All applicants to this program must apply through the Graduate School of Business. Please go to: http://www-1.gsb.columbia.edu/doctoral/ for information about applying to this program.
Fields of Study
The overall program is a collection of related but tailored programs in each of the major fields of the school:
Accounting
Finance and Economics
Management
Decision, Risk, and Operations
Marketing
JOINT PH.D. PROGRAM IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH
A program leading to the Ph.D. degree in operations research is administered by the Interdepartmental Committee on Operations Research. Faculty and courses are drawn from the Decision, Risk, and Operations Division of the Business School, the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research of The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the Department of Statistics of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The program of study emphasizes both theory and applications. Relevant courses offered in all three divisions listed above are included in a typical program.