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Explore Our PhD Programme in Operational Research and Management Sciences

Join us for the PhD Open Evening on December 7, 2012, to learn about the Operational Research and Management Sciences (ORMS) programme. Meet our 14 dedicated academics and discover various research areas, including optimization, stochastic approaches, and game theory. Gain insights on the application process, funding opportunities, and supervising faculty. Our programme emphasizes independent research with regular supervisor meetings and aims for completion within 3-4 years. Engage in valuable taught components and contribute to academic conferences and publications.

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Explore Our PhD Programme in Operational Research and Management Sciences

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  1. PhD Open EveningOperational Research and Management Sciences 7 December 2012

  2. Agenda • Introduction to ORMS academic group • Overview of our PhD programme • Application and funding • Research areas/topics and supervisors

  3. Introduction to ORMS group • 14 academics (supervisors!) working in different areas of OR/MS • Research areas include • optimization and heuristics • stochastic approaches, risk • multicriteria optimization • productivity and efficiency analysis • game theory • simulation and soft OR methods • Close links to DIMAP

  4. PhD Programme • Typically 3-5 students in each year’s intake, about 15 overall. • Taught components • Philosophies of Social Science, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, Practice of Social Research • NATCOR residential modules in the first two years • Research • Two supervisors • Expected completion within 3-4 years • Dissertation and viva

  5. What is expected • You work independently on your research topic • Regular meetings with supervisors and their guidance • Typically contribution to both theory and application (but the balance varies) • Expect to present your results at conferences and publish

  6. Application process • Discuss your research proposal with potential supervisor • Apply on-line • Start in October

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