Master's Degree in Data Analytics For Business And Society

Course overview

This course is primarily aimed at students with an economics and business studies background who have a keen interest in quantitative methods and the mass use of data to maintain and increase companies’ competitive advantage, emphasising the aggregate economic impact.

The course aims to study the computational, mathematical and statistical aspects relating to the processing of digital data, which is nowadays produced by many different human, commercial and industrial activities, and their implications in the economic and business environment.

Students enrolled in this Programme will acquire data processing skills to interpret and analyse complex phenomena in the fields of economics, strategy, marketing, human resources, finance, accounting and social sciences in general.

Furthermore, the course will provide advanced skills on machine learning techniques to extract patterns and predictive models from digital data.

The programme is divided into two study paths, "Business Application" and "Fintech and Bigtech", which share the same quantitative training, with a strong basis of information technologies and the learning methods that are typical of artificial intelligence, statistical learning methods and mathematical optimisation methods to support decision-making and risk analysis.

Professional profiles

Data Analysis Specialist:

• public and private entities operating in the tertiary sector, in particular dealing with the development and management of innovative data-based services;

• regulatory authorities, intervention agencies at various levels such as ministries, local authorities and international organisations working with large databases;

• finance companies: banks and insurance companies, consultancy firms;

• public or private research and development centres and study centres in general, operating in the fields of science/economics, finance, technology, biology and healthcare, which use data analysis extensively.

Business Data Analysis Specialist:

• companies operating in the industrial sector and all sizes of manufacturing companies that analyse and use data as a source of information within the production process;

• entities and organisations dealing with the development and management of innovative data-based services;

• finance companies: banks and insurance companies, consultancy firms, rating agencies; professional organisations providing consultancy and analysis services.

Social Data Analysis Specialist:

• public and/or tertiary sector entities, in particular dealing with the development and management of innovative data-based services;

• finance companies: banks and insurance companies, consulting firms, rating agencies, investment funds, hedge funds;

• public or private companies operating in the healthcare sector: management of regional health authorities, healthcare consultancy agencies, pharmaceutical

• companies, marketing and development agencies;

• public or private, national and international research and development centres and study centres in general, working in the fields of science/ economics, finance, technology, biology and healthcare, which use data analysis extensively.

For information about our Master’s Degree in Data Analytics For Business And Society, see here: https://www.unive.it/web/en/12709/home