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Master in Big Data Analytics for Business

Data Science – a driving force for business.

  • Format

    3 Terms + Capstone Project

  • Languages

    ENGLISH

  • Location

    LILLE

  • Fees

    €18,900

  • Intake

    September

  • Credits

    120 ECTS

Accreditations

Overview

The Master in Big Data Analytics for Business is a 4-term program completely taught in English which aims at training data scientists.

Participants are exposed to the leading-edge fundamentals in data-driven decision-making by extracting knowledge and insights from Big Data. They will learn how to solve managerial problems by critically asking questions in the spirit of ‘What do we know?’ (Data driven) rather than ‘What do we think? (Gut feeling).

QS Business Masters Rankings 2023: IÉSEG is ranked 1st worldwide in Class & Faculty diversity for its Master in Big Data Analytics for Business.

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Director’s foreword

Master in Big Data Analytics for Business

Dr. Kristof COUSSEMENT

Academic Director, Professor of Business Analytics, IÉSEG Center for Marketing Analytics Director


BIG data. BIG analytics. BIG career. By teaching participants how to master the new data-driven challenges that companies are currently experiencing in (online) marketing, finance, and operations, the Master in Big Data Analytics for Business is an extraordinary relevant market-driven must-have on one’s curriculum vitae. The opportunity to spend three academic terms in an international environment, with instructors and peers from around the globe, creates a program that will be an ever-lasting professional and personal experience.

Specialized Masters – Presentation

Key Program Advantages

  • Participants in this Master in Big Data Analytics for Business will receive a personal laptop included in their tuition fees. They will receive their laptop at the beginning of the academic year with a full software roll-out on and keep it after the end of the program to facilitate the start of their professional career.
  • Exposure to leading data science methodologies (descriptive and predictive modeling, statistical and machine learning algorithms, deep learning, text analytics, forecasting, social network analysis, optimization tools, amongst others).
  • Exposure to leading data science technologies (Python, R, SAS, GIT, GITHub, Google Colab, Databricks, JupyterLab, Jupyter Notebooks, Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Kaggle, IBM SPSS Statistics, Tableau, Excel, amongst others).
  • Exposure to industry-based learning through a real-life 4-month hackathon, workshops, and recruitment meetings with industry experts
  • Exposure to cutting-edge innovations in the field of data science, thanks to the quality of the IÉSEG research team and its marketing analysis center – ICMA.

Master Degree

Upon successful completion of the program (120 ECTS), students get the State-recognized ‘Grade de Master’ for this Postgraduate program (“DESMI – Diplôme d’Études Spécialisées en Management International”), with the specialization “Big Data Analytics for Business”.

The Diploma is delivered by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation and registered with the French RNCP (the National Registry of Professional Certification) under the number RNCP37390.

Career opportunities

Graduates will have acquired the skills to discover key information by reviewing company data, taking into consideration the relevant business context. They will become decision makers with strong fundamentals in business and analytics. They can work as:

  • Business Analyst
  • Business Intelligence Engineer
  • Data Analyst
  • Data Engineer
  • Data Scientist

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class profile

Our program attracts a wide range of people with diverse perspectives, reflecting cultures, opinions and talents from different regions of the world. This year, we welcome another diverse group of participants:

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Testimonials

Joana Alves

Joana Alves

MSc Big Data Analytics for Business, 2017

Before coming to IÉSEG I completed a Bachelor in International Business Management in the Netherlands and had been working for a start-up in my home country (Portugal). I decided that I needed to acquire in-depth knowledge in an area of business that interested me: big data analytics. I chose IÉSEG because of its reputation and the opportunity to study in English, but also because this MSc would enable me to learn how to apply big data analytics to different business situations. In addition to our academic courses, we also benefit from the rich exchanges with the other international participants on the program. Another ...
Furhanah AZHARUDDIN

Furhanah AZHARUDDIN

MSc Big Data Analytics for Business Alumna

Alumna, 2017 Many of the courses at IÉSEG make use of project work. Throughout the program, we got to work in groups made up of people with different backgrounds and from different parts of the world. For my current job as a data analyst in a start-up in Paris that focuses on end-to-end payment solutions for Marketplaces, Crowdfunding and Fintech platforms, the international dimension is quite important. I can appreciate better the perspectives of my colleagues who are from the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands (and of course France) and that has enhanced my work environment and my career. Courses at IÉSEG taught me to put ...
Maria Jimenez

Maria Jimenez

MSc Big Data Analytics for Business

Before I came to IÉSEG, I was working as an Information Analyst at Tecnoquimicas S.A., one of Colombia’s leading pharmaceutical and consumer goods companies. I worked in the IT department for 4 years, leading change management projects, constructing KPIs for measuring and improving the services, guaranteeing IT governance and supervising the department’s budget. I was particularly attracted by the “for business” approach of this program, as many of the other data analytics programs I found were more technical. Since I come from a business background, it seemed like a perfect fit for me given my previous ...
Minh Phan

Minh Phan

MSc in Big Data Analytics for Business, 2016

I have always enjoyed and been passionate about computing, and programming languages, ever since I was child. When I was 18 I decided to follow a study path that finally led me to work in Financial and Taxation industry for KPMG. However, at the beginning of 2015, I decided to leave my job to pursue the thing I really love. It was at this moment that I discovered the Master in Big Data program at IÉSEG. I decided to follow this Master of Science as it is well-designed, very practical and fits perfectly with my background and expectations. Many of the courses such as “Business Analytics Tools” or  “Descriptive & ...
James Sexton

James Sexton

MSc Big Data Analytics for Business

When I applied to IÉSEG, I was working as a middle manager in the corporate strategy division of a local government organization in London, focusing on performance management and using business intelligence to inform corporate and service planning. Of all the courses that I researched, IÉSEG’s courses most closely matched my ideal specification, in particular by focusing on developing the technical skills that are in greatest demand by employers in today’s business environment. My specific aim was to learn how to make sense of and derive business intelligence from the increasing amounts of data that businesses hold ...

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