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- 16 months
Why study a Graduate Diploma in Applied Business Analytics online with Melbourne Business School?
Drive results, not just reports
Become a sought-after analytics expert with technical skills to remove bias and identify insights to drive meaningful business impact.
Design innovative analytics solutions
Use core analytics concepts to solve complex business problems and guide responsible use of AI-based analytical techniques.
Anticipate challenges and opportunities with advanced modelling
Master machine learning and forecasting techniques to uncover insights and mitigate business risks.
What you will study
Complete 8 subjects over the course of your Graduate Diploma 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.
Apply advanced statistical models to predict business outcomes and translate complex insights into practical decisions.
Discover and apply machine learning techniques to uncover patterns and predict outcomes in business data.
Is the Graduate Diploma in Applied Analytics right for you?
Whether you're an experienced analytics professional or ready to make a career move, this program provides you with technical and advanced analytical capabilities to drive business impact.
- You have a qualification in commerce, mathematics, physics, computer science, information systems, engineering or science
- Motivated to strengthen your technical skills and explore more advanced analytics concepts
- Seeking a qualification that signals genuine depth of expertise to employers
- Wanting to build and learn from a network of like-minded peers, professionals and industry experts
- Looking to obtain and apply in-demand skills to drive change in your career, without compromising personal commitments.
- With a degree in another discipline but you recognise the value of analytics and want to build foundational skills to transition into the field
- Curious about how data and AI can improve business decisions and wanting formal training to understand the fundamentals
- Looking to build credibility for a move into a more analytical or technical position
- Wanting practical, hands-on learning you can apply from day one.
If these points sound more like you, the Graduate Certificate in Applied Business Analytics could be your next step.
Career outcomes
Every business collects data, yet few know how to truly make sense of it. That’s where analytics experts come in.
The online Graduate Diploma in Applied Business Analytics prepares you to become that expert. By building your technical depth to interpret, apply and communicate insights that drive real business outcomes.
Influenced by your professional experience and career goals, this program can support your progression into roles such as:
- Head of Customer Analytics
- Marketing Insights Manager
- Portfolio Manager
- Portfolio Risk Analyst
- Principal Financial Analyst
- Senior Business Analyst
- Senior Insights Analyst
- Senior Market Research Analyst.
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.
Tools you'll use
The program is grounded in the analytics tools and languages employers look for, so your skills are valued no matter your industry.
You don't need prior experience to get started. You'll progressively build confidence with these tools, learning how to apply them to business challenges throughout the program. You'll develop fluency in:
Python
One of the world's most widely used analytics languages, used to build programs, apply machine learning and automate workflows.
R
A powerful tool for statistical analysis and modelling. You’ll use R to run statistical analysis, build predictive models and uncover patterns in complex data.
SQL
The backbone of data management in business, used throughout the program to store, retrieve and manipulate data at scale.
Tableau
A data visualisation tool used to translate data into interactive insights, helping you explore trends and effectively communicate findings to support decision-making.
Please note, tools listed are indicative only and may vary by subject.
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.