
Overview
It enables you to spend your first year completing a Masters-level qualification, followed by a full-time PhD studied over 3-4 years. We also offer a ‘standard’ PhD in this subject which can be studied either full-time (3-4 years) or part-time (6-7 years).
Your future
Key employability skills you gain from this course include analytic reasoning, problem solving, techniques of discrete mathematics and an understanding of application areas of these techniques, algorithm design and implementation, and data analysis.
Our graduates from Mathematical from University of Essex are highly sought after by a range of employers and find employment in financial services, scientific computation, decision making support and government, risk assessment, statistics, education and other sectors.
Many of our former PhD students have gone on to work as academics in prominent institutions across the world, such as the University of Cambridge, University of Nottingham and many other international universities. Some have also remained at the University of Essex, working as postdoctoral research fellows, research impact officers, or lecturers.
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Visit official programme websiteProgramme Structure
Example structure
- Machine Learning
- Numerical Methods
- Number Theory
- Group Theory
- Complex Variables
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Duration
- Full-time
- 60 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Mathematics Applied Mathematics Actuarial Science View 55 other PhDs in Mathematics in United KingdomExplore more key information
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English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- A good honours degree in one of the following subjects: Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Statistics, Operational Research, Computer Science, Finance, Economics, Business Engineering.
- Our four year integrated PhD, allows you to spend your first year studying at Masters level in order to develop the necessary knowledge and skills and to start your independent research in year two.
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Visit official programme websiteTuition Fee
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International
17050 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 17050 GBP per year during 60 months. -
National
5630 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 5630 GBP per year during 60 months.
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Funding
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