统计学是对数据的收集，分析，解释，表示和组织的研究。统计分析和数据分析被列为雇主正在寻找的非常理想的技能之一，并且随着数据成为现代生活中日益增长的一部分，从复杂数据中提取信息和价值的人才正在匮乏。新的统计和数据分析理科硕士旨在培训下一代统计员，重点是数据分析领域。雇主期望统计和计算方面的技能。该硕士课程将提供独特而连贯的现代统计方法以及相关的计算技能的结合，这些技能对于处理大量非结构化数据至关重要。该计划提供来自金融和卫生部门等众多领域的现代统计方法，计算统计和数据分析方面的培训。
This course is designed to train the next generation of statisticians with a focus on the field of data analytics. Employers expect skills in both statistics and computing. This master’s programme will provide a unique and coherent blend of modern statistical methods together with the associated computational skills that are essential for handling large quantities of unstructured data. This programme offers training in modern statistical methodology, computational statistics and data analysis from a wide variety of fields, including financial and health sectors. By the end of this programme you’ll have acquired an advanced level of statistical knowledge and data analytical skills. This will allow you to work as an independent expert within a multidisciplinary team that designs, performs, analyses and reports about applied scientific research. You’ll be equipped to pursue a career in data science, the financial sector or the health sector. Areas you might be interested in could include big processing companies (Accenture, Oracle Corporation), the financial sector (JP Morgan), pharmaceuticals (GSK), government agencies (the Office of National Statistics) and data science departments within universities.