Future Skills Scholarship - Data Science Masters

The India Future Skills Scholarship is a £12,500 award for students domiciled in India who are ready to develop the analytical and strategic skills that drive growth for the world's leading organisations.

The scholarship is automatically applied against your tuition fees. There's no separate application to complete. Once you hold an unconditional offer for MSc Data Science and meet the eligibility criteria, the award is yours.

You can view the full eligibility criteria on The India Future Skills Scholarship webpage.

Our MSc Data Science programme is suitable for non-computing graduates, giving you the opportunity to change your career path and specialise in data science. You will benefit from our partnership with the Alan Turing Institute who are the UK's independent national institute for data science and artificial intelligence based at the British Library in London. We can offer you modern facilities (including exclusive computing labs), dedicated Student Experience and Wellbeing Support, exposure to industry and the chance to interact with world leading academics and our fantastic student societies.

Discover MSc Data Science

• Learn through of a series of engaging lectures which demonstrate how experts will approach problems in your field, helping you think critically and apply concepts
• Gain valuable experience by engaging in practical assignments that simulate real-world tasks and cultivate job-ready skills
• Develop critical technical and analytical skills, including experimental design, data collection and analysis, problem-solving, and familiarise yourself with specialised techniques through laboratory work

Taught modules are assessed in a variety of ways: summer written examination, practical assessment during the term, and valuable laboratory experience. Your project is assessed by a supervisor and moderator.

Being able to expertly understand and analyse significant data sets and provide advice and solutions is crucial in the world of big data. You can expect to thrive in diverse environments including academia, research, industry and government.

Career areas include Data Analyst, Data Scientist, Data Engineer, Business Intelligence Analyst, Financial Data Analyst, Marketing Analyst, and Healthcare Data Analyst. Our graduates go on to work for employers including IBM, Microsoft, Google DeepMind, NASA, Boeing, Dyson, Capgemini Engineering and Samsung AI Center.

Your career prospects are great and computing graduates with a good degree are in demand. Plus, with the number of computer science graduates from the UK diminishing at the same time as jobs are increasing, students with a postgraduate degree have an excellent chance of securing employment.