Course Overview

Our Professional Doctorate in Data Science is the first industrial doctorate of its kind and is supported by The Data Lab. We build on Stirlings highly successful taught MSc Data Science to equip you with a range of cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research and practical skills and tools, that will lead to an academic or industry job in data science or data analytics. In addition to enhancing students employability through work-based learning, the doctorate prepares you to undertake interdisciplinary Data Science research, jointly supervised by world-leading Stirling academics and Data Science industry experts.

General Eligibility

Students applying may have a variety of backgrounds including: numerate and computational degrees (computing, mathematics, physics, engineering) medical/clinical, business, marketing, or economics background, plus some relevant work (industrial or commercial) experience Students may also come from other science or engineering backgrounds, to gain applied research and analytical skills that are in high demand in the Scottish job market. Students with suitable research-oriented Masters degrees innumerate and computational disciplines (computing, mathematics, physics, engineering), will be considered for direct entry to the second year of the Doctoral Training Component, on a case-by-case basis.

Part Time Work Details

Language Requirement

• IELTS Indicator 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each sub-skill_x000D_ IBT TOEFL 80 overall with 18 in reading, 23 in writing, 19 in listening, and 21 in speaking