The Harvard Business Review has labelled data science the "sexiest job of the 21st century". If they meant that jobs in data science are increasing dramatically, that data scientists can work in fields as diverse as health, retail or ecology, and that data scientists are commanding high salaries, then they were spot on. After all, we're creating more than 2.5 exabytes of data every day. Someone needs to make sense of it all.
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Locations
Grattan Street, Parkville 3010
Entry Requirements
There are no formal academic requirements
To be considered for entry, you must have completed:
- An undergraduate degree with a major in a relevant discipline (computer science, data science or statistics) with a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 65 per cent, and
- 12.5 points (one subject) of university-level computer science (or equivalent) with content focused on computer programming, and
- Both the following subjects (or their equivalents):
- MAST10006 Calculus 2
- MAST10007 Linear Algebra
English language requirements
- IELTS: you need a score from a minimum of 6.5 or more in the Academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS), with no bands less than 6.0.
- TOEFL: you need a score from a minimum of 577+ including a score of at least 4.5 in the Test of Written English for a paper-based test. Or a score of at least 79 and scores of at least 21 for writing, 18 for speaking, 13 for reading, 13 for listening for an internet-based test.
- Pearson Test of English: you need an overall score from a minimum between 58-64 inclusive and achieve no PTE communicative skills score below 50.
- Cambridge English, Advanced/Certificate in Advanced English (CAE): you need a Cambridge English Score from a minimum 176 with no skill below 169.
Course fees
Course fee
$80,622
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