Management Science track

• Programme Track Director: Professor Richard Steinberg

We are seeking exceptionally talented and motivated PhD students with a strong mathematical background and interest in mathematical foundations of operations research, including discrete optimisation, algorithms, games, combinatorics, and related areas. 

Track structure

Year one

Training: Compulsory examined courses

• Research Paper (1.0 unit)
• MA408 Discrete Mathematics and Complexity (0.5 unit)
• MG4C6 Foundations of Mathematical Programming (0.5 unit)
• MG408 Combinatorial Optimisation (0.5 unit)

Combination of courses to the total value of 1.5 units from the following:

• MG409 Auctions and Game Theory (0.5 unit)
• MA402 Game Theory (0.5 unit)
• MA407 Algorithms and Computation (0.5 unit)
• MA409 Continuous-Time Optimisation (0.5 unit)
• MA411 Probability and Measure (0.5 unit)
• MA412 Functional Analysis and its Applications (0.5 unit)
• MA418 Preferences, Optimal Portfolio Choice, and Equilibrium (0.5 unit)
• ST409 Stochastic Processes (0.5 unit)
• ST418 Non-Linear Dynamics and the Analysis of Real Time Series (0.5 unit)
• ST422 Time Series (0.5 unit)
• ST411 Generalized Linear Modelling and Survival Analysis (0.5 unit)
• ST405 Multivariate Methods (0.5 unit)

Students may also choose optional courses that are relevant and at an appropriate level, with the approval of the Programme Director, from:

• Department of Management and other academic departments within the LSE
• The University of London
• London Taught Course Centre (LTCC)
• National Taught Course Centre in Operational Research (NATCOR) 

Transferable skills: Optional non-examined courses

• Attendance and participation at Research Seminars held across the Department, details to be made available to student by email and on website.

Year two

Transferable skills: Optional non-examined courses

• Attendance and participation at Research Seminars held across the Department

Year three

Transferable skills: Optional non-examined courses

• Attendance and participation at Research Seminars held across the Department

Year four

Transferable skills: Optional non-examined courses

• Attendance and participation at Research Seminars held across the Department