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 10000 word dissertation will either be as a consultant to an organisation or as applied research.
Skills from this degree
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.
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September 2025
University of Warwick
University of Warwick Coventry,
Coventry,
CV4 7AL, CENTRAL ENGLAND, England
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