School of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science

Data Science

Data Science has emerged as a new category professional degree, with a strong interdisciplinary character that combines applied mathematics, statistics, computer science and various business disciplines.

Programmes

With the advancement of technology and everything going digital, it makes it much easier to obtain data and lots of it in a small amount of time. Modern organizations are inundated with data; there’s a continuous increase in applications and devices that can automatically collect and store information. 

Data Science is the study of data to extract meaningful insights. It is a multidisciplinary field of scientific methods, processes and systems to analyze and extract knowledge or insights from large amounts of data in various forms, either structured or unstructured. It aids in revealing patterns that enable stakeholders to make informed decisions.

Data Science Centre

We have established a Data Science Centre with the aim to provide much needed knowledge production and support in Data Science for business and industry.

This initiative aims to produce graduates with work experience in high end data analytics, DIRECTLY linked to the workplace, thus promoting the production of “work ready” graduates.

RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN ATTRACTS TOP STUDENTS TO SPECIALISE IN DATA SCIENCE