Use your logical, analytical and creative problem solving skills to further develop mathematical theory and application.

You will join an active research community and work with academics, peers and partner organisations who have demonstrated research success in a range of specialities, including:

Mathematics

• algebraic coding theory
• complex networks and epidemiology
• computational fluid dynamics
• environmental and resource modelling
• general mathematical modelling
• information security
• integer programming and discrete mathematics
• mathematical biology
• networks, complexity and graph theory
• numerical analysis
• optimisation theory - algorithms and applications

Statistics and operations research

• analysis: survival data, reliability, exploratory data, time series, sequential, decision
• data mining
• game theory and applications
• nonparametric statistical techniques
• optimisation and applications
• statistical quality control
• sport, bio, financial, multivariate statistics
• supply chain, and stochastic modelling

queueing theory and applications

You will be able to pursue an academic career in a university or be employed in senior leadership and management positions in government, scientific and industrial research laboratories. This qualification signifies an ability to undertake independent and informed decision making at a highly technical level.