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Finds patterns in data and builds models that make predictions.
Finds patterns in data and builds models that predict things – which customers will leave, which transactions are fraud, which patients are at risk – combining statistics, coding and business sense. Companies increasingly hire for this from statistics, computer science, actuarial science or engineering degrees, not one fixed path.
This is our general description of the role and related jobs, not from an official source – it’s here to give you a fuller picture, not as a careers-counselling guarantee.
This is our general guidance about which school subjects suit this career. It is not an admission requirement and not from an official source – the real requirements are on the degrees below.
Counted from the requirements below (an “or” alternative counts for each subject named). Each degree links to the page it came from.
2 degrees at 2 universities. More are added as we verify them.
Stellenbosch aggregate 80 %
Every Stellenbosch programme is a selection programme. The figures shown are the published minimum requirements - the actual selection threshold is usually higher.
Source: View the official page (files.su.ac.za) (opens the official page) · 2027 intake
UCT Faculty Points Score 435 out of 600 (band a)
Band A (guaranteed offer) is an FPS of 435. Band B (likely offer) is a WPS of 470 - the WPS adds a 0-10% disadvantage factor that we cannot work out from your marks, so we only check you against Band A. Band C (430-434, Education Development Unit only) applies to redress categories only. BBusSc is 4 years.
Source: View the official page (uct.ac.za) (opens the official page) · 2027 intake
Put your subjects in once and we’ll check them against every degree above – scored each university’s own way.