London School of Geometry and Number Theory MPhil/PhD

Overview

Mathematics research at UCL is flourishing with significant funding from EPSRC, ERC, the Royal Society and industry. The department is a member of the UCL Institute of Origins, Centre for Inverse Problems, and CoMPLEX (Centre of Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology); it hosts the Clinical Operational Research Unit and has 20 postdoctoral researchers including the Clifford Fellow. The London School of Geometry and Number Theory is run by UCL in partnership with King's College London and Imperial College London. Students benefit from our leading role in the inter-university London Taught Course Centre for PhD Students in the Mathematical Sciences.

The first intake of students to the CDT was in 2014. Recent UCL Mathematics graduates have taken up academic posts at universities such as UCL, Sheffield, Kyoto and California State; others have joined the financial services industry at companies such as Barclays Capital, Schroders, Deloitte, ABN Amro and J P Morgan; and others have become mathematics teachers and computer programmers. Some students have taken summer secondments, with two recent ones at the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills.

Many students go on to careers in financial services in the City, and in innovation and technology. Many others proceed to postdoctoral research and academic careers. The LSGNT CDT has several industrial partners including Satellite Applications Catapult, Schlumberger, Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research, the Bank of England, Morgan Stanley and G-Research.