Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (Level 7 apprenticeship) MSc

Key information

Duration:
27 months plus End Point Assessment (EPA)
Start date:
September 2025

On this apprenticeship, you’ll develop advanced skills and knowledge to develop your career as a data scientist in industrial science, technology, engineering, banking and computing.

There’s a focus on practical problem-solving and real-life applications. You will:

  • work with large, real-life data sets
  • develop your coding skills using Python
  • design, manage and program databases
  • explore advances techniques in machine learning
  • gain mathematics knowledge, such as statistics and probability.

Teaching methods will include online study through our study portal, as well as learning on campus at Sussex. As an apprentice, you’ll be registered as a University of Sussex student and have access to our:

This course is mapped to the IfATE-standard Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Specialist degree apprenticeship. As an apprentice, you’ll spend 20% of your paid working hours in protected learning time, ensuring minimal disruption.

This course is currently subject to validation, in line with our procedures for assuring the quality of our degrees. This means that some course detail and content may change as we develop this new course. The validation process will be finished before your course starts.

How to apply

Employer

If you want to offer an apprenticeship for an existing employee or a new recruit, contact us at apprenticeships@sussex.ac.uk

Apprentice

We work with employers to identify the right employees to sign up to our apprenticeship programmes. If this in an area that interests you and you are already in employment, ask your employer to contact us at apprenticeships@sussex.ac.uk

We understand that deciding where and what to study is a very important decision. We’ll make all reasonable efforts to provide you with the courses, services and facilities described in this prospectus. However, if we need to make material changes, for example due to government, professional body or regulatory requirements, or unanticipated staff changes, we’ll let you know as soon as possible.

Design your future at Sussex

Taking the next step in your career can feel daunting, but we’ll help you to explore, connect and flourish throughout your studies and beyond.

As a Sussex student, you’ll learn how to tackle real-world challenges and have access to tailored programmes of careers support:

  • our Career Lab helps you to explore your options, build key skills and connect with employers. Take part in internships, community consultancy projects and insight visits, where you can learn about life at organisations including Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, Gatwick Airport and the Knepp Rewilding Project
  • one-to-one coaching with your Faculty Careers Consultant can enable you to identify your career goals, write an effective CV and prepare for future interviews
  • entrepreneurship initiatives like StartUp Sussex and Ideas Lab can empower you to turn your concepts into reality.

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