Melbourne Business School
Master of Business Analytics
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 12 months
- Course Type: Master's
Build advanced analytics capability in one intensive year through MBS’s full-time, face-to-face Master of Business Analytics in Melbourne.
Course overview
The Master of Business Analytics prepares graduates to turn complex data into clear, commercially relevant insights. Completed over one year of full-time study, the course combines advanced analytical methods with the business knowledge needed to support strategic decision-making.
Students strengthen their capabilities in areas such as data analysis, statistical modelling, machine learning and optimisation. The curriculum also considers how analytical findings can be communicated and applied to practical challenges across different business functions and industries.
Delivered face-to-face at Melbourne Business School’s Carlton campus, the course offers an intensive pathway into the growing field of business analytics. It is suited to graduates with a strong quantitative background who want to pursue analytical, consulting, strategy or data-informed management roles.
Key facts
What you will study
To complete the Masters in Business Analytics, you must fulfil the following modules:
Modules
- Introduction to Business Problems
- Business Analytics Foundations
- Advanced Business Analytics
- Analytics Lab
- Business Analytics Applications
Entry requirements
Academic requirements
To be considered for entry into this course, you must have:
- A 3- or 4-year undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline with a minimum Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of at least 65% (or equivalent). Final-semester students may apply using interim results; students earlier in their degree are not eligible.
Relevant disciplines include commerce, mathematics, physics, computer science, information systems, engineering and science.
Applicants must also provide
- A CV
- Academic transcripts
- Proof of identity.
English language requirements
All applicants to the University of Melbourne must satisfy the English language requirements. This may be achieved in a number of ways, including recognised previous study taught and assessed entirely in English or an approved English language test.
If you are from a non-English speaking background, the required standard of English for this degree is one of the following English proficiency test scores:
- IELTS Academic: overall score of 7.0, with no band below 6.5
- TOEFL iBT: overall score of 91, with writing 23, speaking 22, reading 19 and listening 19
- PTE Academic: overall score of 72, with writing 65, speaking 66, reading 64 and listening 64
- Cambridge C1 Advanced: overall score of 178, with writing 180, speaking 187, reading 168 and listening 168
- LanguageCert Academic: overall score of 73, with writing 71, speaking 76, reading 65 and listening 62
- Michigan English Test: overall score of 62, with writing 64, speaking 53, reading 59 and listening 59
Recognition of Prior Learning
Credit or recognition of prior learning may be available subject to Melbourne Business School policy and an individual assessment. Contact MBS for further information.
Fees and FEE-HELP
Indicative total fee in 2027: $79,344 (domestic full-fee paying place)
Fees are paid per module in advance.
A student’s fee may vary depending on:
- The number of subjects studied per term.
- The choice of major or specialisation.
- Choice of subjects.
- Credit from previous study or work experience.
- Eligibility for government-funded loans.
You may also need to pay the student services and amenities fee.
FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students.