This course is aimed at people who want to move into this rapidly expanding and exciting area; it has a strong vocational flavour as it has been designed to build knowledge and understanding of big data systems architectures and to equip students with the range of highly marketable, hands-on skills employed by the core technologies utilised in big data projects.

The course is suitable for recent graduates who wish to study for a higher qualification and/or gain technical and professional skills related to the use of big data technologies and/or data management. It’s also suitable for practitioners looking to update their knowledge and technical skills in this highly prominent discipline.