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Operational Research PhD
at University of Kent

Kent, United Kingdom

  • Tuition Fee £ 19,300
  • Country Rank-
  • Duration36 Months
  • Score IELTS: 6.5 TOEFL: 87

Program Overview

The department is also known in the areas of soft OR, research metrics, big data, data envelopment analysis, and environmental management. We welcome student research projects on a variety of topics including:

  • Location analysis
  • Routing problems
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection
  • Environmental management
  • Operations management
  • Multivariate analysis
  • Big data
  • Insurance/warranty data analysis and management
  • Research metrics
  • Soft OR
  • Data envelopment analysis and performance measurement


Students working on relevant research topics in logistics are invited to join the Centre for Logistics and Heuristic Optimisation.

  • For entry to a Kent postgraduate degree programme (Master's), Indian students typically need to have completed a three or four-year undergraduate degree (Honours Bachelor degree or Professional degree) at an accredited university or college. General Bachelor degrees may sometimes be considered. Exact requirements will depend on the postgraduate degree you are applying for and the institution you have studied at.
  • For programmes that require a 2:1 we usually ask for a First Class degree, a final CGPA of 6.0/10, or 60%. Students from top institutions may be considered with a high Second Class degree, a final CGPA of 5.5/10, or 55%. For programmes that require a 2:2 we usually ask for a high Second Class degree, a final CGPA of 5.5/10, or 55%.
  • Cost Of Studying At University of Kent

    Interest rates as low as 8.9% *

    250K+

    Students Assisted

    800Cr+

    Loan Amount Disbursed

    5000+

    Loans Sanctioned