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- Online Study
- Start: Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Aug, Oct
- 8 months
Why study a Graduate Diploma in Applied Business Analytics online with Melbourne Business School?
Drive actionable analytical insights
Identify and apply foundational analytical concepts to convert raw data into actionable insights that enable effective management decisions.
Guide strategy with powerful data storytelling
Gain the tools and expertise to effectively communicate complex datasets to diverse audiences within your organisation.
Leverage AI to elevate analytics
Build a future-ready analytics skillset by exploring AI-based analytical techniques to drive responsible, high-impact business decisions.
Access a world-leading and industry-connected faculty
Strengthen your career advantage through our network of over 100 industry partnerships.
Collaborate with subject matter experts
Each week you’ll workshop solutions to real business challenges. Resulting in an advanced analytical skillset that you can confidently apply in your current and future roles.
Institute for Digital Innovation and AI
Gain unrivalled access to leading organisations and strategic insights to help you stand out in a fast-paced field.
Flexible study options
Tailor your postgraduate journey through flexible entry and exit points:
- Graduate Certificate in Applied Business Analytics
- Graduate Diploma in Applied Business Analytics
- Master of Applied Business Analytics.
Complete your studies in eight months, with the freedom to pause if life gets too busy.
Your future opportunities
Gain the fundamentals to move beyond intuition and begin driving evidence-based decisions. You’ll be ready to contribute meaningfully to data-driven projects and communicate insights to key decision makers.
Completing this program means you will be able to:
- Apply foundational analytical techniques to business data
- Translate data into clear, actionable insights for stakeholders
- Demonstrate an applied understanding of how analytics can improve business outcomes.
What you will study
Complete any 4 subjects from the list below over the course of your Graduate Certificate in Applied Business Analytics.
For optimal learning and flexibility, you will focus on one subject at a time over a 7-week study period.
Build core skills in mathematics, probability and statistics to analyse data and solve business problems with confidence.
Learn how to model complex decisions, recognise cognitive biases and apply structured techniques to improve business outcomes.
Transform complex data into clear, compelling visual stories using industry-standard tools and design best practices.
Explore AI concepts and frameworks while developing the ethical insight to apply AI responsibly in business contexts.
Design and implement dynamic data warehouses that power decision making and drive organisational insights.
Gain hands-on programming skills to manage, analyse and present data for solving real business challenges.
The Melbourne Business School Online experience
Melbourne Business School Online provides a flexible and immersive learning experience designed to adapt to the diverse needs and circumstances of all students.
Built for online, with the option of blended learning
With tutorials offered online and on campus, you have the option to study fully online or through a blended learning model if you are local to the MBS campus.
No matter where you study, which device you study on or how you study - the learning experience is of the highest quality.
Six intakes per year
With multiple enrolment opportunities per year, adapt your studies to your life - not the other way around.
When life gets too busy, rest assured that the support you need to succeed is at your fingertips.
Accessible for the ambitious
We have broken down the barriers to studying with Australia’s premier Business School.
Regardless of your time zone, work commitments or other factors our online programs are designed to be accessible from wherever you are.