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Analytics with real-world action​

Optimise decision making as you advance your technical ability to interpret, apply and communicate analytical insights to solve business challenges.​

Learn from industry-leading innovators​

Build your credibility and stand out in a rapidly evolving, business-critical field. Learn from the world-renowned academics and trusted industry experts behind Australia's #1 Business Analytics program^.

^QS Business Master’s Rankings 2026: Business Analytics

Unrivalled access to the best minds in business analytics

Each week, engage in 2-hour live learning sessions. Collaborate in real-time with leading experts for a deeper understanding and problem solving.

 

Quick Facts
  • Online Study
  • Start: Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Aug, Oct
  • 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.​

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 just sixteen months or extend your path towards your masters, with the freedom to pause if life gets too busy.

Your future opportunities

Build technical confidence to position yourself for more senior roles and help influence shape strategy through predictive and diagnostic insights.

Completing this program means you will be able to:

  • Use programming and machine learning tools to clean, analyse and model complex datasets
  • Apply predictive techniques to anticipate business challenges
  • Communicate sophisticated insights clearly to internal and external stakeholders.
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Quiz and test, weekly reading, video and webinars

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.

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.

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