Operational Research

Entry requirements

Suitable for graduates in Mathematics (or a suitable related field). A 1st or upper 2nd class UK Honours degree, or equivalent is required.

Months of entry

January, April, July, October

Course content

Operational Research is a research area within which you can focus your studies as part of our suite of Mathematics research programmes (MPhil, PhD).

The group has an impressive track-record of contributing to both the theoretical underpinnings of the subject and to novel applications, including working on complex problems arising in healthcare, public health and epidemiology, finance, transportation, timetabling, environmental issues, manufacturing, information security, and green logistics.

We have over 20 academic staff and research students and host an active research seminar series jointly with the Statistics research group and meetings of the South Wales Operational Research Discussion Society (SWORDS), which regularly attracts a large audience of OR researchers and practitioners.

Our group members are highly active in international collaborations and prominent in interdisciplinary collaboration, with particularly strong links to researchers in: computer science and informatics (research on data science, machine learning and their interface with OR methods); medicine (through our extensive programme of modelling work on health and care services); social sciences (modelling for societal benefit, social network analysis, public health and educational interventions); earth sciences and geography (food and water insecurity, rainfall modelling); and business and economics (financial and risk modelling).

The main areas of research within the current group are:

• Mathematical Optimisation
• Queueing systems
• Healthcare modelling
• Environmental modelling
• Finance and risk

Department specialisms

Mathematical Optimisation Queueing systems Healthcare modelling Environmental modelling Finance and risks.

Information for international students

We bring the brightest minds from all parts of the world to collaborate on tough problems, learn from each other and advance our knowledge across a range of inspiring subjects. For more information, please visit www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/international

Fees and funding

For information about funding please visit www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research/programmes/area/operational-research