Best unis and subjects to study data science?

[heavy canopy]

Hii guys pls help, my cousin wants to study data science abroad and is thinking of taking cambridge exams for it (hasn't sat igcse or any a levels) what countries and unis are best for studying data science and what a level subjects should they take? I'm thinking maths, further maths, and maybe stats

(They don't need to take igcse then a lvl right? They can js do a lvls straight?)

[atomic mirage]

yes, they don't need IGCSE to do A levels

check the requirements of each uni specifically to know: these requirements vary a lot by country

I suspect however that they would just need maths at A level

further maths if they want to, sure, but it's not necessary

stats is not a subject you can take on your own

if they're looking for a good third subject then I'd suggest CS, cause you need to code quite frequently in a data science degree (also it helps with implementing machine learning etc.)

[heavy canopy]

Ohh ok so instead of further maths should.d they take phys or econ or smth, or does it not rlly matter as long as they take maths?

[atomic mirage]

it really doesn't matter

as long as they take maths ofc

[heavy canopy]

And do yk which unis have good data science courses? I tried searching online but my dad said those 'best unis at x course' are not always reliable, the countries i found from there were US, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada and Germany

[heavy canopy]

Okk thank you!

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[atomic mirage]

probably any well-known unis from those countries

I'm not too sure otherwise

oh you could look at the QS subject-specific rankings

[heavy canopy]

Ohh ok I will, thank you so much! 🙏🏾

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[atomic mirage]

no worries!

[shy cove]

wait wait what's his recent qualification?

high school?

[shy cove]

US is defnitely good place for data science and like IT courses

also engineering

HK too

for the US they accept like high school diploma or any qualifications that is equivalent

but those are usually State Universities

the normal ones

if you're looking at like UCLA, Georgetown, U of Washington, then you need some extracurricular and decent academics

[heavy canopy]

She's taking her high-school leaving exam next year I think

[heavy canopy]

Ooh ok ic thank you so much!!

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[shy cove]

Then now she can prep for application

To the US

She will need a counselor and teacher to help guide her

[heavy canopy]

Hmkk I'll let her know, thank you!