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PhD - Analytics & Operations

Conduct research that provides insight into high-technology industries

Key programme information

Start date

September 2027

Duration

Five to six years, Full-time

Location

London, UK

Next application deadline

2 December 2026

40 days remaining

Within the field of Operations Management, students and faculty study the design and management of production and business processes across the manufacturing and services sectors.

Our doctoral students benefit from:

  • the multidisciplinary nature of the Operations Management Department, which provides a rich research community through collaboration with other Departments in ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, such as Computing, Engineering and Mathematics;
  • the broad research interests and expertise of our faculty, from services, pricing and transportation, to risk management, machine learning and the interface between operations management and marketing.

Benefit from the supervision of eminent world scholars.

Develop rigorous research foundations through our Master's in Research.

Study in London, Europe's start-up capital and a major global business hub.

Specialise in innovative research areas where business interconnects with science, engineering, medicine and technology.

Begin an inspiring academic career, joining some of the world’s best research centres and universities.

2nd in the world (³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, QS World University Rankings 2027)
1st in the UK for research (³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, REF 2021)
1% top one per cent of business schools worldwide to have achieved triple accreditation.

PhD Tabs

Research centres and partnership

The Business School is home to several research centres and institutes that bring together academics and specialists across disciplinary, departmental, faculty and in some cases institutional boundaries. Each centre has been formed to advance study in a particular thematic area, uniting research and practice to enhance the impact of our work.

Gandhi Centre for Inclusive Innovation

The Gandhi Centre for Inclusive Innovation links innovation and entrepreneurship in companies and institutions globally, through thought leadership, research, technology, and next-generation innovation models.

Centre for Health Economics & Policy Innovation

The Centre for Health Economics & Policy Innovation (CHEPI) is a global leader in research and teaching on health economics, policy, and management.

³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Centre of Excellence in Quantitative Finance

The ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Centre of Excellence in Quantitative Finance is a hub for research in Quantitative Finance across all of ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, and a catalyst to further scale up its close ties to the financial industry.

Teaching experience

PhD students on the Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) scholarship will undertake 150 hours of teaching assistant duties from year three of the programme. There will be opportunities to teach on our analytics and big data modules on programmes such as MSc Business Analytics & AI and our MBA programmes.

Doctoral theses

PhD students within Operations Management conduct research into a wide variety of areas. Previous thesis topics include:

Name

Thesis

Supervisor

Shubhechyya Ghosal Capacitated Vehicle Routing Under Uncertainty Professor Wolfram Wiesemann
Esma Koca Product Release Strategies in the Digital Economy Professor Wolfram Wiesemann, Professor Tommaso Valletti
Narges Mohammadi From One-size-fits-all to Tailored Care: Navigating Trade-offs in Efficiency, Equity, and Interpretability in Healthcare Delivery Dr Reza Skandari and Dr Anand Shah
Aras Selvi Models and Algorithms for Safeguarded Data-Driven Decision Making Professor Wolfram Wiesemann
Hanzhao Wang Artificial Intelligence in Operations Management: AI-Driven Techniques for Decision Making Professor Kalyan Talluri
Zhengchao Wang Decision Making under Uncertainty: Randomization, Online Learning, and Applications Professor Wolfram Wiesemann and Dr Heikki Peura

Meet your faculty

Our PhD programme provides close collaboration between leading Analytics & Operations faculty and doctoral students, developing your research interests and providing continuous support and guidance throughout the programme. They hold expertise within applied mathematics, business systems in context, theory of computation, numerical and computational mathematics, operations research, machine learning and artificial intelligence.

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Professor of Analytics and Operations Management

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Associate Professor of Analytics and Operations

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Assistant Professor in Management Science/Business Analytics

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Associate Professor of Analytics and Operations Research

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Associate Professor of Analytics and Operations

Business School

Professor of Analytics and Operations

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Associate Professor of Operations

Business School

Professor of Analytics and Operations

Business School

Associate Professor of Analytics & Operations

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