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UCL is ranked #20 globally and #3 in the UK for our reputation with employers (2022 QS Graduate Employability Rankings). The MSc Data Science and Public Policy programme is designed to teach you the knowledge and skills required to provide insight into the most important questions in contemporary public policy using advanced statistical methods. The substantive modules, delivered by economists and political scientists, will provide you with the analytical tools to think deeply about important questions in policymaking. The methodological training will enable you to understand and, crucially, apply cutting-edge quantitative methods to real-world problems. Our research-based curriculum promotes a variety of research skills, which will enable you to understand, and contribute to, quantitative analyses of public policy.

This is a young course and so there is no hard data on alumni career destinations / outcomes yet. However, alumni from the existing MSc programmes in the UCL Departments of Political Science and Economics have gone on to attain employment in diverse areas, including:

  • the civil service (e.g. HM Treasury, local government)
  • international institutions (e.g. the European Commission, the UN)
  • central banks (e.g. Bank of England and European Central Bank)
  • research (e.g. Institute of Fiscal Studies, the Institute of Government)
  • consultancy (e.g. Accenture, KPMG, PWC, Frontier Economics and Charles River Associates)
  • the financial sector

Many of our students also continue with their studies, entering PhD programmes at world-renowned institutions including UCL, LSE, the University of Oxford, and the University of Cambridge.


UCL Careers

Our Careers Service at UCL is also available to provide extra support for your professional development and to secure employment after your graduation. You’ll have access to industry specific Careers Fairs, 1-1 appointments with a trained Careers Consultant and support in writing CVs and applications and preparing for interviews.  


Alaa and James
At UCL's 2011 Freshers Week, students Alaa Latif (Biochemical Engineering) and James Theuerkauf (Economics) met and became friends. Now, nearly ten years later, after graduating from UCL in 2015, they spoke to us about their new venture, Syrup.