Prestigious and Accredited Degree : Upon completion of the program, all students will get a Master’s degree from University of Wollongong Australia, a university in the top 1% of the world universities, accord to QS World University rankings. This degree is fully accredited in the UAE by Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA) and Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA).
The completion of the program will equip the students with practical, hands-on and job ready skills in business analysis such as software like Statistical Analysis and Systems (SAS) Viya, Structured Query Language (SQL) and Python. This will enable them to be productive from day one at work.
You can complete your Master’s degree in 12, 16, 20 or 24 Months depending on:
- The number of subjects you choose to take per trimester,
- The number of trimesters, you choose to study per year.
There are many possible combinations between subjects and trimesters, Some examples are listed in the Tuition Fees section below.
The completion of the Master of Business Analytics program will open up a world of global career opportunities like :
- Data Scientist
- Business Intelligence Analyst
- Business Analyst
- Data Engineer
- Management Consultant
- Market Research Analyst and many others
- Doctoral Study Opportunities : Should students wish to pursue further research after completing this Master’s degree, UOW Dubai offers a PhD program under the Faculty of Business.
As a part of the SAS Joint Certification Program®, a collaboration of leading global universities using the industry leading vendor of analytics software, SAS upon completion of the Master of Business Analytics program, all students will get an Advanced Professional Certification from SAS.
- Fall: September
- Winter: January
- Spring: April
- Bachelor’s degree: Regular Entry: 3.0 GPA and above
- Probation Entry: 2.5 to 2.99 (Probation means you will have to get an average of 55% in the 1st 3 subjects of your master’s degree)
- GFC: Less than 2.5 (students are required to take 3 General Foundation Classes during 1 month and cost 2900 MAD each)
- IBT 79 – or IELTS 6.0 (5.5 might be considered if GPA is 3.0)
There are 3 intakes per year, you can start your Master’s in September, in January, or in April.
Note: The below amounts in MAD are based on the following exchange rate: AED 1 = 2.5 MAD. This rate might be lower or higher the time you will be making the payment.
Visa & Insurance fees (18.296 MAD) mentioned below include 7000 MAD, which is a deposit that the university keeps and refunds back to you when you finish your Master’s or even earlier when you start working and your company becomes your sponsor.
You can complete your Master’s degree in 12, 15 or 20 months depending on the number of subjects you choose to take per trimester as detailed in the below 3 tables:
Table 1 – 12 months duration: 3 subjects in September, 3 in January, and 4 in April
Table 2 – 15 months duration: 3 subjects in September, 3 in January, 3 in April and 1 in September
Table 3 – 20 months duration: 2 subjects in September, 2 in January, 2 in April, 2 in September & 2 in Jaunary
Program Structure
Your program of study will be as follows:
| Business, Management & Analytics Subjects | |
|---|---|
| Core Business Management Subjects | Accounting and Financial Management |
| Operations Management | |
| Principles of Marketing Management | |
| Organisational Behaviour and Management | |
| Core Business Analytics Subjects | Essential Elements for Business Analytics |
| Techniques and Tools for Business Analytics | |
| Business Analytics for Economic and Market Environments | |
| Business Analytics for Services and Operations | |
| Advanced Business Analytics | |
| Business Analytics Electives | Digital Marketing |
| Quantitative Economic Analysis | |
| Supply Chain Analytics | Capstone Project | Live or Simulated Industry Project on Business Analytics |
The Master of Business Analytics
The Information Age that we live in today has compelled all businesses to undertake global disruption and transformation, aided by data analytics.
- A Gartner survey of CEOs and senior executives revealed that Artificial Intelligence and Analytics is reported as the most impactful new technology for the third year in a row.
- The U.S. News & World Report’s annual job ranking list of 2022 showed that data scientists and analysts continue to be top careers, offering competitive salaries, opportunity for advancement, and a healthy work-life balance.
- A 2020 Burtch-Works study of data science salaries reported the latest salary trends based on experience. Entry-level data scientists have a median starting salary of $95,000 while experienced data scientist salaries range from $165,000 $250,000.
- According to a report by IBM, there will be a 39% growth in employer demand for demand for both data professionals.
The Master of Business Analytics curriculum is designed to prepare students to develop solid skills in data analytics for the challenges they will face as a business leader in today’s rapidly changing environment. The program is taught as a combination of lectures and hands-on exercises in our ‘Business Analytics Lab’ using state of the art data science and analytics software.
The Program is organized around four key themes :
Theme 1 : Foundations of Business in the Information Age
This incorporates subjects related to modern managerial accounting, marketing, organizational behaviour and operations management.
Theme 2 : Data Science Technologies for Industry 4.0
This incorporates subjects covering cutting-edge data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) tools and techniques using industry standard software like Statistical Analysis and Systems (SAS) Viya, Structured Query Language (SQL) and Python through Jupyter Notebooks.
Theme 3 : Application of Data Science technologies in Macro and Micro Business Analysis
This incorporates subjects covering the application of data science and analytics technologies in micro settings of an organization’s business functions (like accounting, human resources, operations, marketing and the like) as well as in macro settings of consumer markets, financial markets, labor markets and economic development across countries and regions.
Theme 4 : Industry-based practicum
This is an industry-based analytics project where students will work on a real-life business scenario and develop an analytics solution in a live or a stimulated environment.