MSc Business Data Analytics

Overview

A one-year full-time master's in Cranfield School of Management covering analytics, programming, machine learning and optimisation for business decisions. Taught modules make up 70 per cent of the course and an individual thesis the remaining 30 per cent.

Highlights

• Business Analytics and Optimisation (compulsory)
• Programming for Business Decisions (compulsory)
• Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning and AI (compulsory)
• AI for Business Impact (compulsory)

Entry requirements

Academic

A UK first or second class honours undergraduate degree, or an equivalent international qualification. A prior degree with a quantitative methods module, or a thesis with significant quantitative content, is described as ideal.

English language

IELTS (Academic, Online or UKVI) 6.5 overall with 5.5 in each component. PTE Academic 65 overall with 59 in each component. TOEFL iBT: for tests taken before 21 January 2026, 92 total with minimums of 18 reading, 17 listening, 20 speaking and 17 writing; from 21 January 2026, 4.5 overall and 4 in each component. All elements from one test taken within two years of the start date.

Experience or portfolio

None stated. The page describes the course as designed for early to mid-career students.

Applicants from Pakistan

Cranfield's international entry requirements page lists, for Pakistan, a four-year Bachelor degree with Second division (high) as the 2:1 equivalent and Second division (low) as the 2:2 equivalent. Pakistani nationals must verify their qualification through Qualification Check. The page gives no percentage or CGPA figures. Source

Careers

The course page names possible employment in finance, consulting, retail, manufacturing and pharmaceuticals, as well as the public sector, NGOs and education.

Working after you graduate

Bachelor's and master's graduates on a Student visa may apply in the UK for the Graduate visa: two years if applying by 31 December 2026, or 18 months if applying on or after 1 January 2027.

Checked on 10 October 2026. Official source.

Scholarships for this course

• Chevening ScholarshipsTuition fees, monthly living stipend, economy return flight, arrival and departure allowances and visa application cost
• Commonwealth Master's ScholarshipsFull tuition fees, return airfare, monthly stipend of GBP 1,712 (GBP 2,000 in the London area) and a study travel grant