Reasons to study with us

This flexible part-time fully online programme will provide you with a solid foundation of knowledge and skills, enabling you to adopt new capabilities to engage effectively with data-driven approaches in the HSC sector.  It will provide you with the capacity to realise the value of data within public and private HSC organisations. Ultimately, it will equip you with a range of skills, tools and understanding to use the transformational power of data to improve health and wellbeing and the management of care systems locally and globally. Online learning allows you to remain flexible, achieving your qualification alongside work or other commitments, from anywhere in the world. For more information about the benefits of online learning, please visit our online learning webpages here. 

We offer a wide choice of courses on our programme to allow you to create your own personalised learning pathway to meet individual learning needs. You will have the opportunity to customise your learning experience by selecting optional courses delivered by our world-renowned experts and leaders across the University. You will also have access to modern, intuitive, fully accessible and responsive technology tools and systems. You can learn on any device with an internet connection, anywhere in the world, at any time. 

By choosing this programme, you will become a student of the prestigious University of Edinburgh ranked one of the world’s top 20 universities. You will also be part of the Usher Institute, which is a world leader in the development and translation of Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) into health and social care, where the public, private and third sectors collaborate to enable data-driven advances in the delivery of health and social care. The Usher Institute is one of five DDI Hubs as part of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal. 

The MSc in Data science for Health and Social Care  is one of three new online MSc programmes funded by the Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) delivery board.

Our programme and the DDI Talent initiative

This programme is exceptional, in that it allows you to interact with real-world data. DataLoch provides access to a cutting-edge repository of health and social care data. The resource will provide the programme with access to ‘real-life’ and synthetic datasets used for teaching, including case studies, problem-based learning activities and for the final year dissertation research project.  

By choosing to study with us, you will be part of a cohort of international students focused on shaping the future of health and social care from a diverse range of professional and academic backgrounds. You will explore complex data-driven health and social care challenges from different global perspectives, building long- lasting connections with peers across disciplines and programmes within the university.