Business Analytics

Entry requirements

2:1 or above (or its international equivalent). Your degree can be in any discipline but you must have studied a subject with high quantitative content.

You will be better suited to this course if you have studied business or management, or studied a subject with high quantitative content, such as:

• mathematics/statistics
• computer science
• engineering
• physics
• a quantitative social science

Months of entry

September

Course content

Develop your understanding of business analytics. You’ll graduate with the skills you need to start a career specialising in data and decision analysis.

This course is for graduates who want to pursue a career in business analytics.

How can companies use ‘big data’ to gain business insight? This course will teach you how to convert data into knowledge. Get hands-on practical experience using the latest business intelligence software and interpreting real data.

This course includes guest lectures from industry experts, and a unit co-delivered by a specialist from IBM.

In partnership with IBM, Qlik, WinPure and the Women in OR & Analytics Network.

Key benefits

• An MSc in Business Analytics gives you a range of career opportunities across different sectors
• Get practical experience in computer programming and the latest business analytics software
• Our small, carefully-selected class sizes allows for plenty of individual interaction with academics, career advisors and industry experts
• Graduate equipped with the skills global employers want. Big data's importance to businesses is growing, and our graduates are in high demand
• A dissertation based on real data might allow you to work with a partner company. Watch Business Analytics students share their experience of doing an industrial dissertation.
• Meetings with graduates, business challenges and careers fairs will give you valuable experience of the global job market
• Get the knowledge and skills to help prepare you to secure your dream job

Highly-ranked

We're ranked top 100 in the world and UK top 10 for our MSc in Business Analytics in the QS Business Masters rankings 2026.

Graduate career data

81% of our 2022 and 2023 graduates had accepted a job offer within three months of completing their degree.

Building for the future

Our School of Management building opened in June 2022. The latest technology gives you a flexible and modern learning environment. The design focuses on working together, with an open layout to enable effective teamwork.

Our building encourages engagement with other students and academics. A dedicated Employment Hub provides a space for you to meet and network with our industry partners.

Fees and funding

School of Management MSc funding and scholarships.