Master of Science in Business Analytics

As a graduate from this programme, you will have a good understanding of various analytics and decision support methods, solid hands-on experience in using relevant software to solve real-world problems, and the competence to work in development and expert tasks.

During this programme, you will acquire:

• professional skills to use digital business analytics methods and software to renew business; you will learn to apply data analysis and machine learning methods to solve industrial and business problems;
• competence to model industrial and business processes and perform simulation analyses to study and to enhance those processes; you will be able to manage projects based on business analytics;
• managerial skills to draw logical conclusions and give recommendations in strategic decision-making situations based on output from decision support methods and to interpret analysis results and present them visually.
• scientific knowledge to be able to develop your competence further, e.g. in doctoral studies.

The programme includes core and advanced specialisation studies in business analytics.

Core studies, 34 ECTS credits, include courses on the background, basics, and tools of business analytics and business development, such as information systems in corporate management and decision-making, data analytics, and simulation and optimisation methods in business analytics.

Advanced specialisation studies, 56 ECTS credits, include courses on topics such as the basics of business analysis, big data analytics, pattern recognition, statistical analysis, fuzzy data analysis, fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic, business intelligence and advanced decision-making methods.

The Master’s thesis, 30 ECTS credits, is an advanced research project completed during the fourth semester. The Master’s thesis requires approximately six months of full-time work.

As a graduate, you will be a perfect fit for the business development and business analytics teams of global corporations and SMEs.

Hands-on skills in business analytics are in very high demand globally – there is a great shortage of business analytics professionals on the market.

The programme is practical and career-oriented and will give you a unique multi-disciplinary education in technology and business, which is highly valued in the corporate world and industry.

You will be prepared for a career in business analytics and analytical business development, as an analytics professional in an industrial or service company or as a consultant.

With the pragmatic skill set you will acquire, entrepreneurship is also a realistic possibility.

The admission requirements for the program can found on the university page.

Further information about the tuition fee and available scholarships for the program can found on the university page.