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Applicants with a degree below 2:2 or equivalent will be considered dependent on any relevant professional or voluntary experience and previous modules studied.
We accept a wide range of qualifications from applicants studying in the EU and other countries. Get in touch with any questions you may have about the qualifications we accept. Remember to tell us about the qualifications you have already completed or are currently taking.
Sorry, the entry requirements for the country that you have selected are not available here. Please contact our Graduate Admissions team at pgquery@essex.ac.uk to request the entry requirements for this country.
If English is not your first language, we require IELTS 6.0 overall with a minimum component score of 5.5 in all components.
If you do not meet our IELTS requirements then you may be able to complete a pre-sessional English pathway that enables you to start your course without retaking IELTS.
The University uses academic selection criteria to determine an applicant’s ability to successfully complete a course at the University of Essex. Where appropriate, we may ask for specific information relating to previous modules studied or work experience.
The MSc Data Science and its Applications is a one- or two-year conversion course studied at our Colchester Campus, started in October.
Designed for those with some experience of university-level mathematics and statistics, you will learn the techniques needed to model and manipulate data in order to guide the political, financial and social decisions that shape our modern society, economy growth and business success.
If you have significant experience of university-level mathematics and statistics, we recommend our MSc Data Science . If you have a non-STEM background, we recommend our MSc Applied Data Science .