Study location	Spain, Valencia
Type	Master (MSc), full-time
Nominal duration	18 months (120 ECTS)
Study language	English
Awards	MSc (Master of Science (MSc) - Big Data & Business Analytics)
Accreditation	Ascencia Business School, France

Tuition fee	€9,500 per year 50% after receiving the Conditional Offer Letter 50% after student visa approval

Language requirements	English

More information	esdst.eu/..big-data-and-business-analytics

Overview

The MSc program in Big Data & Business Analytics would allow students to gain an understanding of the various data sources and enable them to study, understand and analyze the data incurred across sources. This program in big data analytics follows a multi-disciplinary approach at its center, focusing on the prevalent as well as evolving Big Data tools such as Hadoop and Cloud Architecture.

This program is everything one would need to make an effective career shift and delve into the world of big data analytics.
Students will discover the concepts and gain expertise in the usage and applications of algorithms of Big Data Analytics. They will have abundant opportunities to plunge into advanced concepts.
Through hands-on projects, students will gain experience with the concepts behind search algorithms, clustering, classification, optimization, reinforcement learning, and other topics and incorporate the learning in R Programs.

This program enables students to embrace the concepts of Big Data and understand their extension to its application. Students work on projects involving the development of facial recognition systems and manipulation.

Programme structure

Business Statistics and Advanced Excel (4 ECTS)
Business Analytics and Research Methods Foundation (4 ECTS)
Programming for Analytics using Python (4 ECTS)
Predictive Analytics Methods (4 ECTS)
Business Communication (3 ECTS)
Professional Career Lab (1 ECTS)

> Award of Certificate in Quantitative Methods & Programming

Big Data and NoSQL (4 ECTS)
Apache Pig, Apache Hive and Zookeeper (4 ECTS)
Spark Programming (4 ECTS)
Data Warehousing and Management (4 ECTS)
Ethics in Data Management (4 ECTS)

> Award of Certificate in Big Data Tools

MapReduce Programming (5 ECTS)
Natural Language Processing (5 ECTS)
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (5 ECTS)
Data Visualization and Storytelling with Tableau (5 ECTS)
Econometrics (5 ECTS)
Business Application Seminar (5 ECTS)

> Award of Certificate in Data Science & Modelling

Spanish Language (10 ECTS)
Master Thesis (20 ECTS)
Internship (20 ECTS)

> Award of Business Analytics Practitioner Badge

Total ECTS: 120

> Award of MSc in Big Data and Business Analytics

Career opportunities

2 month guaranteed paid internship

Possible Career Options:

Big Data Analyst
Business Intelligence Manager
Data Scientist
Predictive Analytics Specialist
Business Analytics Consultant
Quantitative Analyst
Market Research Analyst
Data Analytics Manager
Chief Data Officer (CDO)
Financial Data Analyst