Course Overview

About This Course

When you take on postgraduate study, you need to know it will fit with your busy career and lifestyle. You also want to be confident you'll emerge with usable and marketable degrees. The Master of Business Analytics offers you just that. This postgraduate program shows you how to thrive in a data-driven world. You’ll learn how to grapple with business analytics, not just data analytics. Focus on the nature of data, including Big and Unstructured Data. Discover how to embark on data driven investigations and visual and computational analytics. Develop the data analysis and problem-solving skills you need to overcome real-world problems. Prepare to take on the world of tomorrow. 5 years full time (3 years part time) or 1 year full time (2 years part time) programs are also available, depending upon entry degrees. The Master of Business Analytics offers you a program of study on how to manage effectively in a data driven world. The ever increasing amount of data in the business world today requires that businesses make sense of the flow of information if they are to hold a competitive edge in the market. This program focuses on business analytics rather than just data analytics and provides a strong applications focus covering the nature of data, including big and unstructured data, teaching you how to initiate data-driven investigations and decipher visual and computational analytics. You will explore the application of analytic tools and frameworks to examine strategic business and market options and to realise their profit potential. Tailor your learning to your interests by focusing on one of three specialisations in Operations Management, Finance or Marketing.

Where You Can Study

Available Locations

Sydney

Level 4, 255 Elizabeth St, Sydney, NSW 2000

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Student Information

Fees & Entry by Student Type

Tuition Fee

$35,840*

Duration

Full Time: 2 Years (Available Part Time)*

Intakes

Q4 (starts 14 September 2026) | Q1 (starts 04 January 2027)

Study Mode

Full Time / Part Time

Eligibility

Entry Requirements

General Requirements

Work Experience (to cover paid work experience, traineeships, work placements): Applicants seeking admission on the basis of work experience must support their application with a Statement of Service for all work experience listed on the application. https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/content/dam/digital/pdf/Statement_of_Service.PDF Work experience will require validation by the relevant employer and cannot be used both as a means of admission and as the basis of an application for advanced standing. Work experience will be evaluated to assess whether prospective students have demonstrated a verifiable capability in management such that they are enabled to undertake the discipline-specific learning contained in this Masters-level program. This criterion is impacted directly by the requirements of a curriculum that addresses AQF Level 9 knowledge and skill outcomes including a stipulation that graduates have cognitive skills to demonstrate mastery of theoretical knowledge in business information management and to reflect critically on theory and professional practice or scholarship.

Career & Study Pathways

Where this takes you

Career Opportunities

As a graduate of this degree, you can look forward to a broad range of exciting career opportunities in different sectors and industries. Below are some examples of the possible careers you can pursue with this degree:

Analytics manager
Analysis Director
Insights and data manager

Quality & Recognition

Accreditation & Migration

Academic Regulator

TEQSA

Accreditation Status

Accredited

Course Content