Business Analytics

Internships

The Master’s programme in Business Analytics is completed with a six months internship. Please see the website of the Internship Office for Mathematics and Computer Science for information on placement opportunities

Examples of internships:

Optimization of Business Processes:

• KLM – Revenue management
  Which company contracts make the most revenue? Which contracts should KLM avoid?
• AMC (Academic Medical Center) – Patient logistics
  Draw up a schedule for optimal use of CT scanning equipment
• Logica CMG – Meeting location planner
  Find the most suitable meeting location in the Netherlands

Financial Risk Management:

• Zwitserleven – Asset Liability Management (ALM)
  Developing and calculating ALM models for the best possible pension fund policy
• Watson Wyatt – Operational Risk
  How does one calculate operational risks for insurance companies?
• Deloitte – Statistics in auditing
  Analyze the statistical methods which can be applied in sample audits

Computational Intelligence: 

• AM Wonen – housing market
  Are you able to predict the number of potential buyers interested in a type of house that has yet to be designed?
• ING – Marketing campaigns 
  Are you able to predict the effect a marketing campaign will have?
• Politie Haaglanden (Police department) – Neural Networks
  Implementing advanced computer technology for fingerprint recognition 

Dual programme

Employment and study can be combined by following the dual Master’s programme. During this programme you are employed part time and study part time. The work needs to be relevant for the study. The external master's project (internship) is incorporated in the work, although supervision of the external master's project involves at least one university staff member.

Students obtain credit points for time spent on work. Moreover, it is possible to do the BA paper (6 ECTS) on a case study that is work-related, provided the case study is supported by a sound theoretical basis. This makes the total of work-related credit points, including the external master's project, 60 ECTS, being the equivalent of one year of study. The total of non-work-related credit points should be at least 60 ECTS. Typically, a student participating in the dual master's programme should expect to obtain the Master's degree after two and a half years.

For more information, see the information about the dual programme at the website of the Internship Office for Mathematics and Computer Science.