The Business Analytics Center prepares University of Kentucky students for analytics leadership through collaboration with industry executives, teaching experts, and faculty researchers. For companies, the Center is a single point of contact for hiring, workforce training, applied student projects, and research partnerships.
Build your analytics talent pipeline with UK. The Business Analytics Center connects companies with AI-ready talent, hands-on training in generative AI and cloud analytics, and applied faculty research at the Gatton College of Business and Economics.
The Center Analytics talent, training, and research in one place
For Companies Four ways to work with us
Whether you need to hire, train your current team, or solve a data problem, the Center gives you a direct path in.
Executive education and custom training
Upskill your workforce with tailored analytics and AI programs taught by Gatton faculty and industry practitioners, delivered at your site or on campus.
Hire our students
Recruit students trained in the tools your teams already use: Python, SQL, Power BI, Tableau, cloud platforms, and generative AI. Post roles, join a recruiting event, or sponsor a student project team.
Applied student projects
Put a faculty-supervised student team on a real business problem across a single semester, and get fresh analysis plus a first look at emerging talent.
Research collaboration
Partner with faculty on applied analytics, AI, and data governance questions specific to your industry, from proof of concept to publishable insight.
Corporate Partners Where our students work
UK analytics students and graduates contribute at companies that depend on data, finance, IT, and AI talent.
- Deloitte
- PwC
- Ernst & Young (EY)
- KPMG
- JPMorgan Chase
- Procter & Gamble
- The Kroger Co.
- Humana
- Toyota Motor Manufacturing, KY
- Lexmark
- Gray, Inc.
- Brown-Forman
Company names and marks are used with permission. Inclusion reflects student and alumni employment or engagement and does not imply endorsement.
For Students Programs built around in-demand skills
Demand for data-literate professionals is projected to grow more than 15% through 2030. Our programs turn that demand into a clear, tool-focused path.
Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics
A focused, hands-on certificate for graduate students. Build practical skills in generative AI, cloud analytics, Python, and data visualization, and learn to turn messy data into decisions leaders act on.
Minor in Business Analytics
Open to all UK students. Learn to capture, clean, analyze, and visualize data, and to turn it into decisions. One of Gatton's fastest-growing minors.
Skills and Careers The skills employers are paying a premium for
Analytics and AI skills now appear in nearly half of data-role job postings, and the workers who have them command a measurable wage premium. Students get hands-on with the tools and techniques companies are hiring for right now.
- Generative AI
- Python
- SQL
- Power BI
- Tableau
- Google Cloud
- Microsoft Azure
- Bash
- SAS
- Alteryx
- Excel
News Recent Wins
Contact Talk with the Center
For hiring, training, projects, or research partnerships, reach the Center's leadership directly.
