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Mathematics
National ratings
Research Assessment Exercise 2008: 45% of our applied mathematics research and 35% our pure mathematics research was rated “world-leading” or “internationally excellent” with a further 55% of each judged as “internationally recognised”.
Taught programmes
Research programmes
Studying Mathematics at postgraduate level gives you a chance to begin your own research, develop your own creativity and be part of a long tradition of people investigating analytic, geometric and algebraic ideas. Under the guidance of internationally renowned researchers in the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science (SMSAS), postgraduate students develop analytical, communication and research skills. Developing computational skills and applying them to mathematical problems forms a significant part of the postgraduate training in the School.
The Mathematics Group at Kent ranked highly in the recent 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. With 100% of the Applied Mathematics Group submitted, all research outputs were judged to be of international quality and 12.5% was rated 4*. For the Pure Mathematics Group, a large proportion of the outputs demonstrated international excellence.
The Mathematics Group also has an excellent track record of winning research grants from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Royal Society, the London Mathematical Society and the Leverhulme Trust.
Support
The School has a well-established system of support and training, with a high level of contact between staff and research students. There are two weekly seminar series: The Mathematics Colloquium at Kent attracts international speakers discussing recent advances in their subject; the Friday seminar series features in-house speakers and visitors talking about their latest work. These are supplemented by weekly discussion groups.
The School is a member of the EPSRC-funded London Taught Course Centre for PhD Students in the Mathematical Sciences, and students can participate in the courses and workshops offered by the Centre. The School offers conference grants to enable research students to present their work at national and international conferences.
Dynamic Publishing Culture
Over the past couple of years staff have authored or co-authored articles and chapters in the following leading international journals: Journal of Algebra; Letters in Mathematical Physics; Mathematische Zeitschrift; Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society; Quarterly Journal of Mathematics; Advances in Mathematics; Studies in Applied Mathematics; European Journal of Applied Mathematics; Journal of Physics A; Nuclear Physics B; Physics Letters A; Journal of Mathematical Physics; Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A; Journal of Geometry and Physics; Nonlinearity.
Career prospects
Postgraduate work in mathematics is an exciting intellectual challenge that can lead to a wide range of careers. Former postgraduates have gone on to research positions at the Meteorological Office, British Aerospace and Hewlett Packard, as well as positions in financial analysis and academic research.
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