Data Science

Entry requirements

You will need a good honours degree and a Masters degree in a relevant subject. A well-developed research proposal is also essential. You may be required to attend an interview/Skype interview for acceptance, and acceptance is subject to research expertise in the department.

Months of entry

January, April, October

Course content

Our PhD Data Science is an advanced research degree within our School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science and we have staff members available to act as supervisors across a number of areas within data science, such as:

• artificial intelligence
• classification/supervised learning
• clustering/unsupervised learning
• data science education
• deep learning
• industry 4.0
• information retrieval
• mathematical foundations of data science
• multidimensional scaling
• optimisation
• statistical learning

You are also invited to contact our School to discuss other potential research areas.

Our staff are strongly committed to excellence in research and excellence in education. Our School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science and Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE) have introduced undergraduates and postgraduate courses in data science since 2014.

The University of Essex is a leading institution worldwide on Data Science Education. Our School has strong track record on Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) with data-driven industries, including Profusion, Mondaq, MSXI and Ocado.

Our School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science is genuinely innovative and student-focused. Our research groups are working on a broad range of collaborative areas tackling real-world issues.

Information for international students

Entry requirements: You can find international entry requirements for most countries on our international students webpage. If your country is not listed, please contact Postgraduate Admissions at pgadmit@essex.ac.uk.

Pre-sessional English Language courses: If you need to improve your English language skills before joining your main degree course, we offer pre-sessional English courses on our campuses in partnership with Kaplan International Pathways.

Fees and funding

There are a wide range of funding options for postgraduate study, including scholarships, bursaries and alumni discounts. You can check your eligibility on our fees and funding webpage.