MSc Operations Research and Analytics at London School of Economics and Political Science

This programme is designed for students wishing to deepen and broaden their mathematics knowledge, and gain skills in high demand in the marketplace. With study in practice and theory, you'll gain insight into analytics problems faced by businesses, governments, and nonprofits. On the practical side, you'll learn how to model a range of real-world problems using optimisation, stochastic simulation, and machine learning, using specialist software taught in tutorial sessions.

Department: Department of Mathematics  |  Duration: 12 months full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: 27 September 2027  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

You'll 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. Compulsory and core courses include Optimisation Theory and Modelling, Stochastic Modelling and Simulation, Algorithmic Techniques in Machine Learning.

Career pathways

This programme is ideal preparation for a range of careers in quantitative positions in consultancy, management, finance, government and business, anywhere in the world. Here's a sampling of where recent graduates have found placements: Consultancy: Accenture, BCG, Deloitte, EY, PwC, McKinsey, and specialised consultancies including Bain & Company, Decision Point Analytics, LET Consulting, and Turner & Townsend.

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