MSc Operations Research & Analytics

You will take three compulsory courses and will choose courses from a range of options within the Department and across other relevant departments, including Management and Statistics. 

 

(* denotes half unit) 

 

Fundamentals of Operations Research*
Introduces a range of Operations Research techniques including linear programming, the simplex method and duality, Markov chains, queueing theory and birth and death processes, inventory models and dynamic programming.

 

Modelling in Operations Research*
Provides hands-on training in the art of converting real-world problems to optimisation and simulation models, inputting the models into specialist software, solving the optimisation problem or exercising the simulation model, and deriving applicable conclusions about the original problem.

 

Data Analysis and Statistical Methods*
Studies common techniques of statistical inference, together with theoretical justification. The techniques are then applied to linear and logistic regression and basic time series models. Statistical software R constitutes an integral part of the course and provides hands-on experience of data analysis. 

 

Either

Project in Operations Research & Analytics
A project in a host organisation taking a consultancy role.

Or

Dissertation

Operations Research & Analytics
An independent research project of 10,000 words on an approved topic of your choice.

 

Courses to the value of one and a half units from a range of options.

Minimum entry requirements for MSc Operations Research & Analytics

An upper second class honours (2:1) degree in a relevant discipline (or equivalent). Students should normally have taken university courses including calculus, linear algebra, and statistics. Appropriate work experience will also be considered.

 

Competition for places at the School is high. This means that even if you meet our minimum entry requirement, this does not guarantee you an offer of admission.

Every graduate student is charged a fee for their programme.

The fee covers registration and examination fees payable to the School, lectures, classes and individual supervision, lectures given at other colleges under intercollegiate arrangements and, under current arrangements, membership of the Students' Union. It does not cover living costs or travel or fieldwork.

 

Tuition fees 2022/23 MSc Operations Research & Analytics
Home students: £26,232
Overseas students: £26,232

Quick Careers Facts for the Department of Mathematics

Top 5 sectors our students work in:

• Financial service activities
• Insurance and pensions
• Legal and accounting activities
• Management consultancy activities

The data was collected as part of the Graduate Outcomes survey, which is administered by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Graduates from 2017-18 were the first group to be asked to respond to Graduate Outcomes. Median salaries are calculated for respondents who are paid in UK pounds sterling.

 

This programme is ideal preparation for a range of careers in quantitative positions in consultancy, management, finance, government and business, anywhere in the world.