Data Analytics (Hons) University of Strathclyde

Overview

Data Analytics (Hons) course is offered at the University of Strathclyde. In the modern world information is every where – from the daily stream of financial data emerging from the world’s markets to worldwide internet traffic, personal health records, or simply your local newsagent’s sales figures for the last week.

Understanding this vast array of data is one of the key challenges we currently face and requires expertise in subjects such as mathematics, statistics and computing.

Data Analytics is the science of examining raw data using advanced computing technologies. It's growing to be a fundamental part of modern business and industry.

In fact, in their recent report, The Tech Partnership and SAS UK stated that “Data is the 'new oil'" and that developing talent in data analytics will allow us to refine that oil to power the UK information economy. They also reported that the demand for graduates will skills in data analytics will surge in the coming years.

Careers

Graduates with skills in data analytics are in huge demand across all sectors, both nationally and internationally. This demand is predicted to increase in future. The Tech Partnership and SAS UK report forecasted demand to increase by 160% between 2013 and 2020.

Graduates will be well placed for a high-powered career as a data analyst, or data scientist, for example, in online information providers such as Google and Yahoo, social media, banking, insurance and retail industries – both online and high-street.