PhD Bursary in Operational Research - University of Warwick, UK

PhD Bursary in Operational Research (OR)
Operational Research and Management Sciences Group
Warwick Business School

The Operational Research and Management Sciences group of Warwick Business School is pleased to announce one PhD bursary in Operational Research worth up to £12,000 per year, for a period of three years. This is open to both EU and overseas candidates and is intended to contribute to fees and living expenses. More details on our doctoral programme including entry requirements and tuition fees can be found at our web site http://www.wbs.ac.uk/students/doctoral/.

Candidates commencing their study in any area of OR in autumn 2008 are eligible to apply. The group’s interests and potential areas of supervision include both hard and soft OR methods and models such as optimization, simulation, decision and efficiency analysis, soft and strategic OR. A more detailed description of the areas of research can be found at http://www.wbs.ac.uk/faculty/subjects/orms.cfm.

The deadline for applications for the bursary is 10 March 2008. There is no separate form to complete. All candidates should apply before the above deadline in a normal fashion for a place on the doctoral programme at Warwick Business School. Details of how to apply are available at http://www.go.warwick.ac.uk/pgapply. In order to be considered for the bursary, please let us know of your interest by sending a brief e-mail to Dr Victor Podinovski at v.podinovski@warwick.ac.uk at the time of application. Your e-mail will be acknowledged.

The bursary will be awarded taking into account the academic and relevant practical experience of the candidates, quality of their research proposal, motivation and research potential. Our decision will be communicated to the candidates by the end of March 2008.

For any enquiries and more details of the bursary or studying for a PhD in Operational Research at Warwick, please contact Dr Podinovski, Operational Research and Management Sciences Group, Warwick Business School on 02476-524281, or email: v.podinovski@warwick.ac.uk.

Please quote job vacancy reference number WBS01-028.

The closing date/time for applications is midnight (British time) at the end of Monday 10 March 2008.