Data Science Courses

Establish yourself as an expert in data science and be part of a growing in-demand field when you study the online Master of Data Science at UNSW.

The skills you develop in this program are broad and deep and apply across all fields and industries. Cover advanced statistics and machine learning, programming and database systems, plus strategic decision making and more. This course explores more ways to organise, identify, analyse and ultimately use data to inform strategies, redefine ambiguous questions and find answers that make a genuine impact.

Created and led by academics who are at the forefront of the industry, you can ensure that your online learning experience will be of the highest standard.

Designed with the busy individual in mind, this 100% online course allows you to learn each subject in seven week blocks, allowing you to accelerate your study and graduate in two years.

Pursue a career that’s dynamic and rewarding, starting with the Master of Data Science. Enquire today!

Equip yourself with the skills employers demand, and fast track your way to a rewarding and dynamic career in data analytics with the online Master of Analytics at UNSW.

Through this recognised course, you’ll develop highly technical programming-language and cloud-based-systems skills to become an expert in the design and implementation of successful organisational change programs. You’ll have the opportunity to integrate your knowledge and skills acquired throughout the program in a professional context by collaborating on an industry project in your capstone course.

Gain the skills to take complex information and translate it into simple and powerful data stories that influence stakeholders, while also learning to navigate the ethical dilemmas of data.

Depending on your career goals, you can tailor your program studies with a specialisation in either General Analytics or Marketing Analytics.

Designed with the busy individual in mind, this 100% online course allows you to learn each subject in seven-week blocks. This allows you to study in an accelerated manner, and graduate in as little as two years while working full time.

Solve complex business problems and make an impact. Use data science and analytics to ask the right questions, build the right programs, and create powerful solutions–no matter your professional background.

In La Trobe’s Master of Data Science course, you’ll learn how to process complex data, apply statistical modelling, and use programming languages while studying 100 per cent online.

You’ll work with real data sets from our industry partners in our virtual lab supported by Microsoft. The lab allows you to practice and perfect your skills with open-source software and platforms, programming languages, Big Data and cloud-based services, so you graduate with hands-on experience.

Choose an industry-focused specialisation in Big Data and Cloud Computing or Data Modelling and Analytics.

You can complete the course in 14 months with combined skill sets that enable you to use Big Data to identify and solve challenges, manage programs that manage Big Data, or build a program from the ground up.

As a data scientist, Payscale reports that your average salary would be AU$91,857 per year, with the top 10 per cent earning AU$129,000. With skills in machine learning, Python, R and statistical analysis, the salary is higher. A graduate diploma and a graduate certificate are also available so that managers or professionals in a technical role can better understand the foundation of data science and make evidence-based decisions.

The online Graduate Certificate in Analytics at UNSW is designed for those who see the growing number and diversity of employment opportunities where data analytical capabilities are required and where premium salaries are being offered.

Courses are delivered online in seven-week intensive blocks, which means you could graduate with a Graduate Certificate in Analytics in as little as 8 months.

The Graduate Certificate provides you with the skills employers demand, in a fast-tracked model, plus gives you a pathway to study the Graduate Diploma in Analytics and the Master of Analytics.  

The online Graduate Diploma in Analytics at UNSW will give you the foundational skills that the industry demands plus the soft skills to influence business decisions at senior management levels.

Subject areas will enable you to become an expert in how to design and implement successful organisational change programs, and in Data and Ethics, where you’ll learn how to navigate ethical dilemmas in analytics that guide decisions and behaviours.

This course can be fast-tracked so you could finish in 16 months.

It is also a pathway to study the online Master of Analytics, should you choose to go further.

The online Graduate Certificate in Data Science at UNSW covers the foundational skills of data science as applied in computer science, economics and mathematics. It also includes programming, statistics and data systems. 

The program provides you with the skills that employers demand in a fast-tracked model, plus gives you a pathway to study the Graduate Diploma in Data Science and Master of Data Science.

Courses are delivered online in seven-week intensive blocks, which means you could graduate with a Graduate Certificate in as little as 8 months.

The online Graduate Diploma in Data Science at UNSW covers the foundational skills of data science as applied in computer science, economics and mathematics.

You’ll learn about important decision-making techniques, along with how to be a good data storyteller. The course also includes programming, statistics and data systems. 

The fast track option means you could graduate with the diploma in 16 months. It also provides a pathway to study the Master of Data Science, should you continue to take it to the next level.

The online Graduate Certificate in Financial Technology at UNSW is designed for those who see the growing number of, and diversity of, employment opportunities where financial technology capabilities are required, and premium salaries are being offered. 

You’ll gain the foundational skills of FinTech and a comprehensive understanding of the implications of tech advancements on the future and present state of the financial services industry.

The Graduate Certificate provides you with the skills employers demand, in a fast-tracked model, and gives you a pathway to study the Master of Financial Technology.

Go to the next level and build on foundational knowledge you’ve acquired in the Graduate Certificate, with the Graduate Diploma in Financial Technology from UNSW.

It will enable you to develop a comprehensive and well-rounded understanding of technological advances and implications to the future and present states of the financial services industry.

Gain an insight into payment gateway providers and underlying disruptive technologies to develop advanced skills for managing digital cash messages and crypto platforms.

The course is fast-tracked meaning you could graduate in 16 months. 

The Graduate Diploma provides you with the skills employers demand and upon successful completion, offers a pathway to study the Master of Financial Technology.