In today's data-driven world, businesses need professionals who can analyse data and drive strategic decisions. Business Analytics MSc aims to equip you with the latest techniques in big data analysis and trend interpretation to meet this demand.This course welcomes students from a variety of backgrounds, including those without prior experience in business or analytics. It enables you to gain a broad set of business skills alongside specialised knowledge in analytics, preparing you for roles across different industries.Through collaborations with local partners, you will be attain real-world experience and insights into entrepreneurship and innovation from guest speakers. You will learn how to work effectively in dynamic teams, adapt a design-oriented approach to problem-solving, and lead with an entrepreneurial mindset.You will have the opportunity to learn about the principles, theories and practices employed by entrepreneurial and innovative organisations. This includes frameworks for reviewing, reflecting on, analysing and critiquing your own entrepreneurial mindset, intentions and potential ventures. The course culminates in either a Masters Dissertation, Management Inquiry, or a Consultancy Project where you will address an issed faced by a real client. Throughout the course, you will acquire business intelligence knowledge and develop data insights supported by a strong analytics toolbox.Graduates of this course can pursue a wide range of professional and graduate management positions in areas of business consulting, data science, analytics, management, information systems, project management, supply chain management, operations management as well as non-business disciplines.As part of this course you will build a portfolio of materials that can be presented to employers to demonstrate your development and appropriateness for roles in the business analytics field, the content of which will be informed by the work you undertake in the modules you study.You may decide you want to start up your own business, it’s good to know that the combined turnover of our graduates’ start-up companies is higher than that of any other UK university. This course is also the ideal stepping stone if you’re interested in a career in academic research, and successful graduates may be eligible for advanced entry onto our PhD or DBA programmes.Whatever you decide to do, you will have the transferable skills that employers expect from a Master’s graduate from Northumbria University. These include the ability to tackle complex issues through conceptualisation and undertaking research, the ability to contribute to new processes and knowledge, and the ability to formulate balanced judgements when considering incomplete or ambiguous data.