Welcome
to MSc Operations Research and Analytics
Welcome to LSE and to the Department of Mathematics! We look forward to meeting you and welcoming you into the LSE community.
Key Dates
- Departmental Welcome Meeting - Tuesday 22nd September, 10:00-12:00 in CBG 1.06 (Centre Building).
- Enrolment - Tuesday 22nd September, 15:00-15:15 in the Great Hall in The Marshall Building.
- MSc Welcome Reception (for all MSc Mathematics programmes) - Wednesday 23rd September, 12:30-14:30 in MAR 8.01 (The Marshal Building).
Pre-sessional Python Course
- A pre-sessional course on Python programming will take place on Thursday 24th September, 10:00-13:00 in FAW 4.01, 4.02, and 4.03 (Fawcett House).
Key Information
Welcome Letter from the Programme Director
MSc OR&A Handbook 2026-27
MSc OR&A Provisional Timetable Outline
MSc OR&A Programme Regulations 2026-27 (To follow)
MSc Operations Research and Analytics Moodle Page
School Information
PG Peer Buddies Scheme
This scheme aims to connect participants with a fellow postgraduate student on the same programme to share experiences, exchange useful information, and support one another in settling into life at LSE. For further information and to sign up for the scheme details can be found at PG Peer Buddies Scheme.
If you would like to gain some experience of computer programming before you arrive, you could learn the language R, which you will use in MA424 Stochastic Modelling and Simulation and ST447 Data Analysis and Statistical Methods. Once you learn any language it is easy to learn others, and programming will be useful in your career. Programming will also give you a sense of what computers can and cannot do, that will be useful in all algorithmic courses.
Good starting points are:
- Dalgaard, Introductory Statistics with R (Springer, 2008)
- Coursera Course
- M. Anthony, M. Harvey, Linear Algebra (Cambridge University Press, 2012)