MSc Data Analytics (Online)

Ireland’s Global University

MSc/Professional Diploma Data Analytics Why study at UCD?

(3 Years/9 Months Part Time) (Online) Tradition
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The MSc and Professional Diploma in Data to apply advanced skills from these fields to
1854 years of teaching & research
Analytics from the UCD School of Mathematics maximum effect in any work-related, “big data”, excellence
and Statistics will help you to analyse and environment.
understand the large data sets that are There are no lectures to attend as the courses
being created via the huge growth in online are delivered completely online. Students will Global profile
information. The value of these data sets is be given videos, demonstrations, and interactive UCD is ranked in the top 1% of
being increasingly recognised in business games to enhance their learning, with regular higher education institutions
worldwide
circles, with many companies seeking to recruit feedback and interaction with lecturers. This
individuals with skills in data analytics to extract provides flexibility to students who can learn
the valuable insights contained therein. Data wherever and whenever they like, as well as at
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Analytics is at the crossroads between statistics a pace that suits them. Students will attend a Over 6,000 international
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and computer science, and our courses contain UCD exam centre at the end of each semester 1854 students from over 120 countries
elements of both. We will give you the tools for exams. study at UCD

Key Fact Global careers

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The UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics has a strong research track Degrees with high employability;
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record through its interdisciplinary approach to research, with academics 1854 dedicated careers support; 1 year
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involved in the UCD Complex Adaptive Systems Laboratory (CASL) and
the Claude Shannon Institute for Coding, Cryptography and Discrete
Mathematics. Members of the School are also heavily involved in
Insight: the National Centre for Data Analytics, which was created in
2013 with a combined €88m of Government and industry funding.

Course Content and Structure

90 credits 20 credits
taught masters (online) – all taught modules professional diploma (online) – all taught modules
This first year of both programmes is designed to introduce you to statistical and mathematical concepts
in Data Analytics and Data Mining, and to start you on statistical programming with data. The second
year of the MSc is split between understanding the theory behind statistical models for data via predictive
analytics, and dealing with data sets at scale using multivariate techniques. The final year of the MSc
covers some advanced statistical modelling methods. A provisional list of topics is as follows:

Statistics modules: Computing modules:

Data Mining Monte Carlo
Predictive Analytics R
Multivariate Analysis C
Time Series Analysis Java
Stochastic models Python
Modules and topics shown are
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guaranteed by UCD.
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Career Opportunities
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Data Analysts are in strong demand from industry; those who are
successful in completing the course are highly employable in fields
as diverse as pharmaceuticals, finance and insurance, as well as cloud
computing. Prospective employers include any company that requires Fees
detailed, robust analysis of data sets. Some examples include:
Tuition fee information is available on
www.ucd.ie/fees
• ICT companies (e.g., Google, eBay, Facebook, Amazon, Paddy Power)
• The pharmaceutical industry (e.g., Janssen, Merck, GSK)
• The financial services industry (e.g., Bank of Ireland, AXA, EY, Accenture,
Deloitte) Related Masters
Programmes of Interest
• MSc Mathematics
• MSc Mathematical Science
Apply Now This programme receives significant interest so please apply
• MSc Statistics
early online at www.ucd.ie/apply

Entry Requirements
• This programme is intended for applicants with a degree in a numerate subject. An upper
second class honours or international equivalent is required.
• Those without this requirement, but with equivalent experience in industry, will also be
considered on a case-by-case basis.
• Applicants whose first language is not English must also demonstrate English language
proficiency of IELTS 6.5 (no band less than 6.0 in each element), or equivalent.

Staff Profile
Dr Andrew Parnell, UCD School • Stochastic processes and time series analysis • Proteomics (finding biomarkers for prostate
of Mathematics and Statistics • Bayesian inference cancer)
• Spatial and spatio-temporal modelling • Veterinary Science (estimating the factors
• Computational statistics contributing to elite racehorse ability)
I am a Chartered Statistician and
• Archaeology (radiocarbon dating and age-depth
Lecturer with over 10 years’ experience.
I have applied such methods in a diverse range of model building)
I enjoy working with big, messy data
fields including: • Ecology (stable isotope mixing models to
sets, which have hidden relationships
• Climate change (estimating past changes estimate animal diets, monitoring fisheries
that only statistical methods can uncover. My main
in climate from pollen, estimating changes discard rates in the Irish Sea)
expertise is in:
in extreme for Ireland’s future, estimating
• Feature/variable selection
worldwide rates of sea level change)
• Multivariate analysis

EU Enquiries Programme Administrator Non-EU Enquiries : [email protected]

: [email protected] www.ucd.ie/international
www.ucd.ie/online/dataanalytics/
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