MBA Business Analytics

The MBA Business Analytics is designed for working professionals who are looking to apply analytics and data-driven decision-making to optimize their business performance. It offers the opportunity to lead, recognise contemporary business knowledge and skills that can take you to an exceptional level in terms of career progression, employability and earning potential.

The programme equips you with technical skills and business acumens to understand modern issues and practices in digital and analytics-driven economies. You will develop practical interpersonal skills to bring positive organisational and market changes. This additionally provides an opportunity to explore and learn modern management tools, big data, databases, digitisation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, key software (e.g., R, Python, SQL) and analytics in the context of business operations and build expertise and capabilities required to be an effective leader.

Courses listed for the programme

First Semester

• Business Economics
• Accounting and Finance for Managers
• Business Strategy
• Operations and Project Management
• Entrepreneurship in Practice

Second Semester

• Strategic Marketing
• Managing People at Work
• Managing Change and Innovation
• The Leadership Challenge

Final Stage

• Big Data Analytics, Visualisation and Business Applications
• Data, Evidence and Managerial Decisions
• Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Forecasting
• Databases and Cybersecurity for Big Data

Why study at Aberdeen?

• Advance your leadership skills and learn to lead with vision and purpose

• Learn subject-specific skills related to big data, databases, digitisation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, software (e.g., R, Python)

• Demonstrate critical thinking and interlink its evaluation with creativity

• Effectively and efficiently execute teamwork, build business relationships, exercise leadership, learn negotiation and recognize cultural and individual differences   

• Strengthen your capacity for social, geographical and cultural mobility

Where you study

• University of Aberdeen
• Full Time or Part Time
• September or January start

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Fees

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Entry Requirements and Study Support

• English Language Requirements – view the programme page
• Pre-Sessional English Language Support
• Access Courses – English and Maths
• Free Online Courses
• Short Courses

Living in Aberdeen

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Your Accommodation

• Catered Accommodation
• Self-Catering     

Campus Facilities

• University of Aberdeen: A Global Community
• University of Aberdeen: We are international
• Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
• Student Support
• Clubs and Societies

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• MSc International Finance (with CFA Level 1)
• MSc International Finance
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• Other Postgraduate Degrees
• Online Postgraduate Degrees

A good first degree (equivalent to a British second-class Honours degree) or above in any discipline. The English Language Requirement for all College of Arts and Social Sciences Masters programmes is an IELTS of 6.5 with 6.0 in the writing and reading (or equivalent TOEFL iBT or PTE)

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