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Build your quantitative consultancy skills on the Business Analytics MSc. One of the world’s first business analytics courses, Warwick Business School will help you gain an understanding of the role of business analytics within an organisation, improve your business acumen and communication skills, and get commercial research experience.

Course Overview

Ranked 8th in the world in the QS University Rankings 2019 for MSc Business Analytics, the course features a broad range of theory and applications in analytics, offering you the possibility to conduct external consultancy projects with a real client, and hone programming skills (e.g. SQL, R and Python). You will also be supported in optionally obtaining certification as Associate Certified Analytics Professional. This globally recognised certification is offered by the INFORMS (USA) and the Operational Research Society (UK), and the required knowledge to pass the certification exam is closely aligned with the core content of this course. Descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics are covered, involving visualisation (Tableau), forecasting and data mining techniques, and optimisation.

Teaching

You will study four compulsory modules in term 1 to give you an overview of key business areas (plus the compulsory Project Skills module), and take four optional modules of your choice on this one-year course. Please note that availability and delivery modes may vary.

Assessment

Assessment is usually a mix of exams, group projects and coursework. Your 10,000 word dissertation will either be as a consultant to an organisation or as applied research.

Skills from this degree

• Learn how to gain business insights from large data sets through a range of cutting-edge techniques
• Continue developing your programming skills in SQL, R, and Python
• Conduct an external consultancy project with a real client
• Apply to the QTEM Masters Network Program and spend up to an additional 12 months studying at one or two International Academic Partners, completing an internship, and taking part in a global Data Challenge with fellow QTEM students
• Access to dedicated CareersPlus service with specialist careers coaches

Careers

Graduates from these courses have gone on to work for employers including: Accenture, Amazon, Arup, BAE Systems, BNP Paribas, CitiBank, Deloitte, Delphi, European Central Bank, GlaxoSmithKline, IBM, Morgan Stanley, Nielsen, Rolls-Royce, Shell, UBS and Unilever. They have pursued roles such as: actuaries; business and financial project management professionals; chief executives and senior officials; economists, estimators, valuers and assessors, finance and investment analysts and advisers, investment/merchant bankers and taxation experts.

WBS CareersPlus service

We offer you a comprehensive pre-arrival, student, and alumni careers service. You will have access to one-to-one career guidance appointments, CV checks and tailored mock interviews.