Overview

The School of Mathematics is one of the largest schools in the Faculty of Science, with about 120 members of academic staff and research assistants and 70 postgraduate students. Our staff and students are engaged in research across a wide range of areas in applied mathematics, probability, pure mathematics and statistics.

The school’s successes have been formally recognised in the latest Research Excellence Framework (2014), in which 87 per cent of the school’s research was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. According to the Times Higher Education analysis of these results, Bristol is in the top five UK mathematics departments, along with Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford and Warwick. In recent years the quality of our research has attracted a number of distinguished prizes and substantial external grants.

Careers

Graduates of the Mathematics programme offered by the University of Bristol have gone on to on to work in industry, finance, consultancy and academia, including post-doctoral positions and lectureships.

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Programme Structure

Areas of research included:

Applied Mathematics

Dynamical Systems and Statistical Mechanics

Fluid Dynamics

Fluids and Materials

Materials Science

Scientific Computing

Complex Systems

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months
Part-time
- 96 months
- Flexible

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2023-09-25 00:00:00

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Language

English

IELTS

6

TOEFL^® IBT

83

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Mathematics Applied Mathematics Natural Sciences View 49 other PhDs in Applied Mathematics in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

IELTS

6

TOEFL^® IBT

83

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Other requirements

General requirements

A first-class or upper second-class honours degree (or international equivalent) in mathematics or a closely related subject, or a relevant master's qualification. Places funded by the school may be subject to higher entry requirements.

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Tuition Fee

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International

25300 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 25300 GBP per year during 48 months.
National

4665 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 4665 GBP per year during 48 months.

UK: part-time (two years)

£2,332 per year

Living costs for Bristol

750 - 1260 GBP /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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