MSc Data Science and Analytics

Overview

Twelve-month master's in data science with compulsory modules in data science and project skills in data science, a 60-credit project in data science and analytics, and optional modules such as machine learning. Needs a degree with a significant mathematics, statistics or computing component.

Highlights

• Data Science
• Project skills in Data Science
• Project in Data Science and Analytics
• Machine Learning (optional)

Entry requirements

Academic

A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons) in a subject with a significant mathematics, statistics or computing component.

English language

IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in all components.

Applicants from Pakistan

Leeds' Pakistan page gives postgraduate equivalences: where a 2:1 is asked for, 70 per cent or a GPA of 2.8 to 3.0 (the GPA scale is not stated); entry from a 4 year Bachelor, or a 2 year Masters if the Bachelor is shorter than 4 years. No percentage is recorded for this course in the structured fields. Source

Working after you graduate

Bachelor's and master's graduates on a Student visa may apply in the UK for the Graduate visa: two years if applying by 31 December 2026, or 18 months if applying on or after 1 January 2027.

Checked on 10 October 2026. Official source.

Scholarships for this course

• Chevening ScholarshipsTuition fees, monthly living stipend, economy return flight, arrival and departure allowances and visa application cost