The Doctor of Philosophy in Operations Research has the following principal objectives:
1.) To train students who are able to advance the state of knowledge and practice in operations research through innovative research contributions.
2.) To train students who are able to integrate and apply principles from optimization, stochastic processes, simulations, and machine learning to innovate, and create operations research models and apply them to solve important real-world problems.
3.) To train students who are able to participate in multidisciplinary teams that include individuals whose primary background is in statistics, optimization, engineering, mathematics and science.
4.) To provide a high quality education that prepares individuals for careers in industry, government (e.g., national laboratories), and academia, both in terms of knowledge, computational (e.g., software development) skills, and mathematical modeling skills.

