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University of Wollongong Dubai

Dubai , Dubai ,United Arab Emirates

Bachelor of Business (Business Analytics)

The Bachelor of Business major in Business Analytics degree is designed to prepare students to develop solid skills in data analytics for the challenges they will face as a business leader in today's rapidly changing environment. The program is taught as a combination of lectures and hands-on exercises in our ‘Data Analytics Lab’ using state of the art data science and analytics software.

The Program is organized around five key themes:

Theme 1: Foundations of Business in Industry 4.0
This incorporates subjects related to accounting, marketing, organizational behavior, operations management, finance, statistics and others.
Theme 2: Data Analytics Technologies for Digital Disruption 
This incorporates subjects covering cutting-edge data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) tools and techniques using industry standard software like Statistical Analysis and Systems (SAS) Viya, Structured Query Language (SQL) and Python through Jupyter Notebooks. 
Theme 3: Business Transformation through Data Analytics 
This incorporates subjects covering the application of data science and analytics technologies in micro settings of an organization’s business functions (like accounting, human resources, operations, marketing and the like) as well as in macro settings of consumer markets, financial markets, labor markets and economic development across countries and regions.
Theme 4: Broadening Horizons
This theme incorporates a host of subjects’ students can choose as electives to augment and enhance their learning experience in business analytics. Such subjects can range in the areas of digital marketing, financial technologies, and other areas of management
Theme 5: Industry-based practicum
This is an industry-based analytics project where students will work on a real-life business scenario and develop a data analytics solution in a live or a stimulated environment.

Intakes

  • Jan
  • April
  • Sep

Application Processing Time in Days: 30

Application Process

Visa Process
30 Days

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description IELTS (1.0 -9.0) TOEFL IBT (0-120) TOEFL CBT (0-300) PTE (10-90)
Expert 9 120 297-300 86-90
Very Good 8.5 115-119 280-293 83-86
Very Good 8 110-114 270-280 79-83
Good 7.5 102-109 253-267 73-79
Good 7 94-101 240-253 65-73
Competent 6.5 79-93 213-233 58-65
Competent 6 60-78 170-210 50-58
Modest 5.5 46-59 133-210 43-50
Modest 5 35-45 107-133 36-43
Limited 4 32-34 97-103 30-36
Extremely Limited < 4 < 31 < 93 < 30

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

Students who have excelled academically at school and meet our advance entry requirements can finish their bachelor's degree in three years, instead of the existing four-year programs. Any prospective student that does not directly qualify for an advance entry three-year program, is still able to enrol in any of our bachelor’s degree, through a one-year Freshman Year.
 
All applicants are required to complete a personal online interview set by the Faculty of  Business, as an admission criteria. If required, in-person interviews may be arranged as a second step.
 
Admission requirements for UOWD depends on the type of high school curriculum you have followed. The requirements based on the most common high school curricula are listed below:
 
 
 
School System Bachelor Degree
Advanced Entry 
(3 Years) Bachelor Degree
Direct Entry
(4 Years)
UAE
Al-Thanawiyya Al-Aama N/A Elite or Advanced Track 70%,
General Track 75%
Arab Countries
Al-Thanawiyyah Al-Aama N/A 70%
American High School Diploma Overall average grade of C
(70% or 2.5/4.0) + SAT 1100 Overall average grade of C
(70% or 2.5/4.0)
Bangladesh
HSC GPA of 4.0 / 5.0 GPA of 3.0 / 5.0
Brazil
Brazil Higher Secondary Certificate N/A 60%
British GCE Curriculum Minimum 5 IGCSE/GCSE subjects
and Minimum of “CCD” in A levels Minimum 5 IGCSE/GCSE subjects
and 2AS/ 1A level subject(s)
Chinese Senior High School 80% 60%
Colombia
Título de Bachiller Académico N/A 3 out of 5 or
6 out of 10
International Baccalaureate Diploma 25 Points 21 Points
India
CBSE & ICSE, Grade 12 65% 50%
Iran
Pre-University Certificate 14 11
Japan
Upper Secondary School Diploma 3.8 out of 5 2.5 out of 5
Kenya 60 31
Mexico N/A 6 out of 10
Nepal
School Leaving Certificate Examination 3 out of 4 2.3 out of 4
Nigeria
WAEC & NECO N/A Minimum of 7 subjects with no
more than 1 “Pass”
Pakistan
Higher Secondary School Certificate 60% 50%
CIS Countries
Attestat N/A Average 3/5
South Korea
CSAT 77.5% 70%
 
At UOWD, all classes are taught in English and in order to enrol in a bachelor’s degree you will need to submit one of the following certificate of English language proficiency:
 
 
 
English Language Testing Bachelor Degree
Advance Entry 
(3 Years)* Bachelor Degree
Direct Entry
(4 Years)**
IELTS
Academic Overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0
& Minimum score of 6.0 in Reading
& Writing Minimum score of 5.0 inListening & Speaking Overall IELTS (Academic) score
of 5.0 & Minimum score of 5.0 in
Reading & Writing
TOEFL
Internet-based 79 with not less than 20 in Writing,
18 in Reading, 17 in Listening, 
16 in Speaking 61
TOEFL
Computer based 213 with a 4.0
TWE/Essay Writing 173
TOEFL***
International paper based 550 with a 4.0
TWE/Essay Writing 500
EmSAT
Achieve – English 1400 1100