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Postgraduate Diploma
Online/Distance Learning
Online
Sep 2026
2 Year
This course covers a mix of practical and theoretical topics essential to careers in many data-driven sectors. You will learn how to approach real-world data problems and to apply your skills in critical thinking, problem solving, and analysis. The Data Science course is an online self-paced programme, with options to study for MSc, PGCert and PGDip. On the course, you will: study research methods in data science and understand contemporary issues in the field discover methods of datamining, from the underlying core theory to practical understanding learn how to create compelling information visualisations and how to verify visual displays of data use industry-standard computing resources to employ the full data science workflow from data acquisition and processing, through model development and selection, to final deployment and maintenance study optimisation techniques, how to curate and use large quantities of data, and how to model and simulate complex systems of data
