Business Analytics

Key programme benefits to future students

Graduates will have a strategic understanding of business analytics and appreciate the connections between this discipline and other areas of business to make holistic decisions when analysing business problems and situations.



Graduates will develop critical thinking skills, understand the connection between quantitative and qualitative tools, theories and context as well as leadership, influence and change skills necessary to be effective business managers.



Graduates will demonstrate ethical reasoning skills, understand social, civic and professional responsibilities and aspire to add value to society. The programme offers a dual degree opportunity at one of our French partner Business Schools: Audencia, Excelia, Neoma, Rennes or Toulouse.



Key Fact: The MSc in Business Analytics has a Digital Futures Lab and a Business Simulation as an alternative to the traditional MSc dissertation.

Autumn Modules

• Data and Analytical Decision Making

• Statistics for Data Analytics

• Database Systems in Practice

• Machine Learning and Applications

• Project Management in Practice



Spring Modules

• Data Governance and Ethics

• Applied Econometrics for Business

• Digital Organisations, Markets and Consumers

• Applied Big Data and Visualisation

• Leadership Influence and Change



Summer Modules

• Digital Futures Lab

• Business Simulation

The minimum entry requirement will be a primary degree (Level 8 - National Qualifications Authority of Ireland) in a relevant area (business, finance, economics and mathematics) with an award of Second Class Honours Grade 2. Applicants with relevant professional qualifications and experience and/or with an appropriate honours degree in a cognate discipline may also be considered for admission. An interview may also form part of the selection process. Applicants who cannot satisfy the minimum 2.2 honours primary degree requirement may be accepted on the basis of relevant professional experience. Applicants must also satisfy the Universities English Language Requirements.

1 year full-time, on-campus.

Autumn

Graduate careers

Business Analyst, Financial Analyst, Quantitative Analyst, Management Consultant, Project Manager, Supply Chain Manager, Research Analyst, Data Scientist, Data Analyst.