Applied Statistics and Data Mining
University of St AndrewsPostgraduate MSc Full-time 1 Year Mathematics and statistics
About this course
The PGDip/MSc in Applied Statistics and Datamining is a commercially relevant programme of study providing students with the statistical data analysis skills needed for business, commerce and other applications.Commercially relevant course. Course content is aligned to the requirements of the commercial analysis sector. Dissertation topics are generated in part by commercial partners. Teaching involves widely used commercial software packages (SAS, SPSS). The popular open-source tool R is also used.
The PGDip/MSc in Applied Statistics and Datamining is a taught programme run by the School of Mathematics and Statistics. The course is aimed at those with a good degree containing quantitative elements who wish to gain statistical data analysis skills.
Highlights
Study Options
This course is available in 2 study options:
Full-time Shown above
Duration: 1 Year
Qualification: MSc
Location: St Andrews
Full-time Shown above
Duration: 9 Months
Qualification: PgDip
Location: St Andrews
Career Prospects
Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:
2134 Programmers and software development professionals
2431 Management consultants and business analysts
2133 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers
2433 Actuaries, economists and statisticians
3531 Brokers
2434 Business and related research professionals
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Course Details
- Qualification
- MSc
- Study Mode
- Full-time
- Duration
- 1 Year
- Start Date
- 2025
- Academic Year
- 2025
- Campus / Location
- St Andrews
- Scheme
- Postgraduate
- Subjects
- Mathematics and statistics