Data Analytics CCT College Dublin

Overview

The majority of companies today realise the value of data driven business strategy and are in need of talented individuals to provide insight into the constant stream of collected information. Leveraging the value of big data for strategic advantage has become an increasingly standard business practice globally, resulting in an exponential skills shortage of data analysts. This programme aims to produce graduates who will be able to apply for roles pertaining to Data Analytics across all sectors of the economy.

This programme from CCT College Dublin aims to provide an opportunity for successful applicants to specialise in Data Analytics at MSc level (level 9). The programme provides graduates with the skills and competencies to facilitate the ever-increasing demand for the upgrading of legacy data solutions in line with the emerging necessity for digital transformation of multiple sectors to incorporate the vast amount of data available into a more advanced and insightful model.

The programme aims to incorporate the emerging technologies of machine learning and artificial intelligence to allow graduates to have a marketable skill set for today’s technical employment environment.

The overall objectives of this programme are:

• To provide a progression pathway to further specialise in the area of Data Analytics forgraduates of level 8 major awards in ICT or cognate discipline.
• To provide graduates with an award at level 9 on the National Framework of Qualifications.
• To provide graduates with the ability to advance their career by attaining a qualification which enables them to secure or advance in employment in a range of intermediate and advanced industry positions specific to Data Analytics.
• To provide the IT sector with graduates who possess the requisite attributes to make a positive contribution to industry.
• To provide graduates with the foundation upon which they can further their studies at level 10 (PhD) in Computing or one of many Computing-related disciplines (in Ireland or abroad) such as Computer Science, Computational Science, Information Systems, IT Management, Technology and Innovation Management, Information Security & Digital Forensics, Information Systems Processes, and others.