Research Methods, Data Science and Mathematics
Build the insights, tools and techniques to support your projects and decisions, and fast-track your career.
The ability to analyse any problem or topic, to bring evidence to the table in support of your decisions, to back your arguments with facts – the skill of research is a business-critical competence that is not only in increasingly high demand today; it is a skill that will future-proof your career tomorrow. Whatever you decide to do, whichever industry or sector you decide to pursue. Research Methods, Data Science and Mathematics at LSE Summer School offer you a slew of state-of-the-art courses. From statistics and machine learning to real analysis to qualitative research, our courses will give you a rock-solid grounding in the techniques, the tools and the methods you will need to ensure success.
Led by the LSE departments of Statistics, Mathematics and Methodology – world-leaders in research and teaching – our LSE Summer School courses in Research give you privileged access to the latest thinking and to some of the foremost faculty working in their field today. You will explore the core ideas and concepts and translate theory into practice through dynamic and hands-on learning experiences and experiments. And you will develop both actionable understanding and the real-world tools and methodologies to bring real impact to your work, to your organisation and your career – whatever your role, your sector or your future aspiration.
Research Methods, Data Science and Mathematics courses at LSE Summer School have been expertly designed to be equally impactful for students with some previous experience and understanding of these fields, as well as curious and motivated newcomers.
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Research Excellence Framework 2014Research Methods, Data Science, and Mathematics
ME205: Strategic Decision Making: An Introduction to Operations Research Methods
In this course, you will be introduced to a diverse set of Operations Research methods and applications
View courseThe fundamentals of my course are covered at my home institution, but the summer school course gives me an extra breadth into how the industry works. It’s been a really good experience in diversifying my skill set.
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