Operations Research

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Local:$ 2.14 k / Year(s) Foreign:$ 18.9 k / Year(s) Deadline: Jan 1, 2025
121 place StudyQA ranking:1229 Duration:24 months

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The modern world is full of information, data and knowledge that can be explored and synthesised to help us gain deeper understanding of underlying mechanisms and thus make better decisions. The Operations Research programme uses tools and models from applied mathematics to examine decision making and the concept of optimisation. In doing so it offers an exclusive combination of courses and aims to develop your mathematical as well as software and computing skills. It has a variety of applications in key areas of society, including economics, telecommunications, bioinformatics, engineering, healthcare, ICT, logistics and the process industry. This is a two-year programme taught in English.

Instruction modes

oral presentation, internship, research, research project, traineeship, tutorial, lecture, working group, group assignment, self study, project

Accreditation: -

Erasmus Mundus program: This is an Erasmus Mundus program.

Admission requirements

*proof of English proficiency in the form of an IELTS test (minimum score 6.5) or TOEFL (computer-based minimum score 232; internet-based minimum score 90; paper-based minimum score 575), unless the student is a native English speaker or the student's secondary education was in an EU/EEA country or the student's secondary education in a non-EU/EEA country was taught in English

Other requirements

  1. taaltoets cijfer *proof of English proficiency in the form of an IELTS test (minimum score 6.5) or TOEFL (computer-based minimum score 232; internet-based minimum score 90; paper-based minimum score 575), unless the student is a native English speaker or the student's secondary education was in an EU/EEA country or the student's secondary education in a non-EU/EEA country was taught in English
  2. wiskundetoets cijfer The Board of Admission can additionally request as proof of analytical writing and quantitative reasoning abilities, a satisfactory Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score. A satisfactory GRE score implies a score of 4 or higher on the analytical writing section and 80% in the quantitative reasoning section (a lower score will be decided on by the Board of Admission).
  3. vooropleiding (ISPAC: vereiste vooropleiding) *a Bachelor of Science degree in Knowledge Engineering *a Bachelor of Science degree or an equivalent diploma in a field related to Knowledge Engineering. The Board of Admission will decide if the degree is appropriate *a professional Bachelor of Science degree in Knowledge Engineering or a related field (including Mathematics, Computer Science or Artificial Intelligence) from a Dutch HBO study or equivalent. Such applicants must also have completed a preparatory programme at the department of Knowledge Engineering
  4. schriftelijk verzoek A motivation essay of 2 pages

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