Graduate · Data Science
Master of Business Analytics
Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
About this program
This degree is aimed at people who studied something unrelated to data or business as undergraduates and want a fast, structured route into business intelligence and analytics roles: entry only requires an Australian bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in any discipline, not a quantitative or business background specifically. That accessibility is deliberate: it widens the applicant pool to career-changers and international graduates who need a postgraduate qualification aligned to in-demand analytics occupations for Australian skilled migration purposes.
The curriculum sits at the intersection most business analytics programs claim to occupy but don't always deliver on: genuinely teaching both the technical side (gathering, cleaning, and preparing data) and the communication side (presenting findings to non-technical stakeholders), rather than being a rebadged data science or statistics degree with a business label stapled on. MIT built the course in consultation with industry specifically to address a stated skills gap in business intelligence analysts, and the applied, real-world-problem orientation runs through most units rather than being confined to a single capstone.
Given MIT's overall institutional profile, this program is a solid, practically-focused option for someone wanting analytics skills and an Australian postgraduate credential, but it's not positioned to compete with the research depth or industry brand recognition of an analytics degree from a larger research university.
Cost & duration
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Course structure
3 terms of coursework
- Core units: Data Science Fundamentals, Business Intelligence and Visualisation, Statistical Analysis for Business, Database and Data Warehousing, Predictive Analytics, Ethics in Data and AI, Business Analytics Strategy
- Applied component: industry-based analytics project addressing a real organisational problem
- Total: 2 years full-time (accelerated options available for eligible applicants), on campus (Melbourne or Sydney)
Admissions
Bachelor's degree in a related discipline
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