Data Analytics

In the modern world information is everywhere – 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.

ELP programs are offered by universities or pathway institutions to assist students in achieving the language proficiency required for academic studies. You can get admitted to your course with a lower language requirement if you do an ELP program.

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. research from dcms (department for digital, culture, media and sport) predicts that data analysis will become the fastest growing digital skills cluster, increasing by an estimated 33% from 2019 to 2024. 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.

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in Scotland have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. University of Strathclyde has partnerships with the following companies: