive blocks, which means in eight months you may graduate and tap into career opportunities sooner.

Graduate Diploma in Data Science

Get to your goals sooner with a Graduate Diploma in Data Science

Love technical and mathematical challenges? Learn how to drill into data to help provide better answers to drive business progress. The Graduate Diploma will give you the foundational skills that industry demands plus crucial decision-making techniques and the essentials of good data storytelling. 

The fast-tracked model means you can graduate with a diploma in just over a year, plus it gives you a pathway to study the Master of Analytics.

Master of Data Science

Master Data Science at UNSW Online

From advanced statistics and machine learning, programming and database systems, to strategic decision making, the skills you develop in this program are broad and deep and apply across all fields and industries. Designed to deliver capabilities that are in the highest demand and the most difficult to find, you will be able to take advantage of diverse roles (even those yet to be imagined), creating a career that’s dynamic and rewarding.

Delivered in seven-week intensive blocks, one course at a time, you will be able to apply what you learn immediately and graduate in as little as two years. 

 

Related program

Prefer less statistics, machine learning and programming? Perhaps the Master of Analytics is for you.

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