Undergraduate

Data Science and Business Analytics

UK University

Overview

Data Science and Business Analytics is offered widely in the UK, so the useful comparison is between departments rather than between countries. It is a three year undergraduate degree, with the specialism widening as you move through the years.

Teaching in Statistics splits the week between lectures and laboratory work, and the final stage is built around a supervised research project.

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Entry requirements

Careers opportunities

A degree with more demand than supply, and one of the few where graduates are actively recruited by government, pharmaceuticals and finance at once. Software fluency in R, Python or SAS is assumed.

Roles graduates go into

  • Statistician
  • Data scientist
  • Biostatistician
  • Operational research analyst
  • Risk and pricing analyst
  • Survey methodologist

Where they work

  • Government analytical services and the ONS
  • Pharmaceutical companies and CROs
  • Banks, insurers and asset managers
  • Market research and polling
  • Universities and research institutes
After the course

Chartered Statistician status with the Royal Statistical Society, taken after several years of practice.

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