Graduate Diploma in Data Science and Decisions

To be eligible for entry, you must have a recognised bachelor degree (or equivalent qualification) with a substantial quantitative component in a cognate discipline, an overall average of 65 or higher as determined by the UNSW Postgraduate Coursework Entry Calculator, and assumed knowledge of at least one course in several variable calculus and one course in linear algebra at the university undergraduate level. Cognate disciplines include Business, Commerce, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine, Science, Social Science, and Technology.

For domestic students, there are Commonwealth Supported Places available with a 2026 indicative CSP first year fee of $8,000 and a CSP fee to complete the degree of $8,000. For international students, the 2026 indicative first year full fee is $61,000, with an indicative full fee to complete the degree of $62,000. Fees are subject to annual review by the University and may vary accordingly.

You'll take core courses including Database Systems, Business Economics, Economics of Strategy, Multivariate Analysis, and Statistical Inference. You'll also have the option of studying other core courses including Foundations of Computer Science, Principles of Programming, Machine Learning and Data Mining, Data and Machine Learning, Fundamentals of Data Science, and Introduction to Statistics and Statistical Computations. The program spans 48 Units of Credit (UOC) in total.

Graduates can pursue careers across many industries including health, defence, finance, transport and logistics, agriculture, media, and technology. Specific application areas include internet search, fraud detection, targeted advertising, logistics planning, speech recognition, image analysis, genetic risk prediction, virtual reality, customer loyalty, product development, and autonomous vehicles. Employers range from start-ups to established corporations such as Coles, AirBnB, Spotify, Netflix and Greenpeace.

The program commences in Term 1 and Term 3 each year and takes 1 year to complete. It is delivered face-to-face (including blended) at the Kensington campus of UNSW Sydney.