The International Quantitative Research and Applications Conference 2018 (IQRAC2018) is an international conference on mathematical sciences and their applications organized jointly by the Institute for Mathematical Research (INSPEM) of Universiti Putra Malaysia and the Malaysian Academy of Mathematical Scientists (AISMM). IQRAC2018 will feature keynote, plenary and oral contributed talks. The conference invites academicians, researchers, practitioners and students to participate and take opportunity to exchange information on the latest research findings in the field of mathematical sciences and their applications. The areas for presentations may include but not limited to topics and their applications in the broad area of analysis, algebra, graph theory, number theory, topology, statistics and probability, operations research, numerical analysis, cryptography, mathematics education and ethno mathematics. Prospective authors are invited to submit abstracts for their presentations in their chosen topics.