MathematicsPostgraduate Opportunities 2017

01Th

e U

nive

rsit

y of

Edi

nbur

gh

Mat

hem

atic

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stgr

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hem

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po

rtun

itie

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ou

t th

e Sc

hoo

l of M

athe

mat

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cilit

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“ Edi

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uch

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ore

a

way

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ife …

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ver t

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of

expl

orin

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on

foot

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est-

selli

ng a

uth

or

and

alum

nus

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onsis

tent

ly ra

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2016

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Rank

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UK

for

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maj

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gs,

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med

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re

sear

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Pet

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03Th

e U

nive

rsit

y of

Edi

nbur

gh

Mat

hem

atic

s Po

stgr

adua

te O

ppor

tuni

ties

201

7

For

mor

e th

an 4

00

yea

rs t

he U

nive

rsit

y of

Ed

inbu

rgh

has

been

cha

ngin

g th

e w

orld

. Our

st

aff a

nd s

tude

nts

have

exp

lore

d sp

ace,

won

N

obel

Priz

es a

nd r

evol

utio

nise

d su

rger

y. T

hey’

ve

mad

e lif

e-sa

ving

bre

akth

roug

hs a

nd la

id t

he

foun

datio

ns to

sol

ve th

e m

yste

ries

of th

e un

iver

se.

Our

dis

tingu

ishe

d al

umni

incl

ude

NA

SA a

stro

naut

Pi

ers

Selle

rs, f

orm

er M

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irect

or-G

ener

al D

ame

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la R

imin

gton

, Oly

mpi

ans

Sir

Chr

is H

oy a

nd

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erin

e G

rain

ger

and

hist

oric

al g

reat

s su

ch

as p

hilo

soph

er D

avid

Hum

e, s

uffr

agis

t C

hrys

tal

Mac

mill

an, w

ho fo

unde

d th

e W

omen

’s In

tern

atio

nal

Leag

ue fo

r Pe

ace

and

Free

dom

, and

phy

sici

st a

nd

mat

hem

atic

ian

Jam

es C

lerk

Max

wel

l.

An

inte

rnat

iona

lly r

enow

ned

cent

re fo

r ac

adem

ic

exce

llenc

e, w

e fo

rge

wor

ld-c

lass

col

labo

ratio

ns

wit

h pa

rtne

rs s

uch

as t

he C

alifo

rnia

Inst

itut

e of

Te

chno

logy

(Cal

tech

), St

anfo

rd U

nive

rsit

y, t

he

Uni

vers

ity

of M

elbo

urne

, Pek

ing

Uni

vers

ity,

the

U

nive

rsit

y of

Del

hi a

nd t

he U

nive

rsit

y of

Kw

aZul

u-N

atal

. As

a m

embe

r of

the

Lea

gue

of E

urop

ean

Rese

arch

Uni

vers

itie

s an

d th

e C

oim

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up,

we

link

up w

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g in

stitu

tions

acr

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Euro

pe.

com

mer

cial

link

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indu

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and

the

prof

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dinb

urgh

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d In

nova

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mot

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omm

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alis

es o

ur r

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step

to

mar

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thr

ough

col

labo

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sear

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licen

sing

tec

hnol

ogy

or c

onsu

ltan

cy.

We

are

com

mit

ted

to e

mbe

ddin

g em

ploy

abili

ty

in y

our U

nive

rsit

y ex

perie

nce

and

have

one

of t

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Russ

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roup

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est

trac

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cord

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02

05Th

e U

nive

rsit

y of

Edi

nbur

gh

Mat

hem

atic

s Po

stgr

adua

te O

ppor

tuni

ties

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mas

ters

pro

gram

mes

Com

puta

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mat

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rs P

T av

aila

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for

UK/

EU s

tude

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forw

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new

pro

gram

me

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pro

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w

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wid

e-ra

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num

eric

al a

naly

sis

and

mo

del

ling.

Stu

den

ts o

n th

e pr

ogr

amm

e w

ill h

ave

the

opp

ortu

nity

to a

pply

the

ir kn

owle

dg

e in

var

ious

typ

es o

f rea

l-wor

ld s

yste

ms

usin

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pro

pri

ate

soft

war

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Indu

stry

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gov

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ent

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ed g

radu

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wit

h ad

vanc

ed

pro

gram

min

g an

d m

od

ellin

g fo

r a

wid

e ra

nge

of a

pplic

atio

ns, a

nd

mo

del

ling;

to

ols

used

to

addr

ess

prob

lem

s in

are

as s

uch

as n

umer

ical

an

d da

ta s

cien

ce.

The

prog

ram

me

invo

lves

tw

o se

mes

ters

of t

augh

t co

urse

s fo

llow

ed b

y a

diss

erta

tion

.

Com

puti

ng; O

bjec

t-O

rien

ted

Prog

ram

min

g w

ith

Ap

plic

atio

ns; R

esea

rch

Skill

s fo

r C

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tati

onal

and

Ap

plie

d M

athe

mat

ics;

Num

eric

al P

arti

al

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eren

tial E

quat

ions

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h Ap

plic

atio

ns; M

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ular

Dyn

amic

s: N

umer

ical

A

lgor

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d A

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icat

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ddi

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re a

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in a

reas

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part

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toch

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ptim

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num

eric

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near

al

geb

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tati

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ulti

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hrou

gh y

our

choi

ce o

f

You

will

obt

ain

the

tran

sfer

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ski

lls r

equi

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care

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od

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atio

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g. Y

ou m

ust

also

hav

e re

leva

nt p

rogr

amm

ing

exp

erie

nce.

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pag

e 2

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fees

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pag

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gh-q

ualit

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ory

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know

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of t

he t

heor

y of

pro

bab

ility

and

sto

chas

tic

anal

ysis

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ese

are

the

core

the

orie

s ne

eded

in t

he m

od

ern

valu

atio

n of

com

plex

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ortf

olio

man

agem

ent;

and

• th

e tr

ansf

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omp

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lls r

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mo

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Ad

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wor

k pl

acem

ent

put

s yo

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rt

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oo

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naly

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ach

of t

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emes

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cret

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Fin

ance

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tain

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onte

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chas

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in F

inan

ce; S

toch

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c C

ontr

ol a

nd D

ynam

ic A

sset

Allo

cati

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Co

mp

uta

tio

nal s

trea

m: N

umer

ical

Met

hods

for

Sto

chas

tic

Dif

fere

ntia

l Eq

uati

ons;

Num

eric

al P

arti

al D

iffe

rent

ial E

qua

tion

s. F

inan

cial

str

eam

: Fi

nanc

ial R

isk

Theo

ry; O

ptim

izat

ion

Met

hods

in F

inan

ce.

Co

mp

uta

tio

nal s

trea

m: C

ompu

ting

for

Op

erat

iona

l Res

earc

h &

Fi

nanc

e; P

rogr

amm

ing

Skill

s. F

inan

cial

str

eam

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vanc

ed T

ime

Seri

es

Econ

omet

rics

; Cre

dit

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ring

; Fin

anci

al R

isk

Man

agem

ent;

Num

eric

al

Met

hods

for

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chas

tic

Dif

fere

ntia

l Eq

uati

ons;

Num

eric

al P

arti

al

Dif

fere

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l Eq

uati

ons;

Sto

chas

tic

Opt

imiz

atio

n.

to

con

tinu

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ur s

tudi

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y jo

inin

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pro

gram

me.

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mat

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or e

ngin

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g. Y

ou m

ust

also

hav

e re

leva

nt p

rogr

amm

ing

exp

erie

nce.

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pag

e 2

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fees

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pag

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r fu

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un jo

intl

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Her

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Wat

t U

nive

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y. It

pro

vid

es y

ou

You

will

als

o le

arn

quan

tita

tive

ski

lls fo

r d

evel

opin

g an

d m

anag

ing

risk

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ding

dep

th t

o yo

ur le

arni

ng, a

wor

k pl

acem

ent

put

s yo

u at

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hea

rt

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oo

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naly

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cotl

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ents

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nive

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e U

nive

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nbur

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ill a

tten

d ea

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stit

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app

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cret

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pec

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chas

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ptim

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s;

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ory;

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tial D

iffer

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atio

ns;

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imiz

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etho

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; Sim

ulat

ion;

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tist

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Met

hod

s;

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cal I

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ence

; Tim

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ries

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lysi

s; S

toch

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et A

lloca

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stud

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inin

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rogr

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t gr

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king

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tita

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ysts

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ploy

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mat

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bjec

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sics

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neer

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This

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ill b

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pri

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nal e

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Stat

istic

s w

ith D

ata

Scie

nce

MSc

1 y

r FT

(2-3

yrs

PT

avai

labl

e fo

r U

K/EU

stu

dent

s)

In t

his

digi

tal a

nd d

ata-

rich

era

, the

dem

and

for

stat

isti

cs g

radu

ates

fr

om in

dust

ry, t

he p

ublic

sec

tor

and

acad

emia

is h

igh,

yet

the

po

ol o

f su

ch g

radu

ates

is s

mal

l. Th

e re

cent

gro

wth

of d

ata

scie

nce

has

incr

ease

d th

e aw

aren

ess

of t

he im

por

tanc

e of

sta

tist

ics,

wit

h th

e an

alys

is o

f dat

a

It c

ombi

nes

rigor

ous

stat

isti

cal t

heor

y w

ith

wid

er h

ands

-on

prac

tica

l ex

per

ienc

e of

app

lyin

g st

atis

tica

l tec

hniq

ues

to d

ata

and

corr

ectl

y in

terp

reti

ng t

he a

sso

ciat

ed r

esul

ts. Y

ou w

ill b

e tr

aine

d in

bo

th c

lass

ical

an

d Ba

yesi

an id

eolo

gies

and

ass

oci

ated

com

put

atio

nal s

oftw

are,

This

MSc

con

sist

s of

tw

o se

mes

ters

of l

ectu

re-b

ased

cou

rses

and

pr

acti

cal,

lab

-bas

ed c

ours

es a

sses

sed

by a

com

bina

tion

of e

xam

s, w

ritt

en

rep

orts

and

pro

gram

min

g as

sign

men

ts. U

pon

suc

cess

ful c

ompl

etio

n of

th

e co

urse

s yo

u w

ill c

ompl

ete

a di

sser

tati

on, u

sual

ly t

akin

g th

e fo

rm o

f tw

o co

nsul

tanc

y-st

yle

proj

ects

or

an e

xter

nally

sup

ervi

sed

proj

ect.

Stat

isti

cal T

heor

y; S

tati

stic

al R

egre

ssio

n M

od

els;

Bay

esia

n Th

eory

; St

atis

tica

l Pro

gram

min

g; B

ayes

ian

Dat

a A

naly

sis;

Lik

elih

ood

and

Gen

eral

ised

Lin

ear

Mo

del

s.

The

Ana

lysi

s of

Sur

viva

l Dat

a; C

ombi

nato

rial

Opt

imiz

atio

n; E

xtre

me

Com

puti

ng; F

unda

men

tals

of O

per

atio

nal R

esea

rch;

Fun

dam

enta

ls

of O

ptim

izat

ion;

Intr

oduc

tory

App

lied

Mac

hine

Lea

rnin

g; L

arge

Sca

le

Opt

imiz

atio

n fo

r D

ata

Scie

nce;

Mac

hine

Lea

rnin

g an

d Pa

tter

n Re

cogn

itio

n; M

od

ern

Opt

imiz

atio

n M

etho

ds fo

r Bi

g D

ata

Prob

lem

s;

Mul

tile

vel M

od

ellin

g; M

ulti

vari

ate

Dat

a A

naly

sis;

Non

para

met

ric

Regr

essi

on; O

bjec

t-O

rien

ted

Prog

ram

min

g w

ith

Ap

plic

atio

ns;

Prob

abili

stic

Mo

delli

ng a

nd R

easo

ning

; Sta

tist

ical

Con

sult

ancy

; St

och

asti

c M

od

ellin

g; S

toch

asti

c O

ptim

izat

ion

Text

Tec

hnol

ogie

s

for

Dat

a Sc

ienc

e; T

ime

Seri

es A

naly

sis

and

Fore

cast

ing

.

Trai

ned

stat

isti

cian

s ar

e in

hig

h d

eman

d du

e to

an

incr

easi

ngly

dat

a aw

are

soci

ety.

We

anti

cip

ate

that

the

maj

orit

y of

gra

duat

es w

ill b

e em

ploy

ed a

s st

atis

tici

ans

wit

hin

priv

ate

and

pub

lic in

stit

utio

ns p

rovi

ding

st

atis

tica

l ad

vice

/con

sult

ancy

. The

sta

tist

ical

, ana

lysi

s/in

terp

reta

tion

an

d co

mm

unic

atio

n sk

ills

you

will

dev

elop

and

you

r kn

owle

dg

e of

the

un

der

lyin

g st

atis

tica

l pri

ncip

les

coup

led

wit

h pr

acti

cal e

xper

ienc

e of

im

plem

enti

ng s

tati

stic

al t

echn

ique

s us

ing

stan

dard

sof

twar

e ac

ross

a

rang

e of

app

licat

ions

, will

ens

ure

you

are

idea

lly p

lace

d fo

r a

rang

e

of jo

b op

por

tuni

ties

or

for

furt

her

stud

y.

A U

K 2

:1 d

egre

e, o

r it

s in

tern

atio

nal e

quiv

alen

t (w

ww

.ed

.ac.

uk/

inte

rnat

iona

l/gra

dua

te-e

ntry

), in

a n

umer

ate

disc

iplin

e su

ch a

s m

athe

mat

ics,

eng

inee

ring

, com

pute

r sc

ienc

e, p

hysi

cal o

r bi

olo

gica

l sc

ienc

es, e

cono

mic

s or

bus

ines

s. Y

ou m

ust

also

hav

e st

udie

d pr

obab

ility

an

d st

atis

tica

l the

ory

at u

nive

rsit

y le

vel.

See

pag

e 2

0.

For

fees

see

pag

e 2

0 a

nd fo

r fu

ndin

g in

form

atio

n se

e p

age

22

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ce W

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11Th

e U

nive

rsit

y of

Edi

nbur

gh

Mat

hem

atic

s Po

stgr

adua

te O

ppor

tuni

ties

201

710

Rese

arch

opp

ortu

nitie

s

Alge

bra

& N

umbe

r The

ory

PhD

3 y

rs F

T (6

yrs

PT

avai

labl

e fo

r U

K/EU

stu

dent

s)

Our

alg

ebra

and

num

ber

the

ory

rese

arch

gro

up is

mad

e up

of

Euro

pean

Mat

hem

atic

al S

ocie

ty P

rize,

the

Whi

tehe

ad P

rize

of t

he L

ondo

n M

athe

mat

ical

So

ciet

y, t

he W

acla

w S

ierp

insk

i Pri

ze o

f the

Pol

ish

Aca

dem

y of

Sci

ence

s an

d th

e Be

rwic

k Pr

ize

of t

he L

ond

on M

athe

mat

ical

So

ciet

y.

Our

mem

ber

s ha

ve g

iven

invi

ted

lect

ures

at

bo

th t

he In

tern

atio

nal

Con

gres

s of

Mat

hem

atic

ians

and

the

Eur

opea

n C

ongr

ess

of M

athe

mat

icia

ns.

Our

res

earc

h fo

cuse

s on

sev

eral

are

as: n

on-c

omm

utat

ive

ring

the

ory;

no

n-co

mm

utat

ive

alge

brai

c ge

omet

ry; t

he g

eom

etry

of a

lgeb

raic

num

bers

; Li

e-th

eore

tic re

pres

enta

tion

theo

ry; q

uant

um a

lgeb

ra; a

nd c

ateg

ory

theo

ry.

Muc

h of

our

res

earc

h is

rel

ated

to

the

area

s of

geo

met

ry a

nd t

opol

og

y,

and

mat

hem

atic

al p

hysi

cs, w

hich

has

lead

to

the

form

atio

n of

the

Hod

ge

Inst

itut

e: h

ttp:

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dg

e.m

aths

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Thro

ugh

the

Scho

ol’s

mem

ber

ship

of t

he M

axw

ell I

nsti

tute

, we

pres

ent

regu

lar

sem

inar

s, a

nd r

un o

ur o

wn

info

rmal

sem

inar

s an

d co

lloqu

ia. W

e al

so s

erve

on

edit

oria

l boa

rds

of v

ario

us in

tern

atio

nal j

ourn

als.

All

of o

ur

PhD

stu

dent

s ta

ke p

art

in in

tern

atio

nal c

onfe

renc

es a

nd s

ympo

sia

and,

in

par

t th

anks

to

this

glo

bal

exp

osur

e, m

any

have

gon

e on

to

pos

tdo

ctor

al

pos

itio

ns t

hrou

ghou

t th

e w

orld

.

See

pag

e 2

0.

For

fees

see

pag

e 2

0 a

nd fo

r fu

ndin

g in

form

atio

n se

e p

age

22

.

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dua

te S

cho

ol A

dm

inis

trat

or

pg

rese

arch

@m

aths

.ed

.ac.

uk

Rese

arch

at t

he S

choo

l of M

athe

mat

ics

We

carr

y ou

t res

earc

h in

the

follo

win

g ar

eas:

• al

gebr

a an

d nu

mb

er t

heor

y;

• co

mpu

tati

onal

mat

hem

atic

s;

• ge

omet

ry a

nd t

opol

ogy;

•

mat

hem

atic

al a

naly

sis;

•

mat

hem

atic

al p

hysi

cs;

• op

erat

iona

l res

earc

h an

d op

tim

izat

ion;

•

part

ial d

iffe

rent

ial e

quat

ions

(PD

Es);

• pr

obab

ility

and

sto

chas

tic a

naly

sis;

and

•

stat

isti

cs.

In 2

00

5, w

e se

t up

the

Max

wel

l Ins

titu

te

for M

athe

mat

ical

Sci

ence

s, in

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith

Her

iot-

Wat

t U

nive

rsit

y. T

he In

stit

ute

poo

ls r

esea

rch

from

bot

h un

iver

siti

es t

o of

fer a

res

earc

h an

d po

stgr

adua

te t

rain

ing

envi

ronm

ent

that

can

att

ract

the

bes

t m

athe

mat

ics

tale

nt fr

om a

roun

d th

e w

orld

.

With

Her

iot-W

att U

nive

rsit

y w

e al

so c

reat

ed

the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Cen

tre

for

Mat

hem

atic

al

Scie

nces

(IC

MS)

. Thi

s re

sear

ch in

stit

ute

wor

ks t

o de

velo

p m

athe

mat

ical

sci

ence

s in

new

dir

ecti

ons,

sup

por

ts a

nd d

evel

ops

mat

hem

atic

s th

at is

rele

vant

and

in d

eman

d fr

om o

ther

sci

ence

s, in

dust

ry a

nd c

omm

erce

an

d fo

ster

s co

llab

orat

ion

bet

wee

n m

athe

mat

ics

depa

rtm

ents

acr

oss

Scot

land

.

In M

arch

201

4, t

he S

choo

l of M

athe

mat

ics

beca

me

a C

entr

e fo

r Doc

tora

l Tra

inin

g (C

DT)

an

d no

w h

osts

the

Max

wel

l Ins

titu

te

Gra

duat

e Sc

hool

in A

naly

sis

and

its

App

licat

ions

(MIG

SAA)

. MIG

SAA

offe

rs

a un

ique

, ful

ly in

tegr

ated

, fou

r-ye

ar P

hD

prog

ram

me,

whi

ch w

ill t

rain

60

stu

dent

s to

the

hig

hest

inte

rnat

iona

l sta

ndar

ds.

As

one

of t

he b

est

hubs

in t

he U

K fo

r m

athe

mat

ics

rese

arch

, we

can

prov

ide

a tr

uly

stim

ulat

ing

and

insp

iring

env

ironm

ent

for

deve

lopi

ng y

our

rese

arch

car

eer.

Stud

ents

rec

eive

bro

ad t

rain

ing

in

theo

retic

al a

naly

sis,

sto

chas

tics,

num

eric

s an

d ap

plic

atio

ns a

nd w

ill e

mer

ge w

ith

mul

tipl

e sk

ill-s

ets

desi

gned

to

deal

wit

h th

e so

phis

ticat

ed c

halle

nges

aris

ing

in a

cade

mia

, in

dust

ry a

nd c

omm

erce

. Our

app

roac

h is

fo

unde

d on

rig

orou

s m

athe

mat

ical

ana

lysi

s in

the

con

text

of c

olla

bora

tion

with

indu

stry

. Th

e pr

ogra

mm

e is

join

tly

oper

ated

by

the

Uni

vers

ity

of E

dinb

urgh

and

Her

iot-

Wat

t U

nive

rsit

y an

d st

uden

ts w

ill r

ecei

ve P

hDs

awar

ded

join

tly

by b

oth

inst

itut

ions

.

MIG

SAA

diff

ers

from

a s

tand

ard

PhD

deg

ree.

full

prog

ram

me

of b

road

aca

dem

ic t

rain

ing

in t

he s

peci

alis

t ar

eas

of t

he C

DT,

incl

udin

g a

join

t ta

ster

pro

ject

in t

he a

utum

n an

d a

fulle

r pr

ojec

t du

ring

the

sum

mer

whi

ch

may

alig

n w

ith

your

eve

ntua

l res

earc

h to

pic.

The

mat

chin

g of

a s

uper

viso

r w

ith

your

res

earc

h to

pic

is d

one

duri

ng t

his

high

-leve

l cou

rses

aug

men

ting

your

prim

ary

rese

arch

act

ivit

y, a

s w

ell a

s a

num

ber

of

MIG

SAA

stud

ents

, inc

ludi

ng t

he p

ossi

bilit

y of

indu

stri

al p

lace

men

ts a

nd a

cade

mic

pl

acem

ents

in o

ther

cou

ntri

es.

We

offe

r up

to

12 fu

lly-f

unde

d pl

aces

ac

ross

the

Uni

vers

ity

of E

dinb

urgh

and

H

erio

t-W

att

Uni

vers

ity

in e

ach

inta

ke. I

f yo

u ar

e in

tere

sted

in o

ur P

hD p

rogr

amm

es

in M

athe

mat

ical

Ana

lysi

s, S

toch

asti

c A

naly

sis

or A

pplie

d M

athe

mat

ics

then

M

IGSA

A w

ill b

e an

opp

ortu

nity

tha

t yo

u

do n

ot w

ish

to o

verl

ook.

For

furt

her

info

rmat

ion,

con

tact

MIG

SAA

:

Dir

ecto

r To

ny C

arb

ery

Emai

l a.c

arb

ery@

ed.a

c.uk

Dep

uty

Dir

ecto

r D

ugal

d D

unca

nEm

ail d

.b.d

unca

n@hw

.ac.

uk

inte

rnat

iona

l equ

ival

ent

(ww

w.e

d.a

c.uk

/in

tern

atio

nal/g

radu

ate-

entr

y), i

n an

ap

prop

riate

sub

ject

; or

a U

K 2

:1 h

onou

rs

degr

ee p

lus

a U

K m

aste

rs d

egre

e, o

r th

eir

inte

rnat

iona

l equ

ival

ents

; or

rele

vant

requ

irem

ents

for

your

pro

gram

me

on

line

befo

re a

pply

ing.

See

also

…

of a

noth

er S

choo

l wit

hin

the

Uni

vers

ity,

in p

arti

cula

r th

e U

nive

rsit

y of

Edi

nbur

gh B

usin

ess

Scho

ol o

r th

e Sc

hool

s

of G

eoSc

ienc

es, I

nfor

mat

ics

or P

hysi

cs &

Ast

rono

my.

ww

w.e

d.a

c.uk

/stu

dyi

ng/p

rosp

ectu

s-re

que

st

One

of t

he s

tren

gths

of t

he U

nive

rsit

y’s

Scho

ol o

f Mat

hem

atic

s an

d M

axw

ell I

nsti

tute

for

Mat

hem

atic

al S

cien

ces

is t

he

abili

ty o

f our

res

earc

hers

to

appl

y co

mpl

ex m

athe

mat

ical

pr

inci

ples

in o

rder

to

solv

e se

emin

gly

unre

late

d pr

oble

ms.

Th

e in

nova

tive

wor

k of

Pro

fess

or C

olin

Ait

ken

and

his

colle

ague

s, in

an

area

of f

oren

sic

scie

nce,

sho

ws

just

ho

w w

ide-

rang

ing

the

resu

lts

of t

heir

rese

arch

can

be.

adm

inis

trat

ion

of ju

stic

e. It

is im

port

ant

that

it b

e ev

alua

ted

obje

ctiv

ely

and

inte

rpre

ted

clea

rly

for

the

cour

ts, s

ince

the

in

corr

ect

com

mun

icat

ion

of it

s va

lue

lead

s to

app

eals

or

even

mis

carr

iage

s of

just

ice.

An

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

val

ue

of fo

rens

ic e

vide

nce

relie

s he

avily

on

an a

sses

smen

t of

un

cert

aint

y. H

owev

er, t

o he

lp a

cou

rt e

stim

ate

the

rela

tive

lik

elih

ood

of t

he t

wo

pos

sibi

litie

s –

of a

ssoc

iati

on o

r no

n-as

soci

atio

n w

ith

a cr

ime

– A

itke

n an

d hi

s te

am

calc

ulat

ed a

so

-cal

led

likel

ihoo

d ra

tio

(LR)

tha

t ta

kes

into

was

to

use

Baye

sian

sta

tist

ical

met

hods

to

enab

le fo

rens

ic

scie

ntis

ts w

orld

wid

e to

inte

rpre

t th

eir

data

rel

iabl

y.

The

sam

plin

g pr

otoc

ols

deve

lop

ed a

t th

e Sc

hool

of

Mat

hem

atic

s ha

ve b

een

wid

ely

adop

ted.

The

y ha

ve b

een

on D

rugs

and

Cri

me.

The

se n

ew m

etho

ds h

ave

redu

ced

cost

, inc

reas

ed a

ccur

acy

and

impr

oved

the

inte

rpre

tati

on

of t

he v

alue

of e

vide

nce

in c

ourt

room

s ar

ound

the

wor

ld.

A se

nior

fore

nsic

sta

tist

icia

n at

the

Net

herl

ands

For

ensi

c In

stit

ute

com

men

ted:

“Th

e gr

ound

brea

king

wor

k of

Ait

ken

and

othe

rs h

as t

rans

form

ed t

he w

ay w

e ev

alua

te fo

rens

ic

evid

ence

… t

he L

R m

etho

d is

the

nex

t st

ep in

the

evo

luti

on

from

fore

nsic

cra

ft t

o fo

rens

ic s

cien

ce.”

Cas

e st

udy:

Edi

nbur

gh’s

re

sear

ch w

ith

impa

ct

The

Uni

vers

ity

is

pilo

ting

PhD

s by

dis

tanc

e

lear

ning

. If y

ou’re

inte

rest

ed

in s

tud

ying

wit

h us

thi

s w

ay,

we’

re k

een

to in

vest

igat

e p

ossi

bilit

ies

in s

ome

of o

ur

area

s of

res

earc

h.

13Th

e U

nive

rsit

y of

Edi

nbur

gh

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hem

atic

s Po

stgr

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te O

ppor

tuni

ties

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Mat

hem

atic

al A

naly

sis

& it

s Ap

plic

atio

nsPh

D 4

yrs

FT

This

pro

gram

me

is a

sso

ciat

ed w

ith

the

Max

wel

l Ins

titu

te G

radu

ate

Scho

ol

in A

naly

sis

and

its

App

licat

ions

(MIG

SAA

), a

Cen

tre

for

Do

ctor

al T

rain

ing

that

pro

vid

es h

igh

qual

ity

inst

ruct

ion

in a

naly

sis

and

the

appl

icat

ions

of

anal

ysis

to

a w

ide

rang

e of

are

as.

MIG

SAA

has

bee

n m

ade

pos

sibl

e b

y a

gran

t fr

om t

he U

K’s

Engi

neer

ing

and

Phys

ical

Sci

ence

s Re

sear

ch C

ounc

il an

d th

e Sc

ott

ish

Fund

ing

Cou

ncil.

Th

e pr

ogr

amm

e is

del

iver

ed in

col

lab

orat

ion

wit

h H

erio

t-W

att

Uni

vers

ity.

PhD

stu

dy

in M

IGSA

A m

ay b

e un

der

take

n w

ith

mor

e th

an 4

0 s

uper

viso

rs

and

on t

opic

s ra

ngin

g fr

om p

ure

anal

ysis

to

appl

ied

mat

hem

atic

s re

leva

nt

proj

ects

will

rel

ate

to o

ne o

f the

follo

win

g th

emes

:

• H

arm

onic

Ana

lysi

s•

Part

ial D

iffe

rent

ial E

quat

ions

(PD

Es)

• St

och

asti

c Pr

oce

sses

• M

athe

mat

ical

Mo

del

ling

• A

tom

ic a

nd M

olec

ular

Sys

tem

s•

Flui

d D

ynam

ics

• A

pplie

d Pr

obab

ility

.

Our

inte

ntio

n is

tha

t al

l MIG

SAA

stud

ents

gai

n aw

aren

ess

of t

he fu

ll in

telle

ctua

l sp

ectr

um o

f res

earc

h in

ana

lysi

s an

d it

s ap

plic

atio

ns,

incl

udin

g fa

mili

arit

y w

ith

theo

reti

cal i

ssue

s, s

toch

asti

c te

chni

ques

, nu

mer

ical

met

hods

and

exa

mpl

es o

f how

ana

lysi

s pr

oble

ms

imp

act

the

scie

nces

and

eng

inee

ring.

The

refo

re w

e ex

pect

all

stud

ents

to

take

som

e tr

aini

ng s

pan

ning

the

se a

reas

– e

ven

thou

gh y

our

even

tual

PhD

the

sis

may

sp

ecia

lise

in o

nly

one

or t

wo.

As

opp

osed

to

a st

anda

rd P

hD, y

ou w

ill b

e ad

mit

ted

to t

he p

rogr

amm

e

proj

ects

, whi

ch h

elp

shap

e yo

ur p

ersp

ecti

ve, l

eadi

ng t

o a

mat

ch w

ith

a su

per

viso

r in

Yea

r 1.

The

res

earc

h pr

ojec

t di

rect

ed b

y th

e su

per

viso

r is

st

ill t

he c

entr

epie

ce o

f the

PhD

, but

thi

s is

aug

men

ted

by

an o

ngoi

ng

trai

ning

pro

gram

me

in Y

ears

2–4

.

Mat

hem

atic

s is

a d

isci

plin

e of

hig

h in

telle

ct w

ith

conn

ecti

ons

stre

tchi

ng

cert

ain

of t

hriv

ing

in a

ric

h ac

adem

ic s

etti

ng. T

he c

olla

bor

atio

n b

etw

een

MIG

SAA’

s p

artn

er in

stit

utio

ns m

axim

ises

the

opp

ortu

niti

es a

vaila

ble

for

stud

ents

to

gain

a b

read

th o

f kno

wle

dg

e fr

om le

adin

g ex

per

ts.

for

Mat

hem

atic

al S

cien

ces

in E

dinb

urgh

. Thi

s af

ford

s a

num

ber

of

opp

ortu

niti

es t

o en

gag

e w

ith

the

inte

rnat

iona

l mat

hem

atic

al

com

mun

ity.

You

will

be

enco

urag

ed t

o tr

avel

and

par

tici

pat

e in

co

nfer

ence

s an

d se

min

ars

and

will

hav

e op

por

tuni

ties

to

mee

t di

stin

guis

hed

rese

arch

ers

from

all

over

the

wor

ld w

ho a

re a

ttra

cted

that

cou

ld h

ave

far-

reac

hing

eff

ects

on

your

car

eer

in m

athe

mat

ics.

See

pag

e 2

0.

For

fees

see

pag

e 2

0 a

nd fo

r fu

ndin

g in

form

atio

n se

e p

age

22

.

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0 5

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mig

saa-

info

@m

axw

ell.a

c.uk

Appl

ied

& C

ompu

tatio

nal

Mat

hem

atic

s Ph

D 3

yrs

FT

(6 y

rs P

T av

aila

ble

for

UK/

EU s

tude

nts)

The

App

lied

and

Com

put

atio

nal M

athe

mat

ics

rese

arch

gro

up c

ombi

nes

exp

erti

se in

dyn

amic

s, c

lass

ical

and

sta

tist

ical

mec

hani

cs a

nd a

dva

nced

dyn

amic

s an

d op

toel

ectr

onic

s.

If yo

u ha

ve a

pas

sion

for

appl

ied

mat

hem

atic

s, o

ur fa

cilit

ies,

peo

ple

and

envi

ronm

ent w

ill h

elp

you

deve

lop

your

rese

arch

idea

s to

the

ir fu

ll po

tent

ial.

You’

ll ha

ve a

cces

s to

Edi

nbur

gh P

aral

lel C

omp

utin

g C

entr

e (E

PCC

),

one

of E

urop

e’s

lead

ing

sup

erco

mp

utin

g ce

ntre

s, a

nd m

emb

ersh

ip

of t

he C

entr

e fo

r N

umer

ical

Ana

lysi

s an

d In

telli

gen

t So

ftw

are

(NA

IS).

dyn

amic

s, m

ulti

scal

e m

od

ellin

g an

d an

alys

is, m

olec

ular

dyn

amic

s,

mat

hem

atic

al m

eteo

rolo

gy,

Ham

ilton

ian

dyn

amic

s, n

onlin

ear

wav

es

biol

og

y, e

xpon

enti

al a

sym

pto

tics

and

hom

og

enis

atio

n th

eory

.

Hav

ing

acce

ss t

o a

broa

d co

mm

unit

y of

res

earc

hers

mea

ns t

hat

your

wor

k w

ill b

e w

ell d

istr

ibut

ed a

nd r

eco

gnis

ed. T

hrou

gh t

he N

AIS

col

lab

orat

ion,

yo

u’ll

crea

te s

tron

g ne

twor

ks w

ith

rese

arch

ers

acro

ss S

cotl

and

and

have

ac

cess

to

subs

tant

ial t

rain

ing

as w

ell a

s vi

sito

r an

d w

orks

hop

prog

ram

mes

in

num

eric

al a

naly

sis,

com

pute

r sc

ienc

e an

d hi

gh-p

erfo

rman

ce c

ompu

ting

so

ftw

are

dev

elop

men

t.

As

part

of t

he A

pplie

d &

Com

puta

tion

al M

athe

mat

ics

grou

p yo

u w

ill h

ave

acce

ss t

o th

e tr

aini

ng a

ctiv

itie

s pr

ovid

ed b

y M

IGSA

A.

and

Syst

ems

Biol

og

y Ed

inb

urgh

), a

mul

tidi

scip

linar

y Ed

inb

urgh

-bas

ed

cent

re w

hose

mis

sion

is t

he a

naly

sis

and

des

ign

of b

ioch

emic

al s

yste

ms

usin

g th

eore

tica

l, co

mp

utat

iona

l, an

d bi

olo

gica

l tec

hniq

ues.

See

pag

e 2

0.

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fees

see

pag

e 2

0 a

nd fo

r fu

ndin

g in

form

atio

n se

e p

age

22

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cho

ol A

dm

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trat

or

pg

rese

arch

@m

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uk

Geo

met

ry &

Top

olog

y

PhD

3 y

rs F

T (6

yrs

PT

avai

labl

e fo

r U

K/EU

stu

dent

s)

Our

Geo

met

ry a

nd T

opol

og

y re

sear

ch g

roup

has

str

ong

links

wit

h b

oth

th

e A

lgeb

ra &

Num

ber

The

ory

and

the

Mat

hem

atic

al P

hysi

cs r

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rch

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thi

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king

wit

hin

one

of t

he la

rges

t m

athe

mat

ics

grou

ps

in t

he U

K, y

ou’ll

be

com

plet

ing

your

deg

ree

in a

n en

viro

nmen

t th

at h

ums

wit

h a

bus

y gr

adua

te s

cho

ol li

fe, a

nd y

ou’ll

hav

e th

e ch

ance

to

mak

e yo

ur m

ark

in s

emin

ars,

wor

ksho

ps,

clu

bs

and

outi

ngs.

Our

inte

rest

s in

clud

e al

geb

raic

geo

met

ry, d

eriv

ed c

ateg

orie

s,

alge

brai

c an

d ge

omet

ric t

opol

ogy,

tw

isto

r the

ory,

cat

egor

y th

eory

an

d in

tegr

able

sys

tem

s.

Whi

le w

e ca

n of

fer

a la

rge

com

mun

ity

of r

esea

rche

rs u

nder

one

ro

of, w

e b

elie

ve in

enc

oura

ging

you

to

gain

as

broa

d a

per

spec

tive

as

pos

sibl

e. T

he

best

way

to

do t

his

is t

o in

volv

e yo

urse

lf in

the

inte

rnat

iona

l dia

logu

e on

you

r re

sear

ch a

rea,

thr

ough

att

endi

ng c

onfe

renc

es a

nd s

ymp

osia

, and

vis

itin

g yo

ur p

eers

in c

entr

es o

f res

earc

h w

orld

wid

e. T

hrou

ghou

t yo

ur s

tudi

es, y

ou’ll

b

e gi

ven

opp

ortu

niti

es t

o tr

avel

to

even

ts a

nd in

stit

utio

ns t

hat

will

allo

w

you

to g

ain

this

per

spec

tive

, and

op

en u

p ne

w a

reas

of i

nves

tiga

tion

.

See

pag

e 2

0.

For

fees

see

pag

e 2

0 a

nd fo

r fu

ndin

g in

form

atio

n se

e p

age

22

.

Gra

dua

te S

cho

ol A

dm

inis

trat

or

pg

rese

arch

@m

aths

.ed

.ac.

uk

Anal

ysis

PhD

3 y

rs F

T (6

yrs

PT

avai

labl

e fo

r U

K/EU

stu

dent

s)

Our

ana

lysi

s re

sear

ch g

roup

is o

ne o

f the

UK’

s to

p ce

ntre

s fo

r re

sear

ch

Your

pas

sion

for m

athe

mat

ical

ana

lysi

s w

ill b

e re

war

ded

by c

onta

ct w

ith,

an

d su

per

visi

on b

y, w

orld

lead

ing

acad

emic

sta

ff, a

ric

h se

min

ar a

nd

an in

tern

atio

nally

res

pec

ted

ped

igre

e.

We

have

a u

niqu

e fo

cus

on t

he in

terp

lay

of c

lass

ical

Euc

lidea

n ha

rmon

ic

anal

ysis

wit

h th

e m

oder

n th

eory

of P

DEs

. We

stud

y ha

rmon

ic a

naly

tic

idea

s in

num

ber t

heor

y, g

eom

etric

mea

sure

the

ory,

com

bina

toric

s, a

nd d

iscr

ete

geo

met

ry a

nd g

eom

etri

cally

inva

rian

t in

equa

litie

s; a

nd w

e in

vest

igat

e ap

plic

atio

ns o

f har

mon

ic a

naly

sis

to e

llipt

ic a

nd p

arab

olic

PD

Es w

ith

roug

h

theo

ries

of m

athe

mat

ical

phy

sics

, mat

hem

atic

al b

iolo

gy a

nd, i

n co

nnec

tion

wit

h bl

ack

hole

s, m

athe

mat

ical

gen

eral

rel

ativ

ity;

free

-bou

ndar

y pr

oble

ms,

op

tim

al m

ass

tran

spor

tati

on a

nd M

ong

e-A

mp

ère

equa

tion

s in

non

linea

r el

asti

city

and

oth

er c

onti

nuum

the

orie

s; a

nd w

ell-p

osed

ness

for

sup

ercr

itic

al in

itia

l val

ue p

robl

ems

wit

h no

isy

init

ial d

ata.

In a

ddi

tion

to

the

Scho

ol’s

exc

elle

nt fa

cilit

ies,

as

par

t of

the

Ana

lysi

s gr

oup

you

will

hav

e ac

cess

to

the

acti

viti

es o

f the

CA

NPD

E an

d th

e M

IGSA

A. T

hrou

gh s

emin

ars,

min

i-sym

posi

a an

d tr

aini

ng c

ours

es, t

hese

st

imul

ate

and

supp

ort

dev

elop

men

t of

res

earc

h in

ana

lysi

s an

d th

eore

tica

l non

linea

r PD

Es.

See

pag

e 2

0.

For

fees

see

pag

e 2

0 a

nd fo

r fu

ndin

g in

form

atio

n se

e p

age

22

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te S

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ol A

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inis

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arch

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For

mo

re in

form

atio

n

abo

ut

rese

arch

in t

he

Scho

ol o

f Mat

hem

atic

s,

ple

ase

visi

t:

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e U

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pera

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ble

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EU s

tude

nts)

As

a m

embe

r of t

he O

pera

tiona

l Res

earc

h an

d O

ptim

izat

ion

rese

arch

gro

up

you

will

als

o b

e p

art

of t

he E

dinb

urgh

Res

earc

h G

roup

in O

pti

miz

atio

n (E

RGO

), a

wid

er a

sso

ciat

ion,

wit

h ou

r gr

oup

as t

he fo

cus,

whi

ch in

clud

es

acad

emic

s at

the

uni

vers

itie

s of

Dun

dee

and

Oxf

ord

as w

ell a

s co

mm

erci

al

orga

nisa

tion

s. T

hrou

gh it

s re

gula

r se

min

ar s

erie

s, t

his

netw

ork

prov

ides

in

tera

ctio

n w

ith

an a

rray

of l

oca

l and

inte

rnat

iona

l ins

titu

tion

s an

d in

dust

rial

bo

dies

inte

rest

ed in

the

dev

elop

men

t of

op

erat

iona

l res

earc

h an

d op

tim

izat

ion.

As

a re

sult

, you

’ll e

stab

lish

valu

able

rel

atio

nshi

ps

that

w

ill h

elp

you

take

you

r re

sear

ch t

o it

s op

tim

um le

vel.

Our

gro

up h

as a

s it

s pr

imar

y fo

cus

the

mat

hem

atic

al a

nd c

omp

utin

g as

pec

ts o

f op

tim

izat

ion.

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e te

chno

log

y in

op

tim

izat

ion

is t

he s

olut

ion

for

larg

e sp

arse

line

ar a

nd q

uadr

atic

pro

blem

s, a

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e’re

abl

e to

pro

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orld

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xper

tise

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wo

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si

mpl

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teri

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rest

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tim

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dec

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l com

puti

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tria

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licat

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of o

ptim

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and

stoc

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opti

miz

atio

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rche

rs a

re e

xplo

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follo

win

g ar

eas:

p

aram

eter

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erta

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in q

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d re

venu

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oo

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ptim

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prob

lem

s; o

pti

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etho

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r lin

ear,

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rati

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prog

ram

min

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posi

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d op

tim

izat

ion;

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dle

met

hods

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mst

arts

for i

nter

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oint

m

etho

ds; p

ool

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prob

lem

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tati

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tec

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larg

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oble

ms;

app

licat

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of o

ptim

izat

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met

hods

for l

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le c

onve

x an

d no

ncon

vex

opti

miz

atio

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oble

ms.

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g pa

rt o

f the

Ope

rati

onal

Res

earc

h an

d O

ptim

izat

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rese

arch

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up

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ERG

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ill g

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you

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itie

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mee

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rese

arch

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in It

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way

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to o

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mos

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lin

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rele

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res

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cuse

s on

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follo

win

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emes

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diff

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eq

uati

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sto

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par

tial

dif

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atio

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sto

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anal

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of P

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PDEs

and

sto

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diff

eren

tial

eq

uati

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(acc

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num

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etho

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par

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re a

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ory,

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plet

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app

licat

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incl

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engi

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ffer

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even

ts.

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o th

e tr

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ovid

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Ed

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pti

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e of

fer

trai

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in a

ll th

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leva

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rogr

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requ

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to a

chie

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our r

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aim

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whi

le o

ther

s ap

ply

thei

r sk

ills

in e

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olo

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part

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new

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cla

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par

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lan

Turi

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stit

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back

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stit

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s an

ass

oci

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res

earc

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stit

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nive

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its

mai

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ase

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it p

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ms

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Uni

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itut

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Aca

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atis

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diti

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res

iden

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tra

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ad

vanc

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stat

isti

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will

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pros

pec

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aca

dem

ia, i

ndus

try

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wit

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over

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re

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all t

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e N

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sta

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ne o

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giou

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hool

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UK

for m

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mat

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acts

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inte

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sear

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om a

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orld

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Uni

vers

ity

of E

dinb

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one

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wor

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gre

at c

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ns, w

hich

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b

een

grow

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unda

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help

you

wit

h th

is: t

he U

nive

rsit

y of

fers

cou

rses

in p

ublic

sp

eaki

ng a

nd

othe

r te

achi

ng s

kills

, and

you

’ll b

e ab

le

to d

raw

on

the

supp

ort

of y

our

pee

rs a

nd

sup

ervi

sors

in r

esea

rch

grou

p m

eeti

ngs.

For

rese

arch

stu

dent

s, a

str

ong

foun

dati

on

is

ess

enti

al a

nd in

the

ear

ly p

art

of y

our

stud

ies

you’

ll b

e of

fere

d ta

ught

cou

rses

th

roug

h th

e Sc

ottis

h M

athe

mat

ical

Sci

ence

s Tr

aini

ng C

entr

e, a

con

sort

ium

of s

even

m

athe

mat

ics

depa

rtm

ents

. You

’ll t

ake

part

in

vid

eo-c

onfe

renc

ed le

ctur

es, p

rese

nted

by

sta

ff fr

om a

ll pa

rtic

ipat

ing

univ

ersi

ties

.

“ The

Sch

ool i

s ver

y su

ppor

tive

in o

rgan

ising

soci

al e

vent

s to

hel

p ne

twor

king

. Edi

nbur

gh is

an

inte

rnat

iona

l uni

vers

ity

that

att

ract

s stu

dent

s fro

m d

iffer

ent c

ount

ries

. I’v

e m

ade

usef

ul c

onta

cts w

ith a

cade

mic

s with

in th

e U

nive

rsity

and

w

ith e

xter

nal e

xper

ts in

the

field

.” P

hD M

athe

mat

ics

2021

The

Uni

vers

ity

of E

dinb

urgh

M

athe

mat

ics

Post

grad

uate

Opp

ortu

niti

es 2

017

We

have

an

onlin

e ap

plic

atio

n pr

oces

s fo

r all

post

grad

uate

pro

gram

mes

. It’s

a s

trai

ghtf

orw

ard

syst

em

wit

h fu

ll in

stru

ctio

ns, i

nclu

ding

det

ails

of a

ny s

uppo

rtin

g do

cum

enta

tion

you

need

to

subm

it.

Whe

n ap

plyi

ng, y

ou w

ill s

et u

p an

acc

ount

, w

hich

lets

you

sav

e yo

ur a

pplic

atio

n an

d co

ntin

ue a

t an

othe

r ti

me.

Full

guid

ance

on

our

appl

icat

ion

syst

em is

av

aila

ble

at: w

ww

.ed

.ac.

uk/p

ost

gra

dua

te/

app

lyin

g

UK

2:1

deg

ree,

or

its

inte

rnat

iona

l eq

uiva

lent

(ww

w.e

d.a

c.uk

/inte

rnat

iona

l/g

rad

uate

-ent

ry),

in m

athe

mat

ics

or

anot

her

mat

hem

atic

al s

ubje

ct o

r nu

mer

ate

disc

iplin

e.

You

will

als

o ne

ed t

o m

eet

the

Uni

vers

ity’

s la

ngua

ge r

equi

rem

ents

(see

bel

ow).

Entr

y re

quire

men

ts fo

r ind

ivid

ual p

rogr

amm

es c

an

prog

ram

me

you

wis

h to

app

ly fo

r.

To a

pply

for

a re

sear

ch d

egre

e yo

u w

ill

inte

rnat

iona

l equ

ival

ent,

in a

n ap

prop

riat

e su

bjec

t; o

r a U

K 2

:1 h

onou

rs d

egre

e pl

us a

U

K m

aste

rs d

egre

e, o

r th

eir

inte

rnat

iona

l

and

exp

erie

nce.

For a

pplic

atio

ns t

o ta

ught

pro

gram

mes

, th

e no

rmal

requ

irem

ent

is o

ne re

fere

nce,

al

thou

gh a

n ad

ditio

nal r

efer

ence

may

be

requ

este

d in

indi

vidu

al c

ases

. For

ap

plic

atio

ns t

o re

sear

ch p

rogr

amm

es, t

wo

refe

renc

es a

re re

quire

d. Y

ou s

houl

d ch

eck

the

entr

y on

line

for e

xact

requ

irem

ents

fo

r you

r int

ende

d pr

ogra

mm

e of

stu

dy.

For g

ener

al g

uida

nce

on re

fere

nces

, vis

it:

ww

w.e

d.ac

.uk/

post

grad

uate

/ref

eren

ces

Som

e pr

ogra

mm

es h

ave

appl

icat

ion

dead

lines

. Ple

ase

chec

k th

e pr

ogra

mm

e en

try

onlin

e fo

r de

tails

. For

all

othe

r pr

ogra

mm

es, y

ou a

re e

ncou

rage

d to

app

ly

no la

ter

than

one

mon

th p

rior

to

entr

y to

your

app

licat

ion.

How

ever

, ear

lier

appl

icat

ion

is r

ecom

men

ded,

par

ticu

larl

y w

here

the

re is

a h

igh

dem

and

for

plac

es

or w

hen

a vi

sa w

ill b

e re

quir

ed. S

houl

d yo

u w

ish

to s

ubm

it a

late

app

licat

ion,

ple

ase

cont

act

us fo

r gui

danc

e. If

you

are

app

lyin

g fo

r fu

ndin

g, in

mos

t ca

ses

you

will

nee

d

an o

ffer

to

stud

y w

ith

us b

efor

e yo

u ca

n m

ake

your

fund

ing

appl

icat

ion.

Appl

icat

ions

and

fees

The

dead

line

for

appl

icat

ions

is 3

1st

Janu

ary

201

7. T

his

will

ena

ble

you

to b

e co

nsid

ered

for

all o

f our

ava

ilabl

e fu

ndin

g op

por

tuni

ties

. Ear

ly a

pplic

atio

ns a

re

enco

urag

ed a

nd a

lim

ited

num

ber

of e

arly

of

fers

may

be

mad

e. L

ate

appl

icat

ions

will

b

e co

nsid

ered

, but

pri

orit

y w

ill b

e gi

ven

to

app

licat

ions

rec

eive

d by

the

dea

dlin

e.

Engl

ish

mus

t sh

ow e

vide

nce

of o

ne

• IE

LTS

Aca

dem

ic: t

otal

6.5

(at

leas

t

6.0

in e

ach

mod

ule)

.

• TO

EFL-

iBT:

tot

al 9

2 (a

t le

ast

20

in

each

mod

ule)

.

• PT

E(A)

: tot

al 6

1 (a

t le

ast

56

in e

ach

of

the

Com

mun

icat

ive

Skill

s se

ctio

ns).

• C

AE

and

CPE

: tot

al 1

76 (a

t le

ast

169

in

eac

h m

odul

e).

• Tr

init

y IS

E: IS

E II

(wit

h di

stin

ctio

ns in

al

l fou

r co

mp

onen

ts).

Plea

se n

ote:

• En

glis

h la

ngua

ge r

equi

rem

ents

can

be

affe

cted

by

gove

rnm

ent

polic

y so

ple

ase

chec

k th

e la

test

req

uire

men

ts fo

r yo

ur

prog

ram

me:

ww

w.e

d.a

c.uk

/p

ost

gra

dua

te/d

egre

es

• b

e no

mor

e th

an t

wo

year

s ol

d at

the

b

egin

ning

of y

our

prog

ram

me.

• W

e al

so a

ccep

t re

cent

deg

ree-

leve

l st

udy

that

was

tau

ght

and

asse

ssed

in

Engl

ish

in a

maj

orit

y En

glis

h sp

eaki

ng

Imm

igra

tion

).

Plea

se c

onta

ct t

he G

radu

ate

Scho

ol

pg

rese

arch

@m

aths

.ed

.ac.

uk

Te

st o

f Eng

lish

as a

For

eign

Lan

guag

e In

tern

et-B

ased

Tes

t; P

TE(A

) – P

ears

on T

est

Ad

vanc

ed E

nglis

h; T

rini

ty IS

E –

Inte

grat

ed

Skill

s in

Eng

lish.

ww

w.e

d.a

c.uk

/eng

lish

-req

uire

men

ts/p

g

The

follo

win

g ta

ble

prov

ides

an

over

view

of

indi

cati

ve fe

e le

vels

for

prog

ram

mes

co

mm

enci

ng in

201

7.

Figu

res

mar

ked

* sh

ow t

he fe

e le

vel s

et fo

r

are

indi

cativ

e of

exp

ecte

d fe

e le

vels

for y

our

stud

ies

duri

ng t

he 2

017/

18 a

cade

mic

yea

r.

imp

orta

nt y

ou c

heck

onl

ine

bef

ore

you

appl

y an

d ch

eck

the

up-t

o-d

ate

fee

leve

l

ww

w.e

d.a

c.uk

/stu

den

t-fu

ndin

g/

tuit

ion

-fee

s/p

ost

gra

dua

te

Plea

se n

ote:

• In

tern

atio

nal s

tude

nts

star

ting

full-

time

taug

ht p

rogr

amm

es o

f stu

dy

last

ing

mor

e th

an o

ne y

ear

will

be

char

ged

• A

ll ot

her

stud

ents

on

full-

tim

e an

d pa

rt-t

ime

prog

ram

mes

of s

tud

y la

stin

g m

ore

than

one

yea

r sh

ould

be

awar

e th

at a

nnua

l tui

tion

fees

are

sub

ject

to

revi

sion

and

are

typ

ical

ly in

crea

sed

by

This

ann

ual i

ncre

ase

shou

ld b

e ta

ken

into

acc

ount

whe

n yo

u ar

e ap

plyi

ng

for

a pr

ogra

mm

e.

• In

add

itio

n to

tui

tion

fees

, you

r pr

ogra

mm

e m

ay b

e su

bjec

t to

an

appl

icat

ion

fee

and

addi

tion

al c

osts

/pr

ogra

mm

e co

sts

may

app

ly. P

leas

e ch

eck

the

late

st p

rogr

amm

e in

form

atio

n on

line.

EU s

tude

nts

enro

lling

in t

he 2

017/

18

acad

emic

yea

r –

and

pos

sibl

y th

e fo

llow

ing

acad

emic

yea

r –

will

be

adm

itte

d as

Sc

otti

sh/E

U fe

e st

atus

stu

dent

s an

d ar

e el

igib

le fo

r tu

itio

n fe

e su

ppor

t fr

om t

he

Stud

ent

Awar

ds A

genc

y fo

r Sco

tland

(SA

AS)

.

Futu

re c

hang

es t

o th

e fe

e st

atus

of E

U

stud

ents

enr

ollin

g in

the

201

7/18

aca

dem

ic

year

will

dep

end

on t

he t

imin

g an

d te

rms

of t

he U

K’s

exit

from

the

Eur

opea

n U

nion

an

d w

ould

als

o re

quire

cha

nges

to

exis

ting

UK

and

Scot

tish

legi

slat

ion.

Cur

rent

in

dica

tions

are

tha

t th

e U

K w

ould

leav

e th

e EU

at

the

earli

est

in 2

019

so

any

chan

ges

wou

ld n

ot t

ake

effe

ct b

efor

e th

e ac

adem

ic

year

201

9/2

0.

The

Uni

vers

ity

is w

orki

ng w

ith

the

Scot

tish

Gov

ernm

ent

to t

ry t

o pr

otec

t

the

fee

stat

us o

f EU

stu

dent

s en

rolli

ng

in t

he 2

017/

18 a

cade

mic

yea

r fo

r th

e du

rati

on o

f the

ir co

urse

. How

ever

the

re

is a

ris

k th

at E

U s

tude

nts

enro

lling

in t

he

201

7/18

aca

dem

ic y

ear

may

bec

ome

subj

ect

to in

tern

atio

nal t

uiti

on fe

es fo

r an

y ye

ars

of s

tud

y w

hich

follo

w t

he U

K ex

it fr

om t

he E

U. I

n th

ose

circ

umst

ance

s w

e ar

e co

mm

itte

d to

wor

king

wit

h th

e G

over

nmen

t to

am

elio

rate

the

impa

ct

of t

hat

chan

ge fo

r in

divi

dual

stu

dent

s.

The

Scot

tish

Gov

ernm

ent

has

alre

ady

stud

ents

and

stu

dent

s en

rolli

ng in

the

2

016/

17 a

cade

mic

yea

r w

ill r

emai

n un

chan

ged

for t

he d

urat

ion

of t

heir

stud

ies.

Taug

ht p

rogr

amm

es 1

-yea

r FT

£10

,80

0

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ht p

rogr

amm

es 2

-yea

rs P

T£

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00

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ept:

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puta

tiona

l Mat

hem

atic

al F

inan

ce,

Fina

ncia

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hem

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hem

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odel

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ptim

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ion

2-y

ears

PT

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ears

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£4,1

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6-y

ears

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£2

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by

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r FT

£19

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1-y

ear F

T£1

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* Fi

gur

e sh

ow

n is

the

201

6/17

fee

leve

l

All

oth

er fe

es q

uote

d ar

e in

dic

ativ

e o

f 201

7/18

fee

imp

ort

ant

you

chec

k o

nlin

e b

efo

re y

ou

app

ly a

nd

chec

k th

e up

-to

-dat

e fe

e le

vel t

hat

will

ap

ply

to

your

w

ww

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uk/s

tud

ent-

fun

din

g/

tuit

ion

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s/p

ost

gra

dua

te

23Th

e U

nive

rsit

y of

Edi

nbur

gh

Mat

hem

atic

s Po

stgr

adua

te O

ppor

tuni

ties

201

722 Fu

ndin

g

Aw

ards

are

off

ered

by

the

Scho

ol o

f M

athe

mat

ics,

the

Col

lege

of S

cien

ce &

En

gine

erin

g, t

he U

nive

rsit

y of

Edi

nbur

gh,

the

Scot

tish

, UK

and

inte

rnat

iona

l go

vern

men

ts a

nd m

any

fund

ing

bod

ies.

So

me

of t

hese

off

er o

ur P

hD s

tude

nts

and

MIG

SAA

does

so

for f

our y

ears

, to

cove

r b

oth

the

trai

ning

and

PhD

wri

ting

per

iods

.

Her

e w

e lis

t a

sele

ctio

n of

pot

entia

l sou

rces

stud

ents

app

lyin

g to

the

Sch

ool o

f M

athe

mat

ics.

The

Sch

ool a

ims

to h

elp

liv

ing

exp

ense

s fo

r al

l our

PhD

stu

dent

s.

We

offe

r a

10 p

er c

ent

disc

ount

on

pos

tgra

duat

e fe

es fo

r al

l alu

mni

who

hav

e gr

adua

ted

wit

h an

und

ergr

adua

te d

egre

e fr

om t

he U

nive

rsit

y. W

e al

so o

ffer

a 1

0 p

er

cent

dis

coun

t fo

r in

tern

atio

nal g

radu

ates

w

ho s

pen

t at

leas

t on

e se

mes

ter

at t

he

Uni

vers

ity

of E

dinb

urgh

as

a vi

siti

ng

unde

rgra

duat

e: w

ww

.ed

.ac.

uk/s

tud

ent-

fund

ing

/dis

coun

ts

Tau

ght

mas

ters

pro

gra

mm

es

Mas

ters

by

Rese

arch

pro

gra

mm

es

Res

earc

h p

rog

ram

mes

•

Beit

Tru

st a

nd t

he U

nive

rsit

y of

Ed

inbu

rgh

Scho

lars

hips

join

tly

fund

p

ostg

radu

ate

stud

ents

from

Mal

awi,

Zam

bia

and

Zim

babw

e to

und

erta

ke

a m

aste

rs: w

ww

.bei

ttru

st.o

rg.u

k

•

Th

ese

scho

lars

hips

are

des

igne

d to

at

trac

t hig

h-qu

alit

y in

tern

atio

nal r

esea

rch

stud

ents

to t

he U

nive

rsit

y: w

ww

.ed.

ac.u

k/st

uden

t-fu

ndin

g/g

lob

al-r

esea

rch

•

A nu

mbe

r of

sch

olar

ship

s ar

e av

aila

ble

to

pos

tgra

duat

e st

uden

ts fr

om S

yria

st

udyi

ng a

full-

tim

e on

e-ye

ar m

aste

rs:

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