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  • Qualification

    MPhil - Master of Philosophy

  • Location

    University of Essex

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    02-OCT-25

  • Duration

    2 Years

Course summary

Our School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science offers MPhil Mathematics supervision in a wide range of mathematical areas, including both pure and applied subjects. Possible areas of research include algebra, combinatorics, computational mathematics, chaos theory, dynamical systems, differential equations and numerical analysis. If you're interested in studying with us, please get in touch with our School to discuss other potential research areas.

If you successfully complete a research degree in Mathematics, you will be well qualified for careers in scientific research, industry, finance, and academia.

Our staff are strongly committed to research and teaching. They have published several well-regarded text books and are world leaders in their individual specialisms, with their papers appearing in learned journals such as: Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, Advances in Mathematics, Mathematische Zeitschrift and Israel Journal of Mathematics.

Our School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science is genuinely innovative and student-focused. Our research groups are working on a broad range of collaborative areas tackling real-world issues. Here are a few examples:

Our data scientists carefully consider how not to lie, and how not to get lied to with data. Interpreting data correctly is especially important because much of our data science research is applied directly or indirectly to social policies, including health, care and education.

We do practical research with financial data (for example, assessing the risk of collapse of the UK's banking system) as well as theoretical research in financial instruments such as insurance policies or asset portfolios.

We also research how physical processes develop in time and space. Applications of this range from modelling epilepsy to modelling electronic cables.

Our optimisation experts work out how to do the same job with less resource, or how to do more with the same resource.

Our pure maths group are currently working on two new funded projects entitled ''The Calabi problem for smooth Fano threefolds'' and ''Stability of Brunn-Minkowski inequalities and Minkowski type problems for nonlinear capacity''.

We also do research into mathematical education and use exciting technologies such as electroencephalography or eye tracking to measure exactly what a learner is feeling. Our research aims to encourage the implementation of ‘the four Cs' of modern education, which are critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity.

We also offer a PhD and an MSD in this subject, and part-time research study is also available.

Tuition fees

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£ 19,650per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

University of Essex

  • University League Table

    30th

  • Campus address

    University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom

The careers team offer dedicated international careers advice and support throughout studies and after graduation.
Central London is easily accessible from all of the university's campuses.
Gain access to the curriculum from nine European universities through the YUFE (Young Universities for the Future of Europe) virtual campus.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    42nd out of 65 1

  • Entry standards

    / Max 234
    132 56%

    46th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    85.0 85%

    17th

    9
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.00 75%

    48th

    11

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