This is a three-year bachelor's programme at WSB Merito University in Wrocław that combines economics with hands-on work on data. It is taught full-time and suits school-leavers who want to analyse business information in English and are comfortable with numbers and programming.
Your core classes include Econometrics, Statistical Inference, Data Modelling and Forecasting and Data Visualisation, alongside Databases and Big Data and Basics of Programming. Financial Accounting shows you where business figures come from.
Along the way you work with SQL and Power BI, analyse real economic data in projects and case studies, and take part in a Business Game. Statistical methods help you interpret results in a business setting, while visualisation techniques teach you to turn raw figures into clear reports and presentations. You also study the basics of economics and finance, which gives context to the companies whose data you analyse.
You follow one specialisation: Financial Data Analyst. Its classes include Analysis of Financial Instruments, Advanced Statistical Analysis, Basics of Programming in Python, Low-Code Programming and Automation of Business Processes.
Every class on this programme is taught in English, so you pick up the vocabulary of economics and analytics while you study. Additional classes are devoted to deepening your command of the language. This suits the kind of career the programme points to, working in international companies that need analysts who combine data skills with fluent English.
Graduates can work as financial data analysts who prepare reports behind strategic decisions, or as Big Data specialists who look for key trends in large datasets.
Other routes lead to data analysis consulting, where you help firms manage their data effectively, to data visualisation, where you present results clearly, and to analytical programming, where you design tools that support analysis. The programme also prepares you for work in international firms.
Based on the programme pages at merito.pl.
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