MSc/PGDip Internet Of Things With Data Science

Make discoveries in data and explore the value Internet of Things (IoT) can bring to businesses and organisations. With our Internet of Things with Data Science postgraduate degree, you can enhance your existing computer science knowledge, or gain new skills that can help you secure a role in a fastest-growing employment field in the digital economy.

Available with full and part-time study routes, the course provides you with specialist IoT and data science knowledge to apply in a wide range of sectors, including healthcare, commerce, professional services and the built environment. Start dates are available each January and September.

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Explore the full data mining lifecycle, from data pre-processing and exploratory data analysis to the application

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Develop an advanced understanding, and context of IoT, the skills, challenges, System Design and methodologies

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Learn about security vulnerabilities and challenges, including attack surfaces (networking, social engineering) and modern issues (IoT, Cloud).

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Complete high-level academic and practical work developing, evaluating and critically assessing a robust, scalable and usable IoT solution

Course delivery

The course is delivered through a range of highly-focused modules. The 180-credit MSc award comprises four taught modules, plus a research dissertation. The 120-credit PgDip award comprises four taught modules.

Flexibility is at the heart of our learning approach. You can choose to study this postgraduate course full-time or part-time on campus, with start dates in January and September:

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Full-time students will complete taught modules in each of the first two trimesters, and complete the 60-credit dissertation project in trimester three

Part-time students will complete taught modules in years one and two

The minimum requirement is a second class division honours degree or equivalent in any discipline, with previous demonstrable mathematical aptitude e.g. (A-level or BTEC Mathematics).