Flinders University
Master of Business Administration (Business Analytics)
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 24 months
- Course Type: Master's
Learn how to take advantage of technology to test and understand customer motivations, track the path to purchase, shape emerging market niches and improve an organisation’s business growth sustainably.
Course overview
The Master of Business Administration (Business Analytics) provides a comprehensive foundation in core business principles with a specialisation in data. In this course, industries 4.0 and 5.0 will come to life beyond concepts.
This course is designed for the future with sustainability built in. It has industry engagement embedded, with a total of up to 36 weeks of experience available through Work Integrated Learning and industry programs.
Data is probably one of the most important assets in business today. The MBA (Business Analytics) will give you advanced leadership skills combined with how to leverage big data in the business context.
Key facts
What you will study
You must complete 16 core topics (72 units). Each topic is valued at four and a half units.
- Driving Financial Performance
- Economic Environments: Assessing Current and Future Markets
- Marketing in a Digital Age
- Ethics, Sustainability and Governance
- Business Analytics
- Creating Resilient Supply Chains and Procurement
- Legal Signposts for Decision Makers
- Emerging Business Models: Disruptions, Collaboration and Competition
- Building Teams and Networks
- Analysing Business Data
- Leading a Future Workforce
- Artificial Intelligence in Business Practice
- Researching Markets
- Trends in Business Finance
- Digital Marketing and Analytics
- Data Analysis for Decision-Making
Entry requirements
Academic requirements
Applicants must have one of the following:
- A bachelor's degree or an equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution.
- A completed Graduate Diploma in Business Administration at Flinders University.
English language requirements
For international students, contact the university to find further information about English language requirements.
Outcomes
Career outcomes
The MBA (Business Analytics) prepares you for a wide range of career opportunities in areas including management consulting, business acquisition, strategy and leadership.
Potential occupations include:
- Marketing director
- Chief robotics officer
- Business analyst
- Software architect
- Artificial intelligence architect
- In-world marketing architect
- Loyalty engineer
- Chief Operating Officer (COO)
- Program director
- Marketing manager
- Machine and people ethics manager
- Senior business development manager
Learning outcomes
- Formulate solutions to complex business analytics problems.
- Critically appraise evidence to support decision-making.
- Assess risks for strategic planning.
- Evaluate opportunities for change.
- Adopt contemporary leadership theories and practices to real-life settings.
- Apply technical and business analytics knowledge and skills with creativity and initiative to new situations in professional practice.
Fees and FEE-HELP
Annual indicative fees in 2025: $35,640 (domestic full-fee paying place)
The annual indicative fee is based on a full-time study load of 36 units.
A student’s annual fee may vary in accordance with:
- The number of units studied per term.
- The choice of major or specialisation.
- Choice of units.
- Credit from previous study or work experience.
- Eligibility for government-funded loans.
Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.
FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.