Overview

The Master of Analytics at Massey University will help you understand businesses and organisations' collection of detailed data, as well as give you training in communicating your findings in a compelling way to a business audience. Your study will cover fundamental data analysis tools, including machine learning, data mining, statistics, and econometrics.

In the last phase of study, you will complete an applied analytics project, where you will address a real-world problem in collaboration with an organisation. We also give you training in communicating your findings in a compelling way to a business audience.

Key facts

The Master of Analytics is sponsored by the world's leading business analytics software provider - SAS. That means you get the globally recognised SAS certification when you graduate. Lecturers can use SAS business insights and you will gain access to SAS’ global network of clients. This agreement was the first of its kind with a New Zealand university.

Career

The skills you will learn in the Master of Analytics meet the growing demand for graduates capable of harvesting, processing, analysing and presenting data in ways that encourage informed and effective organisational decision making. You will learn how to extract useful information from big data, while maintaining data security and privacy.

This will open up to you the increasing number of roles for people who can combine business skills with data analysis and who have excellent communication skills.

International trends are for employers to reward postgraduate study well, especially in larger enterprises. The skills you learn are increasingly recognised as setting you apart from other potential employees.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Multivariate Analysis for Big Data

Practical Data Mining

Applied Econometric Methods

Applied Analytics Project

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 18 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-06-29 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-06-19 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-02-09 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-31 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-02-05 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Auckland, New Zealand

Disciplines

Econometrics

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

have been awarded or qualified for a bachelor’s degree in the subject in which you intend to specialise, or equivalent, with a minimum B grade average in the highest level courses
have sufficient background in statistical analysis tools to satisfy the Academic Board that you have the capacity to undertake the programme.

You will provide the following documents:

Verified copies of all academic transcripts for studies taken at all universities other than Massey University.
Provide a current CV showing all relevant work experience with statistical software.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

59760 NZD / year

≈ 59760 NZD / year
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Citizens or residents

12098 NZD / year

≈ 12098 NZD / year

Living costs

Auckland

New Zealand

1400 - 2200 NZD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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