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Applied Mathematics PhD/MPhil – (Ph.D.)
University of Birmingham
Engineering and Physical Sciences| Application Deadline: | None, but early application advised | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,232 - ≈ € 12,860 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Birmingham / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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There are opportunities for postgraduate research at both PhD and MPhil levels in both Applied and Computational Mathematics. Training is provided through individual supervision of research, by advanced seminar courses and conferences, and by generic courses. The PhD degree usually involves a qualifying dissertation submitted during the second year of study, which is helpful training for writing the PhD thesis.
Applied Mathematics Group - the main interests of the group are fluid mechanics, mathematical chemistry and reaction-diffusion systems and mathematical biology. In fluid mechanics, we study free surface flows, bubble dynamics, biological fluid mechanics, moving contact lines and hydrodynamic stability. In the related areas of mathematical chemistry and reaction diffusion systems there is research into cement hydration, micelle formation, solid oxide fuel cells, chemical waves and clock reactions.
Key facts
Type of Course: Doctoral research
Duration: PhD: 3–4 years full-time; MPhil: 1 year full-time; also available part-time over 2 years
Start date: September/October 2011
Contents
The Applied Mathematics Research Group works on a wide variety of topics in a range of areas such as fluid mechanics, mathematical biology, financial mathematics and computational mathematics.
The area of fluid mechanics is a traditional research field in the School. Active research is pursued in the areas of bubble dynamics and biological and physiological fluid mechanics, dynamic wetting, flows with transitions in the topology of the flow domain, dynamics of liquid jets and drops, flows with phase transitions, fuel cells and many more.
A fluids laboratory is available for research as well as a School supercomputer. Research students' work often arises from industrially motivated problems or develops new directions in existing research projects.
Research in Computational Mathematics includes numerical solution of partial differential equations, design and analysis of algorithms for large-scale problems, numerical linear algebra and matrix analysis.
The area of financial mathematics represents a new and exciting field of research. Topics of research including both modelling and computational finance and may be pursued in the School or in collaboration with the School of Economics.
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Requirements
Ensure your qualifications meet our entry requirements for research degrees
To gain admission to a research degree programme (with the exception of the Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Medicine (MD)) an applicant must comply with the following entry requirements:
* Attainment of an Honours degree (normally a First or Upper Second Class Honours degree or equivalent) in a relevant subject awarded by an approved university, or
* Attainment of an alternative qualification or qualifications and/or evidence of experience judged by the University as indicative of an applicant’s potential for research and as satisfactory for the purpose of entry to a research degree programme.
In addition:
* Admission and registration for a research degree programme may be conditional on satisfactory completion of preliminary study, which may include assessment.
* In some cases you will also need to have completed a Masters degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject.
Please note
* Entry onto many programmes is highly competitive, therefore we consider the skills, attributes, motivation and potential for success of an individual when deciding whether to make an offer.
* Specific entry requirements are given for each programme. Any academic and professional qualifications or industrial experience you may have are normally taken into account, and in some cases form an integral part of the entrance requirements. If your qualifications are non-standard or different from the entry requirements stated in the online prospectus, please contact the relevant school or department to discuss whether your application would be considered.
* After we have received your application you may, if you live in the UK, be invited for an interview or to visit us to discuss your application.
English language requirements
* IELTS 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in any band
* TOEFL IBT 80 with no less than 17 in any band
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Master's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 5.5 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 80 |
Faculty
The School of Mathematics at Birmingham University is internationally renowned for its work in many areas of mathematics, notably in the areas of finite group theory, mathematical logic, combinatorics, analysis, fluid dynamics and multicriteria optimisation.
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