Data Science & Big Data Management courses

About Msc Big Data Technologies in GCU London

Take your skills in computing, computer engineering or electronics and apply them to postgraduate-level study in data engineering, data-science/analytics and IoT. Progress as a data analyst, systems architect or IT/data engineer.

Embark on a career in a leading-edge field and master the exciting and challenging world of big data!

Big data techniques are revolutionising how organisations and industries acquire and analyse data, offering valuable insights into how people live, work, play, travel, shop and exercise. These insights are valuable to marketers, researchers, designers, city planners, app developers, educators and many more.

GCU London's MSc in Big Data Technologies helps you build the fundamental knowledge and practical skills for success in this fast-growing field. You'll develop competence in a range of emerging technologies: big data, cloud computing, data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, the internet of things and data visualisation. You'll learn from the experts; GCU is internationally recognised for the strength of its research in these exciting subjects, driving 21st-century innovation.

With both full-time and part-time study available, the course is ideal for someone with a background in computer science, software engineering, web technologies or computer engineering who wants to enhance or update their skills. Those with backgrounds in mathematics and electronics are also well suited.

The up-to-date curriculum keeps a career-focused approach, so you'll gain valuable skills you can immediately put to work in the industry.

• Utilise leading-edge tools and technologies from companies such as Google and IBM, including the latest AI and ML techniques
• Apply a wide range of industry-standard open-source development platforms and databases
• Confidently analyse and visualise data sources, to deliver new levels of understanding

Your expertise in big data will enable you to provide new insights into human behaviour and psychology, which can help us build stronger and happier societies across the globe. Your work could shape smart, sustainable cities; remove barriers to education; help people make healthier choices day-to-day; improve public health and so much more. All meaningful ways of contributing to the Common Good.

Entry requirements

• A Bachelors Honours degree with 2:2 in a required subject or equivalent.

English language requirements

• IELTS: 6.0 - 6.5 overall, with no less than 5.5 in each component.
• TOEFL iBT: 79 - 90 overall.
• PTE Academic: 54 - 62 (with no less than 51 in each component).

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