Data Science

Non-Award

As one of the most rapidly growing fields in information technology, Data Science unearths value and meaning from data to help businesses and organisations across the globe.

Key details

Degree Type

Non-Award

Study Mode

In person

About this course

This course opens up a world of future study pathways and career options.

The University of Western Australia welcomes applications from international and domestic school-leavers. If you're interested in studying this major, find out the admission details below.

This major focuses on data and scientific computation. In our data-driven world, information is now being collected at an unprecedented speed and scale. According to IBM, more than 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are generated a day. From predicting trends to protecting personal information, companies around the world need data scientists to process, explore and harness meaning from their data.

Study locations

Albany

Perth

Career pathways

As organisations around the world implement data analytics programs, the demand for data scientists is only set to increase. Opportunities exist in areas such as energy and resources engineering, bioinformatics and biochemistry, computational physics and astronomy, transportation, health, finance, marketing, geophysics, geographic information systems and biomechanics.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Computing & Information Systems courses at The University of Western Australia (UWA).

61.8%

Overall satisfaction

73.5%

Skill scale

27.9%

Teaching scale

70.9%

Employed full-time

$63k

Average salary

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