Program Overview
This program prepares participants for successful careers helping organizations make better decisions through analytics. It prepares participants to work effectively with complex, real-world data and to create value from it. The program is based on a holistic educational experience, where theory and practice are fully interlaced through the continuous support of public and private sectors partners. This program will be the only program in the UAE ensuring the graduates are highly sought-after Data Analysts within the industry.

The Data Analytics program is designed to be suitable for working individuals. The program gives participants the ability to help organizations increase the efficiency of their operations and gather and interpret data more efficiently. While pursuing their master's, students will also be coached to implement what they learn at workplace yielding more future opportunities. The program is carefully designed to cater for all levels of data analytics: from creating a strategy and vision of the organization towards big data, managing to secure the data, building appropriate infrastructure for data analytics, data analysis and presentation for intelligent decision making.

How data collection and analysis is used for emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, virtual realities, robotics, machine learning and other fields is included in the program. The program is jointly designed with public departments such as Smart Dubai as well as international leading organizations in the field.

Mission Statement

1. To develop an understanding of current concepts and methodologies in data analytics that can be effectively utilized by both individuals and organizations to analyze and make decisions from data;

2. To equip students with the necessary tools - both theoretical and practical - of data analytics in order to derive value from data.

Program Goals

• Provide a comprehensive understanding of the tools needed to sort, mine, visualize and analyze data
• Enable students with the ability to apply these tools to a wide variety of data to deliver a high-quality body of research

Program Learning Outcomes

• Evaluate business problems for the purposes of analytical investigation for decision-making
• Construct comprehensive analytical models
• Compare data collection and preparation techniques in the process of model building for data analysis
• Apply data analysis models and methods to large scale data and for emerging technologies
• Identify and analyze risks related to data analytics
• Demonstrate competencies in innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability
• Execute a data analytics project that involves substantial research with findings and recommendations

The Data Analytics program is designed for working professionals looking to develop a high-level understanding in this growing field of business operations. As the only degree of its kind in the UAE, graduates of the program are highly sought-after for their unique skill set in data translation.

Accreditations

RIT is consistently ranked among the top American Universities. The degree you will earn from RIT Dubai is a fully recognized university degree from RIT New York and has the same value as a degree earned by studying there.

In the UAE, the Master of Science in Professional Studies: Data Analytics degree program is accredited by the Ministry of Education - Higher Education Affairs, UAE and is licensed by the KHDA.

The program is comprised of 33 semester credit hours which students must successfully complete.

The table below shows the program structure of Master of Science in Professional Studies: Data Analytics program courses.

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To graduate, students need to complete all the requirements as listed in the curriculum. Click here for the graduation policy.

Click here to download graduate catalogue for complete descriptions of each course within the program.