Detailed Program Facts

Application Fee

  Application Fee: CAD 0 FREE

Tuition Fee

 CAD 12,500 per year

*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change

Living Cost in Liverpool Hope University - Hope Park Campus

  CAD 9,207 per year

*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Check program website for more information about funding options.

English Test Requirements

• IELTS
  • Minimum Overall Score - 6.5 - 6 - With No Band Less Than
• TOEFL
  • Minimum Overall Score - 88.0  Minimum Listening - 17.0  Minimum Reading - 18.0  Minimum Writing - 17.0  Minimum Speaking - 20.0  
• PTE
  • Minimum Overall Score - 58.0  

• Minimum Level of Education Required: To be accepted for this program, students must have a Bachelor's Degree.

• Minimum CGPA Required: 55.00 %

Additional Information

Careers

This new subject is in high demand: there is an a year on year 13% - 23% increase in demand for Data Scientists with 46% of industry currently having difficultly recruiting staff. It is such a new subject that very few potential Data Scientists have the effective blend of requisite skills in programming, statistics and specific subject knowledge.

The talent shortage has been evidenced in a number of recent reports: for example the “Big Data Report” from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) estimates that the demand for data analysts could exceed the current supply by 140,000 to 190,000 positions by the year 2018. This report illustrates that there are 440,000 to 490,000 total data analyst job positions projected for 2018 with only 300,000 trained analyst to fill those positions. In other words, the demand for big data analysts could be 50 to 60% greater than its projected supply by 2018.

26% of companies in the UK are using or planning to use cloud-based big data services, yet only 13% feel they have the skills. Better use of big data could add £216 billion to the UK economy by 2017 (source CEBR).

Scholarships

There are various options through which a student can get a post study work visa in the UK. 
Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur Visa for the graduates with a genuine and credible business idea. 
Tier 2 (General) is the leading immigration visa to work in the UK.
Tier 4 Doctorate Extension Scheme is for students who have completed their Ph.D. and is valid for 12 months for them to work, look for work or set up a business. 
Tier 5 Youth Mobility is for individuals of certain countries like Australia, Canada, Japan, Monaco, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, and New Zealand aged between 18 -30 who wish to move to the UK. 
Tier 5 GAE is for individuals who want to come to the UK for work experience, training, research or a fellowship. 
UK Ancestry is for individuals who are a citizen of a commonwealth and plan to work in the UK and have a grandparent who was born in the UK.