Data Science

Become a data detective, using your creativity and scientific tools to disentangle and provide data solutions to the biggest real-world challenges industries face globally.

Data is the backbone that almost every industry relies on to keep moving forward and providing the best service possible.

It plays a critical factor in everything from healthcare to finance, logistics to marketing. It’s how we find new places to eat – or choose a new show to watch. Data underpins almost everything we do.

Bringing together mathematics, computer science and communication, this course will teach you how to delve into raw data and transform it into invaluable insight for companies everywhere.

Data science now encompasses a massive scope, meaning it’s become a highly sought-after skillset – with so many avenues you could go down in your career.

By the time you graduate, you’ll have the same key skills in programming, modelling and strategic communication that leading data scientists use all over the world.

Leeds as a city is also a major hub for data scientists. From high-profile data science start-ups and large tech companies, to many key players in the fintech sector, like banks, consultancies and accountancy firms – you’ll be in a great environment to hone your skills in this field.

Student profile: Amélie Davies

''All the different facilities and study spaces was also something that stood out to me. I found the staff extremely friendly, the course details aligned with my goals, and I could see myself really succeeding.''

Amélie Davies, Mathematics MMath, BSc

Why study at Leeds:

• We have one of the largest mathematics research departments in the UK: This feeds directly into the curriculum, shaping your learning with the latest innovations.

• Use excellent facilities and computing equipment: The collaborative hackathon-style workshops are complemented by social areas, communal problem-solving spaces and quiet study rooms.

• Tailor your degree: The interdisciplinary discovery modules enable you to use your data insights throughout the course to address global challenges such as sustainability.

• Tackle real-world-inspired data problems: It's a supportive and collaborative environment taught by expert academics who specialise in a variety of areas in the field.

• Access support from day one: You'll have small tutorial groups in your first year, regular one-to-one meetings with academic staff and dedicated workspaces like the Mathematics Active Learning Lab.

• Broaden your experience: Before you graduate, enhance your career prospects with our industrial placement opportunities or study abroad programmes.

• Meet your maths community: Outside the classroom, join our student society MathSoc.

Rankings and awards

Top 100 in the world, QS World University Rankings 2026

Where this degree could take you

With the combination of specialist and transferable skills you’ll learn on this BSc, you could go into areas like data analysis, machine learning engineering or data science in strategy or in communication across a range of fields and industries like:

• Technology

• Finance

• Healthcare

• Charities

• Government

Career support

Top 10 most targeted for 10+ years by the UK's leading employers, The Graduate Market 2026, High Fliers Research

At Leeds, we help you to prepare for your future from day one.

Our Careers Service has the global expertise and sector-spanning industry partnerships that, combined, go way beyond simply helping you get a job. They provide you with the resources you need to upskill and achieve the future you aspire towards – even in the face of lightning-paced change.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Statistical Society, Royal