Global Master in Business Analytics and Big Data - The Program

The Business Analytics and Big Data Global Master’s Degree

The Global Master in Business Analytics and Big Data molds the future data scientists ready to face the challenge of extracting relevant insights from data by using advanced analytics and cutting-edge technologies to drive decision making processes. They are professionals who are specialized in identifying, collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and transforming data.

The program is divided into three terms and covers four Key Areas of Learning, allowing for a dynamic and integrated learning experience. The 17-month course ensures an accelerated and flexible transformational journey, allowing work-life balance. The program is a blend of courses taught by live videoconferencing and discussion forums, that replicate the experience of a face-to-face classroom, and interaction with faculty on a 24/7 online platform.

WHAT’S THE PART-TIME FORMAT LIKE?

This 17-months program is both online and face-to-face— in other words, it’s liquid. We align and combine the best of technology, pedagogy and our world-class faculty, so you can experience multi-layered learning in a multi-faceted environment.

Online periods – Through our virtual campus, you get a challenging and highly interactive educational experience. The well-structured, faculty-led sessions fit into the modern professional’s busy schedule and can be accessed anywhere there is an internet connection. Engage with other global professionals in synchronous and asynchronous sessions including interactive small groups where you work on real-world, industry-based case studies.

• Live Sessions – On Saturdays, you will connect to live video conference sessions engaging with your peers and professors in real time, discussing previously established topics for the week. These sessions are truly an extension of the traditional classroom experience, allowing you to negotiate and collaborate with your classmates in the same space, despite connecting from all over the globe.
• Asynchronous online discussions – The forums allow you to participate in the faculty-led asynchronous sessions every week from Monday to Thursday. Professors will moderate these written discussions about chosen topics in order to achieve the learning objectives.

Face-To-Face Periods – get to know your diverse classmates even more through all-day workshops and classes that further develop your soft skills and teamwork. Explore Madrid after class and get to know your peers on a deeper level.

• Roughly 5 weeks of full-time course work and networking with your peers in the heart of the Spanish capital, spread throughout the duration of the program.
• 1 week of face-to-face sessions in Dubai.

Note: due to the current situation, IE has developed the Liquid Learning model which will ensure your studies continue even if travel is not possible for you at the moment.