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ratingOverall experience

I was attracted by the high research and teaching ratings and the well-established structure of the MSc in Operational Research at Lancaster University Management School. Taking the MSc in OR at Lancaster proved to be the right decision and most importantly it became the foundation for me to develop a professional career in OR.

ratingYour study experience

The MSc project and dissertation was a very attractive feature of the course, and for me this involved working for British Telecom in London on an Internet analysis project. The experience during the project was a great learning platform it helped me get to know about the application of OR methodologies and also about management expectations.

ratingJob prospects

After graduating from the MSc in OR at Lancaster, I worked for two years in corporate planning and investments for a blue-chip company in Hong Kong. My roles included the business analysis and development of infrastructure and logistics projects. More specifically, I was responsible for the quantitative analysis on the demand forecast and productivity, and hence the resources planning to cope with the growth of the businesses - these included container terminal, river trade terminal, warehousing and third party logistics subsidiaries. I am now working within the industrial engineering department of UPS Supply Chain Solutions, and I mainly focus on the analysis work to support management decisions and company strategies. It is a really challenging job I always need to find the right balance between cost, time and resources with sound and quantitative support.

Rankings for this institution

• Times Good University Guide 2012: 9
• SHJT: 201-300

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