Professional accreditation
This masters degree is accredited by the Australian Computer Society (ACS), giving eligibility for ACS membership, and recognition by ACS for certification.
Entry Requirements
- 3-year bachelor degree from an Australian university, or equivalent, in any area
- a minimum of 5 years' professional work experience equivalent to an AQF Level 7 qualification (bachelor).
English Program Requirements
All UniSQ program entry requirements list an IELTS English score as a prerequisite. If you have another English language proficiency score, please consult the table below for equivalent comparisons. The full list of approved tests and scores, is available on our English language proficiency test requirements schedule.
English Language Proficiency tests should not be older than two years upon application.
English Requirements
- Min IELTS : 6
- Min TOEFL : 550
Career outcomes
- This degree provides a diverse range of career outcomes with opportunity to advance your profession into any big-data related field. As a graduate, you will become an efficient data scientist, utilising predictive analytics, big data management, big data analysis and modelling, to produce insights that make important, real-life decisions.
- Data scientists are highly sought after, and the demand is set to increase as organisations, within technical, engineering, science, business, education and research sectors, require skilled employees to understand and interpret data to benefit business productivity.
- Careers may include: Data Scientist (with skills of analytics, research, innovation), Data Analyst (with skills of data management, data analysis, business analysis), Data Engineer (with skills of analytics, methods and tools, data analysis), Data Manager (with skills of data management, data analysis, problem management).