New programme: DT220 Industrial Mathematics beginning September 2009
The School of Mathematical Sciences comprises two departments: The Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics and the Department of Statistics and Commercial Mathematics. The School now offers a full-time single Honours degree programme in Mathematical Sciences. It also runs part-time single Honours and Ordinary degree courses in Mathematics. The School provides Mathematics, Statistics and Computation components of undergraduate courses in the Faculties of Science and Engineering.
At the graduate level, a taught Masters degree in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics is offered on a part-time or full-time basis. Postgraduate degrees by research are offered in topics for which appropriate supervision is available.
There are twenty four academic staff in the School with research and scholarly interests ranging over topics such as Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Classical Particle Dynamics, Spectral Theory and Differential Equations, Quantum Field Theory, Relativity, Geometric Complex Analysis, Algebra and Combinatorics, Applied Statistics.
The general aim of the School is the development of our students' abilities in Mathematics and their appreciation of its power and usefulness when applied to real world problems. Our courses are designed to provide a sound foundation of mathematical principles together with a range of computer skills and an emphasis on problem solving techniques. This integrated approach to Mathematics and Technology ensures that our graduates are well suited to the modern commercial/industrial environment, as well as more traditional careers in teaching and research.