Business Analytics

Overview

What will you do?

This Business Analytics from University of Adelaide is designed to complement and extend the knowledge and skills gained from any of a wide range of business-related bachelor programs. It will equip you with:

• significantly enhanced strategic thinking, problem-solving and decision-making ability
• the capacity to formulate, evaluate and effectively communicate evidence-based solutions to contemporary commercial challenges using quantitative analysis
• advanced abilities in the use of business analytics to inform and support commercial strategies, both domestic and international
• high-level knowledge of using business analytics to highlight innovation opportunities and entrepreneurial options
• deep insight into the ethical, sustainability and governance considerations of data management and analysis, and intellectual property rights.

Career

Demand for business data specialists, across the globe, with the capability to generate data-driven business solutions is soaring. According to the 2020 Future of Jobs report, produced by the World Economic Forum, demand for Data Analytics and Big Data Specialists has grown significantly. Of the Australian companies surveyed in the report, over 90% plan to invest in new technologies for Data Analytics. Now is the time to study a Master of Business Analytics.

Given this acceleration in demand for data specialists, job opportunities within the business analytics domain can be found across government, business and not-for-profit organisations. There is not a single industry, from entertainment, to mining, to consumer products, where business analytics does not provide a competitive advantage for companies.