The Master's Degree in Big Data Analysis in Economics and Business (MADM) has been amended and will now be called the Master's Degree in Data Analytics and Business Intelligence (MAD2). In turn, certain subjects have also been modified. The new curriculum (MAD2) will come into force in the 2025-26 academic year. The MADM programme will begin its discontinuation process in the same academic year.

Discontinuation Calendar

2025-26: the first and only year of discontinuation begins for first-year subjects on the MADM programme. Teaching will be organised in line with what is set out in the ‘2025-26 availability' column in the table below. Second-year subjects on the MADM programme will still be available.

2026-27: the first and only year of discontinuation begins for second-year subjects on the MADM programme. Teaching will be organised in line with what is set out in the ‘2026-27 availability' column in the table below. First-year subjects on the MADM programme will have been discontinued and will no longer be available for enrolment, notwithstanding the maximum number of enrolments per subject set out in the Academic Progress Regulations and Article 14.2.d) in the Academic Regulations.

2027-28: subjects on the MADM programme will have been discontinued and will no longer be available for enrolment, notwithstanding the maximum number of enrolments per subject set out in the Academic Progress Regulations and Article 14.2.d) in the Academic Regulations.

Student Admission

New students will be admitted to the new programme curriculum (MAD2) from the 2025-26 academic year.

Re-enrolment for Returning Students

Students on the MADM will have two academic years (2025-26 and 2026-27) to pass the subjects required to be awarded the degree.

In exceptional cases, students who have reached the enrolment limit for a subject may request a last enrolment (without taking classes) in the following year be authorised by the relevant Pro Vice-Chancellor for teaching who will make a decision after consulting with the programme coordinator.

The enrolment deadlines for each academic year will be published on the Centre for Postgraduate Studies website.

Teaching

The following subjects from the MADM programme will continue to be offered with teaching, as long as the new MAD2 curriculum includes an equivalent subject:

11630
11631
11633
11634
11635
11636
11638
11639
11641
11643
11644
11645
11648
11650
11653
11658
11660
11661.

The following subjects on the MADM programme will be available without teaching. Students will have the right to attend tutorials and sit exams:

11632
11640
11642.

All remaining subjects on the MADM programme will no longer be available (11647, 11649, 11655, 11659, 11637, 11646, 11651, 11652, 11654, 11656 and 11657).

The enrolment fee for the subject will be same as the public fee that is published annually, regardless of whether the subject offers classes or not.

Adaptation to MAD2

Students on the MADM programme who have not passed the requirements to be awarded their degree in the stated timeline, or those who simply wish to do so, may request a curriculum adaptation to the MAD2, in accordance with the following equivalences.

Adaptation applications must be submitted to the Centre for Postgraduate Studies within the deadlines published for each academic year. The fee for the curriculum adaptation process due to discontinuation will be set in accordance with the public fees published every year.

Subject equivalences by code:

11630 > 12174
11631 > 12175
11633 > 12176
11634 > 12178
11635 > 12180
11636 > 12186
11638 > 12181
11639 > 12187
11641 > 12188
11643 > 12188
11644 > 12189
11645 > 12182
11645 > 12183
11647 > 12190
11648 > 12184
11648 > 12190
11649 + 11650 > 12179
11653 > 12191
11655 > 12191
11658 > 12177
11659 > 12192
11660 > 12194
11661 > 11661.

Adaptation Effects

All subjects in the record for the former version will be adapted to the new record, regardless of whether they have been passed, recognised or failed. The cumulative number of exam sessions will carry over from the old curriculum to the new one, regardless of whether students have failed or were absent from any.

After the adaptation process is complete, the record for the former curriculum will be closed and students will continue the programme with the new curriculum to be awarded their degree.