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QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

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Master of Data Analytics

  • Masters (Coursework)

Develop data analytics skills that will future focus your career with a degree that turns data into insight and intelligence.

Key details

Degree Type
Masters (Coursework)
Duration
2 years full-time, 4 years part-time
Course Code
098601J
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb, Jul

About this course

Highlights
  • NEW: This course now offers Commonwealth Supported Places which makes it over 60% more affordable. Eligibility criteria applies.
  • Be at the cutting edge of a booming new field of expertise that can be applied across industries.
  • Translate data into insight and intelligence to be able to drive change and make key decisions.
  • Solve domain-relevant problems by synthesising knowledge from mathematics, statistics, computer science, information systems and business process management.
  • Learn from expert academics and leading researchers who apply data science and data analytics to a range of real-world challenges, and who have world-wide industry connections.
Highlights
  • Be at the cutting edge of a booming new field of expertise that can be applied across industries.
  • Translate data into insight and intelligence to be able to drive change and make key decisions.
  • Solve domain-relevant problems by synthesising knowledge from mathematics, statistics, computer science, information systems and business process management.
  • Learn from expert academics and leading researchers who apply data science and data analytics to a range of real-world challenges, and who have world-wide industry connections.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements - all majors 2 year program

You must have a recognised bachelor degree (or higher qualification) in any discipline with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale).

1.5 year program

You must have a recognised bachelor degree (or higher qualification) in information technology or mathematics with a minimum grade point average (GPA) score of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale).

Entry requirements - Biomedical Data Science major only

The following are additional admission pathways for the Biomedical Data Science major beyond the ones listed above for all majors.

1.5 year program

You must have a recognised bachelor degree (or higher qualification) in biomedical science with a minimum grade point average (GPA) score of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale).

1 year program

You must have successful completed LV41 Bachelor of Biomedical Science at QUT.

Graduates will automatically receive an offer to start within three weeks of the current semester results being released.

Entry requirements - all majors 2 year program

You must have a completed recognised bachelor degree (or higher qualification) in any discipline with a minimum grade point average of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale).

1.5 year program

You must have a completed recognised bachelor degree (or higher qualification) in information technology or mathematics (or related field) with a minimum grade point average of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale).

Entry requirements - Biomedical Data Science major only

The following are additional admission pathways for the Biomedical Data Science major beyond the ones listed above for all majors.

1.5 year program

You must have a recognised bachelor degree (or higher qualification) in biomedical science with a minimum grade point average (GPA) score of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale).

1 year program

You must have successful completed LV41 Bachelor of Biomedical Science at QUT.

Study locations

Gardens Point

What you will learn

This course will prepare you for a future-focused career in the fast-paced ever-changing world of data analytics. With a collaborative curriculum across disciplines you'll not only learn theories and methods but you'll apply that knowledge to predict forecast visualise and make decisions in a range of applied areas.

You will study specialist units in advanced statistical data analysis data mining techniques and applications data manipulation analytics for information professionals and advanced stochastic modelling.

You can choose from three majors plus a ""No Major"" option for this course:

Biomedical Data Science

Biology and medicine are becoming increasingly data-intensive in research and clinical practice. From new sequencing technologies to medical imaging and electronic health records to wearable devices recording heart rate it has never been easier or cheaper to generate biomedical data.

Yet these datasets may be large and complex and the observations noisy. This interdisciplinary major provides the skills you need to 'wrangle' and analyse biomedical data. You will learn statistical and machine learning methods and use them to identify relationships and gain insight into function and disease states while gaining some understanding of their limitations and the complexity of the problems which arise.

Computational Data Science

The world is awash in data and it's growing at a mammoth pace. Over 2.5 million trillion byes of data are generated every day. In every minute Uber has 45000 trips; 456000 tweets are sent; and 3.6 million Google searches occur. NASA alone generates 121 terabytes of data every single day.

This major will equip you with the knowledge and skills to bring order to the chaos on terabytes of data and extract meaning. You'll be confident in searching for hidden models training intelligent systems creating visualizations identifying patterns and trends and discovering solutions and opportunities. You'll undertake data analysis and research across domains with the focus on the development and application of computational methods which scale as the number of records increases.

Statistical Data Science

In this digital and data-rich era the demand for statistical experts is high yet the pool of such graduates is small. The recent growth of data science has increased the awareness of the importance of statistics with the analysis of data and interpretation of the results firmly embedded within this newly recognised field.

This major provides advanced training in statistics together with complementary skills in programming and data extraction and mining. This combination gives you the background and experience to gather and evaluate data-based evidence to support informed decision-making and to advise on the robustness and the uncertainty of the conclusions drawn.

For more information about the course structure and the units for each major please refer to the ""Details and Units"" tab.

Career pathways

Careers and outcomes

When you graduate you'll be able to apply different approaches techniques and tools to data in different industry contexts to solve complex problems.

You'll have the skills necessary to transform data into knowledge for any industry including banking and finance media and communications health education information technology engineering agriculture and mining.

Early exit

Early exit option with the IN26 Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics upon completion of the required units.

Possible careers
  • Data analyst
  • Data analytics specialist
  • Data systems developer
  • Data-driven decision maker

Course structure

To meet the course requirements for the Master of Data Analytics you must complete 192 credit points of course units consisting of:

  • 48 credit points of core units
  • 96 credit points of discpline units from your selected Major or a range of units from across the majors if you choose not to nominate a major.
  • 48 credit points of data analytics related elective units selected from an approved list of units which is drawn from units offered in each of the majors.

Study Areas:
Choose your major in the following specialisation areas -

  • Biomedical Data Science;
  • Computational Data Science;
  • Statistical Data Science; or
  • No Major option

Students in the 1.5 year program

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lease note: study plans are determined based on prior qualifications. The placement of the 48 credit point reduction across the study plan may vary between students. Clarification can be sought from the Course Coordinators once admitted.

To meet the course requirements for the Master of Data Analytics you must complete 192 credit points of course units consisting of:

  • 48 credit points of core units
  • 96 credit points of discpline units from your selected Major or a range of units from across the majors if you choose not to nominate a major.
  • 48 credit points of data analytics related elective units selected from an approved list of units which is drawn from units offered in each of the majors.

Study Areas:
Choose your major in the following specialisation areas -

  • Biomedical Data Science;
  • Computational Data Science;
  • Statistical Data Science; or
  • No Major option

Students in the 1.5 year program

P

lease note: study plans are determined based on prior qualifications. The placement of the 48 credit point reduction across the study plan may vary between students. Clarification can be sought from the Course Coordinators once admitted.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Computing & Information Systems courses at QUT (Queensland University of Technology).
79%
Overall satisfaction
86.8%
Skill scale
67.4%
Teaching scale
71.4%
Employed full-time
$85.6k
Average salary