Business Analytics, M.Sc.
Business analytics is a key support tool for corporate decision makers, which has a central role in business planning and controlling. Its core function is to extract information of relevance to a company’s management from both internal and external data sources. In this master’s programme, you learn the necessary strategic, organisational and technological skills for business analytics with a scientifically sound approach.
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Science (M.Sc.) |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3 semesters, 90 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Required English | B2 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Summer semester, winter semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07, summer semester until 15.01 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €311.40 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →About the programme
The programme’s aim is to enable you to look at business matters from an entrepreneurial perspective and
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- develop data-related questions,
- identify and analyse suitable data and
- communicate relevant conclusions straight to the respective stakeholders.
The cross-industry and interdisciplinary approach empowers you to work on demanding specialist and executive tasks in both national and international markets.
The master’s programme Business Analytics is unique combining management content with universal cross-sector application of quantitative procedures and technological issues.
You learn concepts and theories in controlling and big data, compliance management and legal framework (liability and data protection legislation), IT support and applications, applied economic analysis, financial modelling and applied empirical research methods. In addition, you can choose industry-specific contents such as industry 4.0, marketing analytics, supply chain analytics as well as auditing and risk management.
What you study
Semesters 1–2
- Controlling and big data
- IT support and applications in business analytics
- Advanced managerial economics
- Financial modelling
- Concepts and compliance management systems, current legal issues, in particular liability and data protection
- Value-oriented corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and sustainability reporting
- Geographical economics, competition policy
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
As a graduate from the MSc Business Analytics, you can work in various areas of different industries.
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You are qualified for professional fields such as in-house consulting, business and data analysis, corporate consulting, market research, controlling, reporting, corporate development and planning.
The main aim of the programme is to enable you to take on executive responsibilities in the business environment.
You are not only qualified for a career as a specialist, but you can also work as a generalist in management. Alternatively, you could start your own business based on the knowledge and expertise acquired during the master’s programme.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (North Rhine-Westphalia), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €311.40 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | Successful completion of a bachelor’s programme in business studies of at least 210 credits (for a three-semester master’s programme) or 180 credits (for a four-semester master’s programme) |
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| Language | German C1, English B2 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07, summer semester until 15.01 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2German up to C1 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application via uni-assist until 15.01uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 5Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.01.2027 (93 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.