Master of Science in Data and Decision Analytics

at University of Southampton - Highfield Campus United Kingdom

Prepare for a career as an ecological consultant or conservation manager with our MSc Biodiversity and Conservation master’s degree. This programme draws on our world-class reputation for environmental research and offers an industry-relevant education for highly-skilled environmental scientists.

This programme will teach you to accurately monitor species diversity, change, population abundance and distribution. You’ll learn how to apply these skills to protect the world’s ecosystems and habitats.

On completing the course, you should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• The importance of environmental concepts, terms, principles and methods
• The value using techniques and ideas in different subject disciplines
• The socioeconomic context of environmental issues and the legal framework through which environmental regulation is facilitated
• Current issues, paradigms and approaches within a specialist subject area of the environmental sciences
• The contribution of science, engineering or communication to the identification, understanding of environmental issues and concerns
• The human causes and consequences of environmental impacts, and responses to such impacts
• General environmental concerns, which may include: biodiversity; environmental limits to economic or population growth; demand for, and consequences of, water resource utilisation; energy and material production and use, including alternatives; air, land and water pollution; climate change; environmental change

You’ll have the chance to apply geographical information systems, modelling and spatial analysis and acquire the interdisciplinary skills required for effective research project management.

Enter the world of large-scale electrical power. Learn to build the systems and technologies that will grow our power networks for decades to come. From sustainable energy generation to the use of electric vehicles, big changes in the way we produce and use power are creating exciting challenges for today’s electrical engineers.

Electrical engineering is about the generation and control of electricity, its distribution for use in homes and industry, and the design of large-scale machinery.

You’ll study technologies of:

• Electrical power engineering, including production, distribution and control
• Microelectronics and computing
• Systems that interface electronics and computers with aircraft, electric cars and renewable energy sources

This degree can take you in several interesting career directions – you could find yourself improving the integration of sustainable power sources to the grid or designing next-generation components to upgrade the ageing power infrastructure.

You’ll learn in an electronics lab equipped with the latest technologies. We are also home to the Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory – a centre for cutting-edge electrical power research and one of just a few labs of its kind in the UK.

We are a partner of the Institution of Engineering and Technology Power Academy, which gives you the chance to apply for a company-led scholarship that provides financial support, paid summer work placements and industry mentors.

This electrical engineering degree is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of:

• fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer
• partly meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer

Gain the knowledge and skills to develop new, intelligent technologies. From facial recognition software to self-driving cars, artificial intelligence (AI) plays a growing role. You'll explore electronics and specialist AI topics and discover its future applications. This course will prepare you for a career in this dynamic and exciting industry.

Artificial intelligence is where electronics and computer science meet. It involves custom-designed hardware with complex algorithms and software.

On this course, you’ll design computer systems that can learn from data, recognise speech and images, and solve problems. You can get practical laboratory experience by:

• Developing control algorithms for robots
• Solving real-world machine learning tasks

At Southampton, Electronics and Computer Science are in the same department, so it's easy for you to study across both disciplines.

As part of this course you can:

• Use our research facilities, including a high-voltage laboratory and our £110m interdisciplinary clean room
• Develop your enterprise skills with help from our startup supporter, Future Worlds
• Build your own unique electronic systems

You’ll learn from our AI experts, who research in fields like:

• National security
• Forensics
• Effective disaster relief operations

This MEng Electronic Engineering with Artificial Intelligence degree is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of:

• Fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer

Sustainable energy supply is one of the greatest challenges we face today. At Southampton, you'll learn to focus your engineering skills into cutting-edge technologies, such as wind turbines, solar cells and batteries. You'll study core mechanical engineering topics and explore how we store, use and distribute energy. You'll graduate with vital skills for environmental engineering and beyond.

Sustainable energy is a fascinating and growing area. This 4-year integrated master's in mechanical engineering focuses on the latest in energy technology, systems and processes, such as:

• Fuel cells
• Photovoltaics
• Biomass systems
• Tidal energy
• Wind turbines

This degree provides the core topics you'll need to master mechanical engineering. It then gives you the advanced skills to design and test sustainable-energy technologies.

As part of this course you can:

• Examine the economics behind energy technology investments
• Develop your management skills
• Take a work placement to boost your academic performance and prepare for your career
• Use our design workshops and studios
• Showcase your work in our annual Engineering Design Show
• Go on site visits to experience engineering in practice

You can take this course with an additional, year-long, paid placement. Apply with UCAS code H3J7 for the Industrial Placement Year option.

We're a designated university for the Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme (DTUS).

Train as a chemist for the industries of the future. This three-year degree combines traditional chemistry with computational skills – an emerging specialism that is increasingly valued by employers across a large range of fields.

Data science, AI and machine learning are allowing scientists to make discoveries and run experiments faster and at lower cost. On this degree you’ll gain the chemistry knowledge and computing skills you need to join this fast-growing field.

You don’t need previous computing knowledge, as your programming training will be tailored to your level. By the time you graduate you’ll be able to:

• Write your own programs
• Use state-of-the-art software to analyse big data
• Look at digital simulations of molecules in incredible detail

Southampton is one of just a few UK universities where you can study this subject to an advanced level. Here, you’ll study in bright, spacious and modern chemistry laboratories which have been recently refurbished.

You’ll learn from staff who are spearheading computational chemistry research. This includes researchers who are:

• Using AI and digital modelling to benefit society
• Improving renewable energy technologies
• Supporting research into disease treatments

Develop the analytical and statistical skills for success in industry, business or public sector on this MSc Operational Research and Statistics at the University of Southampton. You’ll work with multinational industry partners on real case studies, and learn operational research techniques and applied statistical methods at an advanced level. You’ll graduate with the knowledge and practical skills in 2 highly valued disciplines. 

Operational researchers use analytical methods to help organisations become more productive through better planning of strategy and delivery. 

Statistics is an important tool for operational researchers, because it involves decision-making in the face of uncertainty. 

On this operational research UK master’s course you’ll learn to develop solutions to complex organisational problems using mathematical modelling, experimental design, statistical analysis and numerical computation. 

You'll gain essential skills in the 4 main areas of real-world problem-solving: 

• Analysing the problem through designing experiments, and collecting and visualising data
• Formulating the problem mathematically and offering solution approaches
• Providing statistical analysis and computation
• Presenting and communicating the results

A highlight of this statistics and operational research course is the 3-month summer project, when you’ll have the chance to compete to work with an external organisation on a real problem. This could relate to operational research, statistics, or both. 

On this BEng Software Engineering degree you'll combine hands-on software development with a core knowledge of software engineering.

Specialist modules will let you explore new developments in areas such as:

• Robotics systems
• Cyber security
• Cloud application development

You’ll also develop crucial skills for software engineering projects, including:

• Communication
• Teamwork
• Project management

Our main computer lab has over 100 high-spec computer workstations and acts as the department’s social hub. You'll have access to our dedicated facilities, including:

• Software projects laboratory
• David Barron computing laboratory
• Cyber security laboratory
• Centre for hybrid biodevices

Develop the skills you need for a career in digital marketing on this specialist UK master’s course. Our academics combine research with expert knowledge, to incorporate the latest developments from the field into your learning. You’ll be well prepared to enter the industry, equipped with the skills that are most in demand.

This course is ideal if you’re a business, economics, management or marketing graduate and want to specialise in the digital marketing field. It’s also a great opportunity if you have professional experience and want to expand your knowledge to benefit your career.

MSc Digital Marketing is created and taught by industry experts and informed by our Business School and the Web Science Institute (centre for web research).

This is a hands-on digital marketing course, including a real business marketing project and simulated consultancy exercise. You’ll learn concepts, discuss trends and analyse techniques in an interactive environment.

The course covers topics such as:

• Emerging digital communication techniques
• Web analytics and insights into user behaviour
• Impact of online and multi-channel retailing
• Technology underpinning digital marketing
• Advertising, public relations (pr) and sponsorship
• Project design and management 

Compulsory modules provide a balanced grounding in the skills of the subject, and optional modules will let you broaden your understanding or specialise in specific areas.

In addition, you'll be visited by guest speakers leading in the sector.

Being a student here brings you opportunities to grow your networks. The university operates a DigiChamps (Digital Champions) initiative. This is a paid project to support teams across the community who need digital marketing expertise.

We are a community. You’ll be encouraged to join online discussions and have support from peers and academics from around the world to set up blogs and work on building your online profile and grow your professional network.

Studying MSc Digital Marketing will prepare you to work in a range of sectors, with graduates going on to work for organisations such as Hootsuite, L’Oreal and EDF Energy.

This flexible, integrated master's course looks at life at all levels, from molecules and cells, to whole organisms. It also covers species, communities and entire ecosystems. You'll develop your research skills and work closely with our researchers as they address major global issues.

This degree will help develop your practical skills and experience. You'll have many opportunities for field trips and laboratory work.

Each year you'll improve your skills and knowledge and use our wide range of expertise in biological science. This includes:

• Ecology
• Microbiology
• Neuroscience

Southampton is a research university. We're home to the UK's first Cancer Immunology Research Centre, and we're a lead university of the Biofilms Institute. Our research feeds directly into what you'll learn on our advanced biology courses.

On this master's in biology you can:

• Choose from a range of modules and specialise in an area of biology that best suits your interests and career plans
• Carry out fieldwork in the New Forest, Exmoor, Spain and Belize
• Work alongside our active research staff on 2 independent research projects
• Spend a semester studying at a university in Europe or Australasia.
• Take a year out to work in industry
• Develop transferable skills that employers look for

Biochemistry answers the ultimate questions about how living organisms work. It covers topics from DNA to proteins, single molecules to cells, all the way up to complex lifeforms. You'll study the molecular processes of life itself, and gain the skills to become a biochemist.

Our Biochemistry course will let you explore the biochemical sciences, and develop your laboratory skills.

Our teaching staff are at the forefront of research in areas like:

• The molecular basis of disease
• Oncology
• Structural biology
• DNA recognition
• Cell signalling

 As part of your degree you can:

• Choose specialised, optional modules in areas that interest you
• Solve problems in areas like pathology, pharmacology, and genetics
• Study abroad at one of our partner universities
• Take a year out to work in industry
• Develop practical skills during your project
• Use your knowledge of biochemistry in education, communication or business

You'll gain the knowledge and skills needed to follow a wide range of careers. These include biochemistry graduate jobs in clinical biochemistry, biotechnology, forensic science and teaching.