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The University of Sheffield

Sheffield , England ,United Kingdom

Business Analytics MSc

Making effective decisions is crucial in today’s business world. This course will develop the skills that you need to analyse complex business challenges and make decisions that have a positive impact. You do not need to have studied data or analytics before to study this course.

You’ll build up your analytical and technical skills during the course, starting with the fundamentals and progressing to learn about complex analytical models, decision-making and carrying out your own independent research.

We use our links with industry to bring guest lecturers to the course and you’ll work with real-world data sets to put the skills you learn into practice. Working with industry experts during the course means that you’ll develop your knowledge of working with stakeholders to understand their needs.

For the project dissertation, you can choose to work with an organisation to get more industry experience and apply the theory from the course to a real-world challenge.

Intakes

  • Sep

Application Processing Time in Days: 30

Application Process

More Information Required
30 Days
Possible Interview Call from Institution
10 Days
Provisional/Unconditional Offer
10 Days
Visa Process
35 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

Job Opportunity Potential

You’ll graduate with the knowledge and experience that you need for a career in the field of business analytics. During the course you’ll gain hands-on experience and skills that make you highly employable after graduation, such as:

  • Python programming for data analysis and automation
  • Data wrangling (cleaning, merging, transforming datasets)
  • Statistical modelling and basic predictive analytics
  • Mathematical programming and optimisation for business decision-making, with experience of commercial solvers such as CPLEX
  • Data visualisation using tools like Power BI, Tableau or Python libraries
  • Database management and data governance principles
  • Business problem-solving using analytics tools
  • Decision support systems and scenario analysis
  • Effective communication of data insights (both visual and written)
  • Project-based learning, applying analytics to real business challenges in the Capstone Project

PSW Opportunity

  • 2 Years PSW is applicable after completing a minimum duration of 9 months course (like- Undergraduate, Postgraduate Level)
  • 3 Years PSW is applicable after completing PhD level courses.

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

  • Minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree in any subject.

We assess each application on the basis of the applicant’s preparation and achievement as a whole. We may accept applicants whose qualifications don’t meet the published entry criteria but have other experience relevant to the course.

 

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