MSc in Business Analytics

at University of Bath School of Management

Course structure

Compulsory course units

These compulsory units are currently being studied by our students, or are proposed new units.

Semester one

Compulsory units

You will take these units:
 

• Databases and business intelligence
• Optimisation and spreadsheet modelling
• Business statistics and forecasting

Semester two

Compulsory units

You will take these units:
 

• Analytics in practice
• Data mining and machine learning
• Heuristics and simulation

British qualifications

Type of degree

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

If you are a UK student and completed your undergraduate degree abroad, your qualification must be equivalent to a 2:1 or above.

Programming experience
Previous experience of computer programming is an advantage. You should include information about your quantitative and programming experience in your personal statement.

Work experience
In exceptional cases, relevant work experience may be a substitute for the degree requirement. You should have no more than three years’ relevant work experience.

Home and Island students

Tuition fee for the academic year
£15,000    

Overseas students

Tuition fee for the academic year
£25,000

Legal information

You should budget for an increase of up to 5% each year for every further year of study; we will not increase your fees each year by more than this percentage and the amount will be set out on our fee page in December for the following academic year.

If you aren't paying your fees in British pounds, you should also budget for possible fluctuations in your own currency.

Recruiters include Accenture, Deloitte, Trip.com Group, Cognisess, Tencent and Xinye Technology.

Our graduates have a great employment record. Most go on to careers in a range of areas, start their own business or begin a PhD.