MSc Operational Research with Energy

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  • Entry requirements
    Entry Requirements A good first degree (UK 2:1 or its equivalent if outside the UK) in a numerate discipline, for example mathematics, engineering, computer science, physical or biological sciences, economics or business. One postgraduate scholarship of £1,500 per annum is available each year to supplement a more substantial award for an outstanding postgraduate student in Operational Research.
  • Academic title
    Operational Research with Energy
  • Course description
    Programme

    With the generation and distribution of energy resources becoming more and more complex, there is an ever-growing need for the application of Operational Research techniques in this sector of industry. Graduates with an MSc in Operational Research with Energy will have a skill set that is in high demand.

    Learning Outcomes

    Graduates will be able to identify appropriate Operational Research techniques to apply to practical problems, and select the mathematical techniques and software required to compute a solution.

    Specifically, students will acquire the core skills of Java programming, the XPress linear optimization modelling language Mosel, the Simul8 simulation package as well as developing high-level applications of Excel.

    Depending on your choice of optional courses, you will develop more specialist skills in computing, optimization and statistics, as well as an insight into a range of industrial and financial applications of Operational Research.

    How You Will Be Taught

    The MSc consists of traditional lecture-based courses and practical lab-based courses, assessed by exams, written reports and programming assignments. An industrial or academic project is written up as a dissertation

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