• The Master of Data Science at Western Sydney University is a 2-year full-time program.
  • This program also offers a part-time option with 4 years duration.
  • Extracting information from data has become a science in itself, blending skill sets from mathematics, statistics, and computing to help companies drive informed decision-making and problem-solving.
  • Studying this course will provide the student with extensive scientific skills and methods to extract meaningful data and solve complex problems.
  • On completion of the course, the student will have completed two self-guided master projects and will graduate with the confidence and skills to draw out meaningful insights with actionable metrics.
  • As a Data Scientist, the student will analyze data and extract meaning from it. This includes working with unstructured and structured data, data cleansing, and data preparation.
  • Data Analysts extract data and use it to help companies make better business decisions. This could mean figuring out how to price new materials for the market, how to reduce transportation costs, or propose new solutions to save the company money.
  • The student to faculty ratio is  8:1 which bridges the gap between faculty and students.
  • As a data science graduate, you can look forward to career opportunities in:
    • Data Analyst
    • Data Engineer
    • Data Scientist.., etc.
  • The average salary after getting placed is 55,000 AUD.