运筹学博士课程是一门严格的，为期四到五年的课程，旨在培训学者以顶尖大学教授的身份开展高质量的研究。博士课程旨在为所有学生提供运筹学中使用的文献和技术的背景知识。该课程本质上是高度定量的，因此，新的博士生通常具有经济学，工程学，数学或统计学的背景。尽管有些学生在进入博士学位课程之前已经完成了研究生工作，但是没有必要进行任何研究生培训。
UNC Kenan-Flagler's Operations Area studies a complex range of business activities associated with the coordination of resources and effective delivery of value-added products and services to global customers. Our faculty is well known for conducting research in a variety of applied clusters, including supply chain management, inventory management, retail operations, health care, energy, information technology, e-business/e-commerce, sustainable enterprise, learning and knowledge-based innovation, outsourcing/offshoring, revenue management, global health, product safety in the supply chain and technology management.<br><br>Students in our Operations and Data Management program develop into top research scholars well-prepared to investigate critical problems in operations management.<br><br>You will work closely with faculty members on cutting-edge projects. The scope of their research interests and expertise is quite broad, addressing problems in supply chains and operations management in global manufacturing and service firms. The context for this research is broad and includes various industries banking, information services, retail, healthcare, airline and automotive and humanitarian, nonprofit organizations.<br><br>The Operations curriculum provides a background in the literature and techniques used in research. It is quantitative in nature and as such, incoming PhD students often have a background in economics, engineering, mathematics, or statistics.