UCAS code | 1234 |
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Duration | 1 year full time |
Entry year | January 2025 September 2025 |
Campus | Streatham Campus |
Discipline | Business and Management |
Contact |
Typical offer | A 2:1 with honours. |
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Overview
- Learn how to utilise and leverage data to solve business problems
- Enhance your employability skills throughout the programme, finishing with a Business Project module using real data to address a real organisational problem
- Undertake modules in Marketing Analytics, Strategic & HR Analytics, Operations Analytics, and Environmental Analytics giving you specialist skills for a variety of careers
- Take part in the optional QTEM programme including an internship and semester abroad
Fast Track (current Exeter students)
Contact
Programme Director: Dr Suman Saha (January start)
Programme Director: Dr Stuart So (September start)
Web: Enquire online
Phone: +44 (0)1392 72 72 72
UK Business School of the Year
Times Higher Education Awards 2022
Top 100 Financial Times ranked European Business School
Triple accredited Business School
AMBA, AACSB, EQUIS
Spend an additional semester studying at one of the prestigious academic partners with our QTEM Programme
Studying Business Analytics opened so many new horizons for me. When I began the course, I had no prior knowledge of coding, but the University offered numerous free workshops to learn programming languages.
Amna
MSc Business Analytics graduate
Entry requirements
A 2:1 with honours with 57% and above or equivalent in any discipline. We do consider all applications where there is evidence of exceptional performance in modules relevant to the programme of study, significant relevant work experience or professional qualifications.
Entry requirements for international students
English language requirements
International students need to show they have the required level of English language to study this course. The required test scores for this course fall under Profile B2. Please visit our English language requirements page to view the required test scores and equivalencies from your country.
Course content
The programme is delivered over three terms and is University-based throughout this time.
The taught components of the programme are delivered in the first two terms, leaving the third term to complete your Business Project. The programme in its entirety runs from September to September.
- During the programme you will study modules totalling 180 credits.
- Please note that programme structures may be subject to change.
- Descriptions of the individual modules are given in full on the Business School postgraduate module list.
Compulsory modules
120 credits of compulsory modules
Code | Module | Credits |
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BEMM457 | Topics in Business Analytics | 15 |
BEMM458 | Programming for Business Analytics | 15 |
BEMM459 | Database Technologies for Business Analytics | 15 |
BEMM460 | Statistics and Mathematics for Business Analytics | 15 |
BEMM461 | Analytics and Visualisation for Managers and Consultants | 15 |
BEMM466 | Business Project | 45 |
Optional modules
60 credits of optional modules from the following closed list:
Code | Module | Credits |
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BEMM394 | Entrepreneurship: New Venture Creation | 15 |
BEMM462 | Operations Analytics | 15 |
BEMM463 | Marketing Analytics | 15 |
BEMM464 | Strategic and HR Analytics | 15 |
BEMM465 | Environmental Analytics | 15 |
BEMM486 | Design Intelligence | 15 |
BEMM488 | Entrepreneurship and Complete Sustainable Value Creation | 15 |
BEMM783 | Supply Chain Analytics | 15 |
COM2017 | Introduction to Prompt Engineering | 15 |
SSIM916 | Machine learning for social data science | 15 |
Fees
January 2025 entry
UK fees per year:
£17,800 full-time
International fees per year:
£29,500 full-time
September 2025/26 entry
UK fees per year:
£18,600 full-time
International fees per year:
£30,700 full-time
Scholarships
We invest heavily in scholarships for talented prospective Masters students. This includes over £5 million in scholarships for international students, such as our Global Excellence Scholarships*.
For more information on scholarships, please visit our scholarships and bursaries page.
*Selected programmes only. Please see the Terms and Conditions for each scheme for further details.
It was such an honour for me to receive the Global Excellence award from Exeter. I felt like I had something to contribute to the university as a student, not only on an educational level, but on a professional level too.
Phuong
MSc Business Analytics
Teaching and research
Our research is rated as world-leading or internationally excellent in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.
Our research-led teaching is combined with practical experiences such as field trips and project work, so that you can apply your learning to real world scenarios. Upon graduation, you will have the skills and knowledge to pursue the career you want, wherever in the world you choose to work.
Our programmes cover a range of disciplines including entrepreneurship, international business, marketing, human resource management, and tourism. With strong links to organisations across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, and with professional organisations such as the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD), we ensure that your Masters degree is widely recognised in today’s global marketplace.
You will be taught by internationally respected academics who are at the forefront of their research. We draw upon disciplines across the social sciences and give emphasis to the dynamic nature of enterprise, global connectivity and the management and leadership of the global challenges that lie ahead.
The Business School is home to the following research centres:
- Centre for Entrepreneurship
- Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
- Centre for Simulation, Analytics and Modelling (CSAM)
- Exeter Centre for Social Networks (ECSN)
- Exeter Centre for Leadership (ExCL)
- Exeter Sustainable Finance Centre (ESF)
- Initiative in the Digital Economy at Exeter (INDEX)
- Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute (LEEP)
- Research Methods Centre
- Tax Administration Research Centre (TARC)
- The Exeter Centre for Circular Economy (ECCE)
Careers
Through innovative and practical learning you will have the ability to use data and analytics confidently and creatively, in order to resolve a wide range of operational and strategic problems that face global organisations across multiple sectors.
Your future career
After graduation, you will join our community of more than 26,000 Business School alumni in over 150 different countries who are actively shaping the world around us. Graduates can look to work in a diverse range of roles including:
- Business Consultant
- Data Consultant
- Business Analyst
- Supply Chain Analyst
- Marketing Analyst
- HR Analyst
- Business Manager
Opportunities range from working in large analytics and consultancy teams within corporations in sectors such as consulting, tech and finance, through to specialist analytical roles in areas such as procurement, HR, and marketing within smaller private, public and third sector organisations. The increasing importance of analytics skills within Executive Management teams means that students will also be well placed to succeed in Graduate Management schemes.
Developing your skills and career prospects
The University of Exeter Business School provides a range of support to help you develop skills attractive to employers. Visit our postgraduate Business School careers service web page for more information.
Enhance your degree with Study Abroad opportunities
QTEM Programme*
After your first year of studies at Exeter, you can progress onto the QTEM Programme. QTEM aims to prepare students with excellent quantitative and analytical skills to support their future careers as decision makers leading the global business environment.
If you are accepted onto the QTEM Programme, you will spend an additional semester studying at one of the prestigious academic partners. This will be followed by a quantitatively focussed internship and participation in the QTEM Data Challenge which includes online data science and leadership courses as well real data analysis.
Students will be selected and nominated to QTEM by the University of Exeter Business School following a competitive internal application process. Places are limited so we recommend you register your interest before applying for your Masters.
*Open to high achieving students enrolled in the following University of Exeter Business School programmes: MSc Financial Economics, MSc Finance, MSc Finance and Investment, MSc Economics, and MSc Business Analytics.
For more information on QTEM and Double Degrees and other postgraduate study abroad opportunities, visit the Business School’s Study Abroad webpages.