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Master of Operations Research, Combinatorics and Optimization (ORCO)

Overview

Master

National diploma
  • Home institution(s) Grenoble INP - Ensimag
  • Degree awarded Master
  • Graduation year Bac + 5
  • Graduation level Level 7
  • Location
    • GRENOBLE Campus
  • Duration 1 year (2 semesters)
  • Available as
    • Initial education
    • Continuing education

Summary

ORCO is a highly competitive, second year European Standard (LMD) graduate program, taught in English.

Objectives

This Master of Science offer courses in all areas of Operations Research, Combinatorics and Optimization.

  • Advanced Models and Methods in Operations Research
  • Combinatorial Optimization and Graph Theory
  • Optimization under uncertainty
  • Logistic and Transport
  • Advanced heuristic and approximation algorithms
  • Advanced mathematical programming methods
  • Efficient methods in optimization
  • Academic and industrial challenges
  • Parallel Systems

Specificities

Fully taught in English

  • Training partners

    Laboratories

    • LIG,
    • LJK,
    • TIMA,
    • VERIMAG,
    • GIPSA,
    • ICA,
    • CERAG,
    • EUROFIDAI

    Companies

    • Université Grenoble Alpes

Admission

  • Who should apply? Bac + 4
  • required training
  • Tuition fees Registration fees for initial training: public university fees (more information on the "Apply now" section)
  • Available as :
    • Initial education
    • Continuing education

Entry requirements

To be admitted to the program, candidates shall have previously completed the first year of a master program (M1) in Computer science, Applied Mathematics or Industrial Engineering, or shall hold an equivalent degree. Basic skills in the following domains would largely be appreciated: probability theory, graph theory, linear programming, branch and bound. Candidates can contact the persons in charge of the master program to have references of books and/or articles on these domains to prepare at best.

 

Important notes

  • Students from related backgrounds (physics, computer science, engineering, …) may also apply provided they possess outstanding mathematical qualifications and are highly motivated by applications.
  • Eligibility: only individuals who have an excellent academic record will be considered. Applications from students from traditionally underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged.
  • Academic standing: Fellows must maintain full-time status in the Master’s program, and must be engaged in full-time coursework or research during the academic year (september 1st–July 31st).

Language requirements

  • Students are required to provide evidence of competence in English, mainly from tests validated with a B2 level. The accepted tests and scores are listed on our admission webpage.

Contacts

Academic information

Van Dat Cung
Nadia Brauner

Education contact

Contact : orco@ensimag.fr

Program

  • Course duration 1 year (2 semesters)
  • Internships mandatory/abroad

Program

  • Advanced Models and Methods in Operations Research
  • Combinatorial Optimization and Graph Theory
  • Optimization under uncertainty
  • Logistic and Transport
  • Advanced heuristic and approximation algorithms
  • Advanced mathematical programming methods
  • Efficient methods in optimization
  • Academic and industrial challenges
  • Parallel Systems

International

  • Language of instruction English
  • Internship abroad Yes
  • Erasmus areas Mathematics, Computer science

Prospects

  • Graduation year Bac + 5
  • Graduation level Level 7

Careers

  • Research careers (academic or industrial thesis)
  • Join large optimization R&D departments (SNCF, IBM, Air France, Amadeus etc.) or optimization consultancies (Eurodécision, Artelys etc.) as a specialist engineer.

Further learning opportunities

Depending on the nature of their practicum, students may wish to pursue research in a doctoral thesis.