Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (Conversion Programme) MSc

Please note that this course will commence earlier than other Queen Mary courses. This early start is mandatory to provide you with two weeks of intensive pre-sessional teaching, equipping you with the essential technical skills required to successfully complete the course.

This degree programme aims to help learners without strong backgrounds in programming or statistics to acquire a level of skill in these areas, before learning to apply them to specialist AI techniques.

During the programme, you’ll discover and devise data-driven AI solutions that can be applied to support and enhance organisational decision-making. You’ll also explore the essential ethical and legal issues that need to be considered when developing AI technology.

You’ll attend campus for two weeks of intensive teaching at the beginning of the programme. These two intensive preparatory modules will allow you to acquire the pre-requisite skillset in programming and statistics, before diving into more specialised modules.

Before starting the programme, you can complete a free online short course, Get Ready for a Masters in Data Science and AI, developed by a collaborative partnership of leading higher education institutions, including Queen Mary. The short course is designed to help you identify whether you’re ready for masters study, improve your data science skills, and get to grips with the basics of Python.

Data and AI-driven technologies are becoming integral parts of our lives, helping us to solve everyday problems as well as drive scientific and technological progress.

This year, Sky News reported that demand for jobs requiring skills in AI and machine learning is estimated to soar by 40% over the next five years.

This programme aims to teach you the principles used to investigate and manage the design, development and deployment of new data products within organisations, preparing you for employment as a data science specialist in a wide range of industries.