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ExMaster in Business Analytics

A specialization designed to deepen your understanding of Big Data, the only tool that allows you to discover, interpret and communicate relevant patterns in data to turn it into a competitive advantage for your company. In addition, it provides you with a solid understanding of the theoretical foundations of Artificial Intelligence (AI), its applications, ethical considerations, and future trends.

International modules

Your executive master's degree with international experience

You will have the opción to add additional modules to your master's degree that will be included in your academic record at the end of your studies.

National University of Singapore

Doing Business in Asia

Designed and taught in conjunction with the National University of Singapore, it will allow you to delve into the way of doing business in Asia and the success of Singapore as an ecosystem of innovation and high technology, which has included sustainability as a fundamental axis.

Esade Business School

Strategic Talent Management

Lead a strategic vision of talent, aligning your company's objectives with its organizational culture, even in uncertain environments, with the "Strategic Talent Management" module in collaboration with ESADE Business School, the eighth executive education school in the world, position recognized for more than a decade by the Financial Times.

Darden School of Business

Investment Banking & Financial Engineering

This international module provides an overview of various financial tools and emerging technologies that are relevant in the business world. Topics covered include Embedded options (preferred titles with built-in conversion and participation options) and Warrants and restricted stock. In addition, the private equity/venture capital industries as well as Pre-money valuation and Post-money valuation are examined. An introduction to cryptography, bitcoin, blockchain and their applications is also presented, as well as the importance of Big Data, artificial intelligence and machine learning in business management.

ESCP Business School

Big Data Applications

In this module, you will have an emphasis on exploiting Big Data techniques to manage and use data sets that are too large and complex to be processed using conventional methods. We know that today, organizations need to be able to manage, process and use massive heterogeneous data sets in a fast and robust way for successful management.

Participant profile

  • Aimed at professionals with a minimum experience of 5 years in this area of ​​specialization, as well as senior executives who aspire to develop a deep experience in business analytics and management science.
  • Numerical skills.
  • Intermediate command of English.

The best Faculty in the region, made up of professors with doctoral degrees from the best universities in North America and Europe

Why this program?

EDUCATION TAILORED TO YOU

Choose to earn a master's or postgraduate degree

INCAE renewed its executive master's degrees in a modular and flexible format, designed to meet the needs of today's Latin American leaders. Now, you can choose to pursue a graduate degree or complete a master's degree in the specialization that best suits your career path.

Postgraduate: Complete the modules of the specialization of your choice. (8 months).
• ExMaster in Finance
• ExMaster in Business Analytics
• ExMaster in Marketing and Sales

Master's degree: conclude the specialization and add the General Management courses.
(12 months in total: 8 of specialization and 4 months of General Management).
For your convenience, the contents are taught in hybrid mode: 3 modules in Costa Rica - 2 modules in Panama - 4 to 5 modules Live Online

Specialized academic content

The Executive Master in Business Analytics from INCAE Business School is an executive master's degree with an emphasis on the analytical side of business. It is designed to deepen the understanding of Big Data, the only tool that allows you to discover, interpret and communicate relevant patterns in data to turn them into a competitive advantage for companies.

During the development of the learning, the participant will also learn about the various challenges of the current panorama, which will be placed under the magnifying glass of comprehensive and strategic analysis. The combination of cutting-edge knowledge, the latest trends revealed by researchers in the region and
The experience developed by the faculty in consulting projects throughout Latin America, as well as in the rest of the world, will also be part of the value of this master's degree. All of this will allow the student to acquire solid, world-class knowledge to immediately apply it in their organizations and follow the correct path to success.

Vanguard General Education

The best faculty in Latin America, made up of 100% professors with doctoral degrees from the most prestigious universities in the world, which will give you tools to improve decision-making and face the challenges of a changing business world.

High level networking

The master's degree will allow you to learn and work alongside a group of experienced professionals from more than 10 countries. You will also exchange ideas with world-class experts, businessmen and guests and have access to the Inca network that includes more than 14.000 executives and managers from all over Latin America.

Carla Brenes's experience

Academic content

1. Pre-Program (Online)

(*) The pre-program is taken only once, either at the beginning of the master's or postgraduate degree.
(**) General Management courses must be completed to obtain the master's degree, after completing the
specialization.
(***) Courses that must be completed to obtain the postgraduate degree only.
INCAE reserves the right to make changes in the content, schedules and modality of the program.

2. Modules

Pre-program (*)

Themes:

• Quantitative methods
• Critical Thinking and Decision Making

General Management (**)

Themes:

Module 1
• General Management (Leadership and Strategy)

Module 2
• Financial Accounting and Value Creation
• Economy and Environment

Module 3
• Digital Transformation
• Sustainable Strategy

Postgraduate (***) Pre-program

Themes:

Module 4

  • Statistics and Data Visualization
  • Database Management

Module 5

  • predictive analytics
  • predictive analytics

Module 6
• Ecommerce
• Text Analytics

Module 7
• Machine learning
• Programming for Managers

Module 8
• Machine Learning and Causality
• Marketing Analytics and Customer Relationship Management

Module 9
• Process Analytics
• Artificial Intelligence

  • Aimed at professionals with a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience, who aspire to deepen in the area.
  • Curriculum vitae.
  • Interview with the Admissions Manager.
  • Complete the application for admission.
  • Cancellation of US$150 by admission and examination process.
  • Pass the entrance exam.
  • Letter from the company where you work, committing to free the participant the time required to carry out the program.
  • Certificate of grades (sent by University).
  • Graduation Certificate (Submitted by University).
  • Two letters of recommendation in the format of INCAE.

FAQs

Is it possible to do the Executive Master in Business Analytics without sacrificing quality and dedication at work?
It is entirely possible and in fact, it is the reason why the format is modular (1 week per month), to ensure that students can work without interrupting their professional career. In addition, this format allows you to apply what you have learned faster, thus offering a clear benefit to your employer. 

Tips to improve your CV

Doing an executive master's degree means embarking on an exciting but also demanding life project, whose success depends on the interrelationship between work, study and personal life

Our teachers

  • Roy Gerardo Zuniga
    Academic director

    Full Professor at INCAE Business School. He completed his doctoral studies in Complexity Management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, England and the University of Valladolid, Spain, graduated Summa Cum Laude, for his work on Strategy Execution and Operationalization. He has a Master of Philosophy in Strategic Simulation and Organizational Learning from Manchester School of Management. He holds a Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies and Environmental Management from the University of Oregon, USA. He obtained an MBA with an emphasis in Finance and a Postgraduate Degree in Functional Administration from INCAE, where he graduated with High Distinction.

  • Camelia Ilie
    Teacher

    Camelia Ilie is an entrepreneurial leader, advisor and professor with more than 25 years of experience in value creation, strategy, innovation and profit and loss management in organizations in Europe, Latin America and the US. She is Dean of Strategy and Institutional Affairs, Chair of the Leadership Center and Professor at INCAE, a leading business school in Latin America. Over the last decade, together with an excellent team of leaders, she transformed Executive Education's business model to position it in the Top 25 of the Financial Times global ranking. In addition, they created an online education start-up, in alliance with Emeritus, a world leader in educational technology. Up to more than 6,500 participants from more than 15 countries studied annually in the areas she has led.

  • Stephen R. Brenes
    Stephen R. Brenes
    Teacher

    He is a Full Professor at INCAE Business School, specializing in the areas of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, and was Dean of INCAE Business School from 2001 to 2007. He is currently the Academic Director of the Executive MBA (EMBA) and the Senior Management Program.

  • Arnoldo Rodriguez
    Teacher

    Associate Professor at INCAE Business School, where he teaches in the areas of Financial Accounting, Management Accounting and Control. He earned his doctorate from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. Likewise, he is a graduate of the INCAE MBA. Professor Rodríguez is the Director of the Master's program in Analytics, Innovation and Technology (MAIT) at INCAE.

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    Teacher

    Full Professor at INCAE Business School. He earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. As an academic, he has been a member of the Faculty of Northwestern University and INCAE, where he also served as Dean and as director of INCAE's Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development (CLACDS). 

  • Carla Fernandez Corrales
    Teacher

    Professor Carla Fernández Corrales obtained her Ph.D. in Business Administration with a concentration in Information Systems from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition, she completed undergraduate studies in Industrial Engineering and obtained with honors an Academic Master's Degree in Computing, both from the University of Costa Rica. She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship from the Department of State of the United States of America.

  • Urs P. Jäger
    Teacher

    Associate Professor at INCAE Business School. He holds a PhD in Strategic Change Management (Habilitation / tenured) from the University of St.Gallen (HSG), a PhD in Leadership and Business Ethics from the University of St.Gallen (HSG), and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of St.Gallen (HSG). He has oriented his work towards the area of ​​General Management and Strategic Change in emerging countries with a focus on the inclusion of formal and informal markets, creating concepts based on the philosophy of processes, to generate a sustainable economic and social impact.

  • Jaime Garcia
    Teacher

    Senior Researcher and Director of IPS Projects of the Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development (CLACDS) of INCAE Business School, and expert in methodology of The Social Progress Imperative, where he participates in the design and implementation of sub-national projects of the Social Progress Network. Teacher in the methodological trainings for the measurement of Social Progress carried out at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), INCAE and the conference What Works in Social Progress 2017 in Iceland. Economist from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM), with two master's degrees from the London School of Economics (LSE), in Social Policy, and Population and Development.  

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    Teacher

    He is an Associate Professor at INCAE Business School, where he teaches courses in Macroeconomics, International Trade, Econometrics and Statistics. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan, as well as an MS in Statistics and an MS in Economics.

  • Florian M. Federspiel
    Teacher

    He is an Assistant Professor at INCAE Business School where he focuses on Management Decision Sciences. He earned his PhD in Management Decision Sciences from IE Business School and an MSc. in International Management from the same school. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the area of ​​Operations and Technology at IE Business School, and a member of the Decision Analysis Society (INFORMS).

  • Philip Perez Pineda
    Teacher

    He is a Full Professor at INCAE Business School where he teaches courses on Sustainability Management, Sustainable Development, Introduction to Financial Simulation and Quantitative Methods. He is a native of El Salvador, obtained a doctorate in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University, an MBA from INCAE with a concentration in Development Banking and Finance, and a Postgraduate Degree in Functional Administration with an emphasis in Agroindustrial Management from the same institution. graduating with distinction. He is also an Agronomist Engineer with a specialty in Irrigation from the Autonomous University of Chapingo, Mexico where he achieved honor roll throughout his entire career.

  • Carla Fernandez Corrales
    Teacher

    Professor Carla Fernández Corrales obtained her Ph.D. in Business Administration with a concentration in Information Systems from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition, she completed undergraduate studies in Industrial Engineering and obtained with honors an Academic Master's Degree in Computing, both from the University of Costa Rica. She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship from the Department of State of the United States of America.

  • Pedro Raventos
    Teacher

    Full Professor at INCAE Business School, where he teaches Industrial Organization, eBusiness and International Finance. He holds a master's degree and a doctorate from Harvard University.

  • Ramiro Caso
    Teacher
    Psychologist by profession, Ramiro Casó has developed his career in two areas: communication and teaching ...
  • Andrey M Elizondo
    Teacher

    Academic and senior consultant in innovation and technology management with particular emphasis on governance of platforms and information ecosystems, and orchestration of long-term digital transformation processes. He has participated in multiple strategic consulting processes in organizational and digital transformation, in various industries and organizations in the public and private sectors, both in Latin America and in Europe. He has significant experience in the strategic articulation for the adoption of large-scale complex platforms. He has been linked to INCAE Business School for more than a decade, initially as a consultant and associate researcher and later as part of the visiting faculty. For several years he coordinated the annual evaluation of the provision of public services by digital means in Costa Rica, his country of origin; a systematic measurement carried out externally from INCAE, where the experience of the citizen when interacting digitally with State institutions was analyzed.

  • Gerzo Gallardo Morales
    Teacher
    • Data Science Institute Latam Co-Founder | Guest Professor Master Business Analytics INCAE
    • Master in Statistical Methods from the Pontifical University, Universidad Católica de Chile. Doctorate studies in Economics and Finance at the University of La Rioja Spain. Diploma in Advanced Financial Analysis and Financial Management from the Pontifica, Catholic University of Chile.
    • Commercial Engineer with a specialization in Marketing, from the Central University of Chile  
  • Juan Carlos Barahona, Ph.D. (MIT)
    Teacher

    He is Associate Professor of technology and innovation management at INCAE, the leading business school in Latin America, where he also serves as academic director of the executive master's degrees in marketing and digital transformation.

  • Roy Gerardo Zuniga
    Academic director
  • Camelia Ilie
    Teacher
  • Stephen R. Brenes
    Stephen R. Brenes
    Teacher
  • Arnoldo Rodriguez
    Teacher
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    Teacher
  • Carla Fernandez Corrales
    Teacher
  • Urs P. Jäger
    Teacher
  • Jaime Garcia
    Teacher
  • Carlos Quintanilla placeholder image
    Teacher
  • Florian M. Federspiel
    Teacher
  • Philip Perez Pineda
    Teacher
  • Carla Fernandez Corrales
    Teacher
  • Pedro Raventos
    Teacher
  • Ramiro Caso
    Teacher
  • Andrey M Elizondo
    Teacher
  • Gerzo Gallardo Morales
    Teacher
  • Juan Carlos Barahona, Ph.D. (MIT)
    Teacher

The investment for our next edition is

The investment for our next edition is: 
US$24.500

Starts

Start: 
April 2024

Quota return policy:

The space reservation is non-refundable. You may freeze your reservation, to be used within a calendar year, from the start date of the program for which you originally applied.

This request must be made at least 30 calendar days before the start of the program to which it applies.

If the request is received within 30 days before the start of the program or after having received access to the pre-program, it cannot be used for another program. In the event that the registration for the edition to which it is transferred is greater than the amount paid, the participant must cover the difference.

This reservation is not transferable and may only be used in INCAE academic programs and only during the aforementioned period.

Payment structure

  • Once the candidate has been accepted into the program, an initial payment of USD $ 2,000 for the quota reservation (5 days after admission).
  • Subsequently, you must pay the rest of the amount in 12 installments, as follows:
     

* The investment for the master's degree will be automatically debited through the credit/debit card of each participant.
*The amount of accommodation may vary depending on the weeks that are in person.
*The academic investment includes lunches, snacks and dinners for the weeks in Costa Rica.

2025 edition
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Quota 1: US$1.875 March 4 2024
Quota 2: US$1.875 April 4 2024
Quota 3: US$1.875 May 4 2024
Quota 4: US$1.875 4 2024 June
Quota 5: US$1.875 July 4 2024
Quota 6: US$1.875 August 4 2024
Quota 7: US$1.875 4 September 2024
Quota 8: US$1.875 4 October 2024
Quota 9: US$1.875 4 November 2024
Quota 10: US$1.875 December 4 2024
Quota 11: US$1.875 January 4 2025
Quota 12: US$1.875 February 4 2025
$24.500

Financing options

Once admission has been received, there are several financing options, scholarships and other resources that INCAE makes available to applicants to cover the costs of the executive master's degree.

Because the institution receives students of various nationalities, it is recommended in the first instance to visit the local Ministry of Foreign Affairs of your country, as well as scholarship offices of higher education institutions, which can provide specific information to the particularities of each applicant.

Some financing options:

 

  • Costa Rica: BAC Credomatic, Banco Nacional, Banco Popular, CONAPE, COOPENAE, COOPESERVIDORES.
  • Nicaragua: Banpro, BDF and BAC Credomatic
  • Guatemala: G&T Continental, BAC Credomatic and Banco Industrial.
  • Honduras: Banco Lafise, BAC Credomatic and Ficohsa
  • El Salvador: Davivienda, Banco Agrícola and Banco Industrial.
  • Panama: IFARHU.
  • Peru: BCP and BBVA
  • Paraguay: Banco Vision and Banco Atlas
  • Bolivia: Banco BISA SA, Banco Crecer, Banco Ganadero
  • Ecuador: Bank of Guayaquil and Banco Pichincha.
  • Dominican Republic: Fundapec
  • Colombia: Bancolombia
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INCAE reserves the right to change the programming and the assignment of Faculty