Business Analytics

Overview

The Business Analytics program at Central European University (CEU)  offers you the full spectrum of skills and knowledge you need to create business value from big data and other sources of quantitative information. Learn to analyze and act upon insights from data. Understand how data analytics can drive business value. Cover a unique mix of data analytics, computer science and business topics, including programming, statistics with machine learning, big data and cloud computing and data engineering. Complete your training with use case seminars, specialist courses on text mining, deep learning or agile project management and a capstone consulting project.

Analyze and Act on Insights from Data

• Use statistical analysis to find patterns and evaluate past and future business interventions
• Write code, apply predictive analysis and models of causal analysis
• Collect and parse data, and translate it into actionable insights
• Get familiar with key tools, frameworks and platforms, and learn to implement processes in production
• Manage a data-driven business and create knowledge from big data and other sources of quantitative information
• Collaborate with software development specialists, quantitative analysts, and present your analysis in a clear and effective manner

Study in Budapest and Vienna

Apply now and benefit from a diverse, multi-campus experience in the heart of Europe. Taking advantage of CEU’s international learning environment, you will have the opportunity to study in Budapest with elective courses in Vienna.

Study and Work at the Same Time

The MS in Business Analytics is designed expressly so you can study and work at the same time. Core courses and main elective courses run two days a week from 1:30 p.m. Some courses run with weekend-only classes.

Join full-time as a graduate or career changer. As a full-time student, you may land an internship at any time. Should you land a full-time job, you may request a change of status and become a part-time student.

Join part-time as a working professional. As a part-time student, you may request a second year to continue taking elective courses or to complete your capstone project. 

Boost Your Career

More than 95% of CEU students landed a job within three months of graduation.

Budapest and Vienna are among Europe’s most buzzing financial services and technology hubs. Employers competing for international talent include:

• Budapest – Bank of China, BCG, Blackrock, BP, BT, Citi, EPAM, GE, IBM, KPMG, McKinsey, Morgan Stanley, MSCI, NN, Nokia and TCS

• Vienna – DB Schenker, Deloitte, EATON, Franklin Templeton, Google, JP Morgan, LVMH, Raiffeisen Bank, Swarovski and Unicredit.

Accreditation

• Program approved and registered by the New York State Education Department

• Program registered as a non-degree post-graduate specialization program by the Hungarian Educational Authority (HEA)