Data Science and Analytics MSc

Trent University’s 12-month, course-based M.Sc. program covers a wide array of data science topics, aiming to equip graduates with the tools and techniques needed to handle and analyze complex data sets across various scientific and social science fields. Students will complete a research practicum during their final term of study ensuring they gain practical experience essential for their academic and professional development.

Admission Requirements

• Honours bachelor degree (a four-year undergraduate bachelor’s degree) in a traditional discipline.
• Minimum B+ (77%) or equivalent in the last two years of full-time study, or last ten full academic credits.
• A university course in differential and integral calculus, and one in probability and statistics or equivalent.
• Some familiarity with linear algebra, and capabilities in programming at an elementary level in at least one computational language.
• A course in either differential equations or advanced statistics is required, depending on whether the student’s area of research will be mathematics or statistics based.