Career guide
Data Scientist
Find the story hidden in the numbers.
What the work involves
Data scientists work with large datasets to answer questions an organisation cannot answer by intuition. It combines statistics, programming and a good deal of communication — a finding nobody understands changes nothing.
Skills it relies on
- Statistics
- Programming
- Data visualisation
- Machine learning
- Communicating findings
Degrees that lead here
These are the subjects most commonly studied for this career. They are general guidance — always check what a specific course requires with the university itself.