Bachelor of Data Science

This new course has been specifically designed and built from the ground up as a specialist data science degree – the only one of its kind in Queensland.
QUT is Australia's top research institution for Data Mining and Analysis (Australian Research Magazine 2025).
Be at the forefront of one of, if not the most highly-rated careers of contemporary times.
Develop the knowledge and skills demanded by employers in emergent roles.
Analyse and interrogate data across a multitude of industries to provide meaningful insights.
Learn from the researchers at the leading edge of this specialist field.
Learning opportunities and environments include:use of industry case studies and data sets
use of industry software applications and tools
use of authentic assessment tasks
incorporation of industry-based projects
opportunities to engage with industry guest speakers and leading data science researchers in both face-to-face and online environments
availability of internships.
What to expect:
This course covers the theory and the practical tools for data acquisition, storage, management, processing, analysis and visualisation. Ethical considerations, communication, collaboration and critical thinking skills are all given detailed coverage.Your course progression has been carefully crafted to cater for the diversity of specialist mathematics skills, to scaffold your development in coding, particularly in data science-relevant languages, and to prepare you for a rewarding career in data science.In addition, a suite of four-unit minor offerings is available so you can specialise in a number of complementary areas, including Optimisation and Stochastic Modelling, Computational and Simulation Science, and Information Systems.In your third year, your studies will culminate in the Data Science Capstone Project, where you’ll work with an industry partner to solve a significant real-world problem using real-world data sets. This will synthesise your knowledge and techniques in solving complex authentic problems, and build your preparedness to enter the industry.Data science is an ever-changing landscape and at the completion of this course, you’ll be ideally positioned to move with it, having developed a set of fundamental tools and techniques, and the critical thinking to play a leading role in transforming industry.
Careers and outcomes:
As a graduate, you will be an agile problem-solver, capable of tackling real-world problems by applying the insights gained from extracting knowledge from data. Your comprehensive knowledge of data science tools and techniques will be employed to design new solutions that drive progress and innovation, guided at all times by your appreciation of the ethical considerations concerning the use of data in decision-making.You’ll be knowledgeable and experienced in selecting from, and applying, appropriate statistical, computational and modelling techniques including scalable approaches to big data and working with complex or unstructured data.
Possible careers:
Analytics consultant
Analytics manager
Analytics programmer
Biostatistician
Business analyst
Business intelligence specialist
Business strategist
Data analyst
Data architect
Data engineer
Data scientist
Data strategist
Data systems developer
Data-driven decision maker
Energy auditor
Information analyst
Logistics analyst
Management analyst
Market analyst
Performance analyst
Predictive modeller
Quantitative analyst
Risk analyst
Systems analyst
Systems programmer

International Baccalaureate 30.25
IELTS Academic: 6.5 Overall with 6.0 in all other band. TOEFL iBT: 79 Overall with Listening 16, Reading 16, Writing 21, Speaking 18.
Mathematical Methods, or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 & 4, C)