Program Overview

MSc/PgDip Business Analysis & Consulting

The MSc in Business Analysis & Consulting has been developed to equip students with the practical, evaluative, and analytical skills to influence and develop strategy and performance within organizations. The program focuses on providing students with the key quantitative business analysis methods necessary to evaluate performance and make informed decisions.

Key Facts

• Start date: September
• Accreditation: Triple-accredited business school (AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA)
• Study mode and duration:
  • MSc: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time
  • PgDip: 9 months full-time, 21 months part-time

Why This Course?

The MSc in Business Analysis & Consulting is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of business analysis and consulting principles. The program includes a range of core and elective classes, as well as a dissertation or project component.

Course Content

The course content includes:

• Core classes:
  • Becoming an Effective Business Analyst
  • Foundations of Operational Research & Business Analysis
  • Managing Business Operations
  • Quantitative Business Analysis
  • Spreadsheet Modelling & Demand Forecasting
  • Strategy Modelling and Management
• Elective classes:
  • Business Analytics
  • Business Information Systems
  • Business Simulation Methods
  • Performance Measurement & Management
  • Risk Analysis & Management
  • SBS Spring School Module

Learning & Teaching

Core and elective classes are taught across two semesters, with a combination of lectures, hands-on software sessions, online material, group and individual study, and assignments. The project/dissertation is undertaken during the summer months.

Assessment

Classes are assessed by various methods, including written assignments, exams, practical team projects, presentations, and individual projects. Exams take place at the end of each semester.

Entry Requirements

• MSc: Minimum second-class Honours degree, or overseas equivalent, in business, economics, engineering, or the social sciences.
• PgDip: Minimum of a Pass degree, or equivalent, in an appropriate subject.
• English language requirements: Students whose first language is not English must have a minimum of 6.5 IELTS score, with no individual score lower than 5.5.

Fees & Funding

• Scotland: £14,250
• England, Wales & Northern Ireland: £14,250
• Republic of Ireland: If you are an Irish citizen and have been ordinary resident in the Republic of Ireland for the three years prior to the relevant date, and will be coming to Scotland for Educational purposes only, you will meet the criteria of England, Wales & Northern Ireland fee status.
• International: £31,100
• Additional costs: May include course materials, placements, and field trips.

Careers

The combination of quantitative and qualitative skills learned, along with real experience of working with various clients' problems throughout the course, will make students attractive to employers. By the end of the program, students will be well-placed for a client-focused career by providing model-based decision support to management at a strategic and operational level.

Our Students

Our students have gone on to work for a range of organizations, including NHS, PWC, SYSTRA, Scottish Enterprise, British Petroleum, Hilton Worldwide, Mabbett, Valentia Partners, RBS, and North Highland.

Strathclyde Business School

Strathclyde Business School was founded in 1948 and is a pioneering, internationally renowned academic organization with a reputation for research excellence. The Business School is home to seven subject departments and a number of specialist centers, all of which collaborate to provide a dynamic, fully-rounded, and varied program of specialist and cross-disciplinary courses.