Master of Operations Research and Management Science (MORMSc)
Operations Research and Management Science (OR/MS) are fields of mathematics that aim to improve and support business activities. The discipline uses mathematical models and analytical methods to assist businesses make optimised decisions under resource limitations/constraints, at strategic, tactical and operational levels.
The Master of Operations Research and Management Science professional masters' is aimed at students with a bachelor degree in quantitatively oriented disciplines including science, mathematics, statistics and operations research, engineering, information technology, computing, agriculture, commerce, business, and social science.
Career prospects
The OR/MS practitioners use these rational, systematic and scientific techniques to inform and improve across sectors including finance and banking, telecommunications, energy and natural resources, healthcare planning and medical therapies, transportation and logistics, manufacturing and defence.
Relevant positions in this field may include:
- Consultant (OR/MS in management consulting firms, decision support software companies)
- Analyst: statistics and modelling
- Planner and manager
- Research scientists (in research centres & government organisations)
- Portfolio Analyst
Employability of OR/MS graduates is high due to the increasing demand for operations researchers and management scientists worldwide. The University of Melbourne ranks no. 1 in Australia and no.9 in the world in terms of employability of its graduates worldwide.*
PSM affiliation
The Master of Operations Research and Management Science is now affiliated as a Professional Science Masters (PSM) program with the
Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). It is currently the only Operations Research and Management Science program in Australia to be
affiliated with CGS.
"The PSM degree is a distinctive advanced degree for those intending to pursue a career in the practice of science. PSM programs prepare graduates for high-level careers in science that have a strong emphasis on such skill areas as management, policy, entrepreneurship".**
To find out more about PSM, please visit the ScienceMasters website.
* Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2010 and QS World University Rankings 2010
** Science Masters, August 2011 http://www.sciencemasters.com/PSMMap/tabid/140/Default.aspx
Course structure
This program offers students the opportunity to undertake professional skills studies that provide high-level training in areas of business, communications and science applications, as well as core studies in the mathematical and statistical theory.
Delivery mode and duration
This is a 2 year full-time course, and is available part-time. All program subjects are delivered on-campus (Parkville). Mid-year entry is available.
Entry requirements
A Bachelor degree in an appropriate discipline including mathematics, statistics and operations research, engineering, information technology, computing, commerce or business, with at least H3 (65%) in the major or equivalent. As part of their degree studies, applicants must have completed an appropriate sequence of mathematics and statistics or related subjects to at least second year level.
Applicants should note that entry to the course is competitive and that satisfying the minimum selection criteria indicated below, does not guarantee selection.
Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) are available for Australian and New Zealand citizens and Permanent Resident visa holders undertaking this degree. Refer to the financial support web page for more information.
How to apply
How to apply for Science graduate course programs.
Contact Details
Associate Professor Sanming Zhou
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
The University of Melbourne
Tel: +61 3 8344 3453
Email: sanming@unimelb.edu.au
The Melbourne Graduate School of Science
The University of Melbourne
Tel: +61 3 8344 6128
Fax: +61 3 8344 3351
CRICOS Code 062189B
