Sunday, January 20, 2008

PhD studentships in Management Mathematics, Univ. Lancaster, UK

Doctoral Studentships in Management Mathematics, Statistics or
Computing: Stipend up to £15,300 (+fees)

The only 6 star Management School outside London. Ranked joint 2nd in
the UK and 9th in the world for PhD programmes by the FT 2006.
The Department of Management Science (a part of the 6* rated Lancaster
University Management School) is looking to recruit excellent doctoral
students with a strong quantitative background including mathematics,
statistics or computing.

Career prospects in management science and operational research are
excellent with skills shortages in universities and research oriented
organisations including private sector consultancies and government.
Topics include the analysis of queues and networks, optimisation and
scheduling (applicable to logistics problems), forecasting and
computer intensive methods including simulation and high performance
computing.

Supervision is available in all areas of Management Science in one of
the largest departments in Europe, see
www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/Departments/ManSci/Research
Full scholarships are only available to home students and there are
generous scholarships also available to EU and overseas students.

Find out more: www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/phd
Contact Gay Bentinck +44 (0)1524 592408: email g.bentinck@lancaster.ac.uk
Closing date for applications: Friday 7th March 2008

website link:
http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/files/13105.doc
or
http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/departments/ManSci/Research/