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Lancaster University

Bachelor Degree , Operational Research

  • Start Date September, 2025

  • Duration 4 years

  • Study Mode Full Time

  • Course Fees

  • UK/EU Fees£9,250.00

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Course Description

Shifting markets and an ever-changing political landscape make for a complex world. Every organisation, whether industrial, financial or in government, needs to embrace technology and data to maximise what they deliver. Smartphone use, the role of social media data, risk planning, retail patterns... All of these can be counted and analysed. They can also help forecast the future, deciding what to invest in or what route to take. But this needs creative, technically competent and business-savvy people. The kind of graduates our MORSE degree produces.

We’ve combined the highly influential subjects of Mathematics, Operational Research and Economics into one coherent degree and added in a year of paid work experience in industry. It’s ideal if you’re a mathematically-gifted student who wants to use numbers to solve real-world problems in business and industry.

In your first year you’ll gain a strong foundation in mathematics, operations research, statistics and economics. You then tailor your programme, either developing a broad knowledge base or specialising in topics relevant to your future career.

Your third year is spent on a placement, giving you practical experience of a work environment and allowing you to apply and refine the skills and knowledge acquired in the first two years of study. You’ll be supported in finding a position with companies such as IBM, Lloyds Bank, Microsoft, PwC and the Bank of England.

Our world-class departments of Mathematics and Statistics, Economics, and Management Science all focus on applying mathematical theory in a practical context. As well as more traditional subjects such as mathematics, you will learn about business modelling, economic theory, statistics and analytics. MORSE shows how all these skills can come together to create better solutions to intricate problems.

You will graduate with an enviable array of quantitative and analytical skills. These are in high demand by industry, commerce, finance, the public sector, consulting and the government.

The University will use all reasonable effort to support you to find a suitable placement for your studies. While a placement role may not be available in a field or organisation that is directly related to your academic studies or career aspirations, all placement roles offer valuable experience of working at a graduate level and gaining a range of professional skills.

If you are unsuccessful in securing a suitable placement for your third year, you will be able to transfer to the equivalent non-placement degree scheme and would continue with your studies at Lancaster, finishing your degree after your third year. The University offers a range of shorter placement and internship opportunities for which you would be welcome to apply.

Course Content

Lancaster University offers a range of programmes, some of which follow a structured study programme, and others which offer the chance for you to devise a more flexible programme to complement your main specialism. We divide academic study into two sections - Part 1 (Year 1) and Part 2 (Year 2, 3 and sometimes 4). For most programmes Part 1 requires you to study 120 credits spread over at least three modules which, depending upon your programme, will be drawn from one, two or three different academic subjects. A higher degree of specialisation then develops in subsequent years. For more information about our teaching methods at Lancaster please visit our Teaching and Learning section.

The following courses do not offer modules outside of the subject area due to the structured nature of the programmes: Architecture, Law, Physics, Engineering, Medicine, Sports and Exercise Science, Biochemistry, Biology, Biomedicine and Biomedical Science.

Information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, and the University will make every reasonable effort to offer modules as advertised. In some cases changes may be necessary and may result in some combinations being unavailable, for example as a result of student feedback, timetabling, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes and new research.

Year 1

Core

Calculus

Further Calculus

Introduction to Management Science / Operational Research

Linear Algebra

Preparation for Placement

Principles of Economics A

Probability

Statistics

Statistics and Computing for Management

Year 2

Core

Business Modelling and Simulation

Linear Algebra II

Macroeconomic Analysis

Microeconomic Analysis

Optimisation

Probability II

Statistics II

Work Based Learning

Optional

Applied Economics

Consultancy Skills

Economic Policy

Game Theory

Introduction to Operations Management

IT in Organisations: Introduction to ERPs

Managing Business Information Systems

Project Management Tools & Techniques

Quality and Risk Management

Spreadsheet Modelling for Management

Supply Chain Management

Year 3

Core

Work Based Learning

Year 4

Core

Likelihood Inference

Work Based Learning

Optional

Advanced Spreadsheet Modelling

Bayesian Inference

Business Forecasting

Data Mining for Direct Marketing and Finance

Developing Business Information Systems

Development Economics

E-Business Management and Technology

Generalised Linear Models

Health Economics

Industrial Organisation

Innovative Developments in Operations Management

International Business

International Trade

Labour Economics

Machine Learning

Mathematics for Stochastic Finance

Medical Statistics: study design and data analysis

Monetary Macroeconomics

Project Management: Negotiation and Decision Support

Public Economics

Sports Economics

Stochastic Processes

Structuring Complex Problems

Time series analysis

Course Intakes

Location Start Date Fees Duration  

Classroom

Bailrigg Lancaster

Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YW, United Kingdom

September, 2025

UK/EU:

£9250.00

4 years,

Full Time

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Entry Requirements

A Level AAA including A level Mathematics or Further Mathematics OR AAB including A level Mathematics and Further Mathematics

Subject Requirement A level Mathematics grade A

GCSE Mathematics grade B or 6, English Language grade C or 4

IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in each component. 

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