Highlights
- This course has been specifically designed and built from the ground up as a specialist data science degree – the first of its kind in Queensland.
- QUT is Australia's top research institution for Data Mining and Analysis (Australian Research Magazine 2025).
- Be at the forefront of one of, if not the most highly-rated careers of contemporary times.
- Develop the knowledge and skills demanded by employers in emergent roles.
- Analyse and interrogate data across a multitude of industries to provide meaningful insights.
- Learn from the researchers at the leading edge of this specialist field.
Across the world, we are collecting unprecedented amounts of data. It’s the new currency. However, simply having access to that data means very little if we cannot derive meaningful insights from it. We need skilled data scientists to understand and interpret the data, create and communicate meaningful insights, use it ethically, and understand its limitations.
A significant and accelerating challenge for modern business is managing fast incoming, voluminous and varied data that are increasingly being relied on to make decisions. This course includes an entire unit addressing the emerging frameworks in modern data management.
Outside the business world, data science is increasingly at the core of new scientific and technological breakthroughs. The structure of our data science course recognises the rapidly developing importance of data-driven discovery in science and technology by providing options to minors in complementary studies like computational and simulation science, which will equip you to operate at the forefront of this field.
Vertical double degrees with the Master of Data Science
If you're curious about combining innovation, problem-solving, and strategic thinking, QUT's new vertical double degrees with the Master of Data Science are the gateway to exciting opportunities.
Our undergraduate double-degree options allow you to combine the Bachelor of Data Science with three other bachelor degrees: