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MSc Business Analytics

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    MSc 1 year full-time

Course Description

Develop the modelling and consulting skills needed to understand, manage and communicate insights from big data on this immersive, full-time master’s in Business Analytics.

Often referred to as the oil of the 21st Century, business analytics is an area that’s critical to business and organisational success. It’s a rapidly developing field with a shortage of specialists – making it ripe with career opportunities.

Join us on this interactive master’s to develop a firm grounding in key modelling skills and managing data sets of all sizes. You’ll get to grips with managerial decision making, delivering consultancy projects and using analytics to understand customers and improve business operations.

Entry Requirements

A good honours degree in a quantitative subject, such as engineering, mathematics, physics, psychology, economics, business and management is particularly welcomed.

Applicants from other disciplines may be considered on a case-by-case basis provided that they can show strong quantitative ability. GRE or GMAT scores may be requested to verify numeracy skills.

Work experience will be considered for applicants who do not hold a first degree.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

There are lots of options available to you to fund your master’s programme, from alumni bursaries to school and department scholarships and government loans.

Student Destinations

Business analytics is a new and fast-growing field and there’s a recognised shortage of skilled modellers across industry.

This master’s will equip you with a sought-after combination of specialist analytics, consultancy and communication skills, so you’re ready to make an impact whatever sector you go into.

Graduates of this programme have taken their skills into wide-ranging roles including:

  • Data Analyst
  • Data Scientist
  • End User Service Analyst
  • IT/Data Technical Consultant
  • IT Auditor
  • Management Information Analyst
  • Network Management Information Analyst
  • Product Lead
  • Senior Associate Auditor

Some of the employers they’re now working with include:

  • Ascot Insurance
  • Deloitte
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • EPAM
  • Hermes
  • Leicestershire County Council
  • NHS
  • PwC
  • Raketech Group plc
  • Sichuan Institute of Industrial Technology
  • TAP London

(Graduate Outcomes Survey, 2018-2021 graduates, 15 months post-graduation)

Module Details

Semester 1

Compulsory modules

  • Skills for Consulting Projects
  • Discovery Analytics
  • Decision Analytics
  • Process and Programming for Analytics

Semester 2

Compulsory modules

  • Managing Big Data
  • Customer Analytics
  • Operations Analytics
  • Policy and Strategy Analytics

Summer

  • Analytics Project

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