MSc Business Analytics with Advanced Practice/Study Abroad

Data is everywhere and is growing rapidly every day. In a fast-changing digital world, there is a very high demand for game-changers who can predict business needs and who can understand and interpret data to make effective decisions. Our Business Analytics Masters course provides you with the opportunity and skills to explore the latest techniques for analysing big data to identify patterns, interpret trends and advance your organisation's drive for strategic change. Aimed at those with an interest in problem solving and critical thinking, this course welcomes those from any undergraduate background, including applicants who have no previous business or analytics experience. Our Business Analytics MSc develops broad business skills while offering specialist knowledge in business analytics for tomorrow's business leaders. In the second year of this course you will have an opportunity to undertake an Advanced Practice placement or further consultancy project. The course fee is divided evenly between year 1 and year 2. While you can only work twenty hours per week during term time, you can use the extra vacation periods to travel or work full time and help fund your time in the UK. Alternatively you can undertake study in another country. Employers often prefer applicants who have a strong international awareness. Our exchange option will increase your experience and itll help you stand out from others. Both options offer the opportunity to make yourself more attractive to prospective employers through either developing your international awareness or gaining real industry experience in your field. The course culminates in either a Master's Dissertation, Management Enquiry, or, if you prefer, a Consultancy Project where youll tackle an issue faced by a real client. Throughout the course, you will gain critical business intelligence knowledge and develop data insights supported by a strong analytics toolbox. A combination of modules on data management and visualisation, forecasting and predictive analytics, business analytics in practice will prepare you for data challenges and equip you with skills to effectively navigate a continuously changing digital landscape.

Graduates of this course can pursue a wide range of professional and graduate management positions in areas of business consulting, data science, analytics, management, information systems, project management, supply chain management, operations management as well as non-business disciplines. If you decide to start up your own business, it's good to know that the combined turnover of our graduates start-up companies is higher than that of any other UK university. This course is also the ideal stepping stone if youre interested in a career in academic research, and successful graduates may be eligible for advanced entry onto our PhD or DBA programmes. Whatever you decide to do, you will have the transferable skills that employers expect from a Master's graduate from Northumbria University. These include the ability to tackle complex issues through conceptualisation and undertaking research, the ability to contribute to new processes and knowledge, and the ability to formulate balanced judgements when considering incomplete or ambiguous data.

A minimum of a 2:2 honours degree or equivalent, or substantial experience of working in a business organisation.
International applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 with 5.5 in each component