Postgraduate Opportunities 2017 - School of Mathematics · The University of Edinburgh Mathematics...
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01Th
e U
nive
rsit
y of
Edi
nbur
gh
Mat
hem
atic
s Po
stgr
adua
te O
ppor
tuni
ties
201
7
02
In
tro
duc
tio
n04
Ta
ught
mas
ters
pro
gra
mm
es
Rese
arch
at
the
Scho
ol o
f Mat
hem
atic
s
Rese
arch
op
po
rtun
itie
s
Ab
ou
t th
e Sc
hoo
l of M
athe
mat
ics
Fa
cilit
ies
and
reso
urce
s
Co
mm
unit
y
Emp
loya
bili
ty a
nd g
rad
uate
att
rib
ute
s 20
A
pp
licat
ions
and
fee
s22
Fu
ndin
g 24
C
amp
us m
ap
Get
in t
ouc
h
“ Edi
nbur
gh is
n’t s
o m
uch
a ci
ty, m
ore
a
way
of l
ife …
I do
ubt I
’ll e
ver t
ire
of
expl
orin
g Ed
inbu
rgh,
on
foot
or i
n pr
int.”
B
est-
selli
ng a
uth
or
and
alum
nus
We’
re c
onsis
tent
ly ra
nked
one
of
the
top
50 u
nive
rsiti
es in
the
wor
ld.
We’
re 1
9th in
the
2016
/17
QS
Wor
ld
Uni
vers
ity
Rank
ings
.
4TH
We’
re ra
nked
four
th in
the
UK
for
rese
arch
pow
er, b
ased
on
rese
arch
qu
alit
y an
d br
eadt
h.*
The
maj
orit
y of
our
rese
arch
– 8
3 p
er
cent
– is
con
sider
ed w
orld
lead
ing
or
inte
rnat
iona
lly e
xcel
lent
.*
We’
re ra
nked
23rd
in t
he w
orld
for
the
empl
oyab
ility
of o
ur g
radu
ates
.**
In 2
014/
15 w
e w
on £
30
5 m
illio
n
in c
ompe
titiv
e re
sear
ch g
rant
s.
20 We’
re a
ssoc
iate
d w
ith 2
0 N
obel
Priz
e w
inne
rs, i
nclu
ding
phy
sicis
ts P
eter
Hig
gs,
Cha
rles
Bark
la a
nd M
ax B
orn,
med
ical
re
sear
cher
Pet
er D
oher
ty a
nd b
iolo
gist
Si
r Pau
l Nur
se.
Stud
ents
from
tw
o-th
irds
of th
e
wor
ld’s
cou
ntrie
s st
udy
here
.
03Th
e U
nive
rsit
y of
Edi
nbur
gh
Mat
hem
atic
s Po
stgr
adua
te O
ppor
tuni
ties
201
7
For
mor
e th
an 4
00
yea
rs t
he U
nive
rsit
y of
Ed
inbu
rgh
has
been
cha
ngin
g th
e w
orld
. Our
st
aff a
nd s
tude
nts
have
exp
lore
d sp
ace,
won
N
obel
Priz
es a
nd r
evol
utio
nise
d su
rger
y. T
hey’
ve
mad
e lif
e-sa
ving
bre
akth
roug
hs a
nd la
id t
he
foun
datio
ns to
sol
ve th
e m
yste
ries
of th
e un
iver
se.
Our
dis
tingu
ishe
d al
umni
incl
ude
NA
SA a
stro
naut
Pi
ers
Selle
rs, f
orm
er M
I5 D
irect
or-G
ener
al D
ame
Stel
la R
imin
gton
, Oly
mpi
ans
Sir
Chr
is H
oy a
nd
Kath
erin
e G
rain
ger
and
hist
oric
al g
reat
s su
ch
as p
hilo
soph
er D
avid
Hum
e, s
uffr
agis
t C
hrys
tal
Mac
mill
an, w
ho fo
unde
d th
e W
omen
’s In
tern
atio
nal
Leag
ue fo
r Pe
ace
and
Free
dom
, and
phy
sici
st a
nd
mat
hem
atic
ian
Jam
es C
lerk
Max
wel
l.
An
inte
rnat
iona
lly r
enow
ned
cent
re fo
r ac
adem
ic
exce
llenc
e, w
e fo
rge
wor
ld-c
lass
col
labo
ratio
ns
wit
h pa
rtne
rs s
uch
as t
he C
alifo
rnia
Inst
itut
e of
Te
chno
logy
(Cal
tech
), St
anfo
rd U
nive
rsit
y, t
he
Uni
vers
ity
of M
elbo
urne
, Pek
ing
Uni
vers
ity,
the
U
nive
rsit
y of
Del
hi a
nd t
he U
nive
rsit
y of
Kw
aZul
u-N
atal
. As
a m
embe
r of
the
Lea
gue
of E
urop
ean
Rese
arch
Uni
vers
itie
s an
d th
e C
oim
bra
Gro
up,
we
link
up w
ith le
adin
g in
stitu
tions
acr
oss
Euro
pe.
com
mer
cial
link
s w
ith
indu
stry
, gov
ernm
ent
and
the
prof
essio
ns. E
dinb
urgh
Res
earc
h an
d In
nova
tion
(ERI
) pro
mot
es a
nd c
omm
erci
alis
es o
ur r
esea
rch
step
to
mar
ket,
thr
ough
col
labo
rativ
e re
sear
ch,
licen
sing
tec
hnol
ogy
or c
onsu
ltan
cy.
We
are
com
mit
ted
to e
mbe
ddin
g em
ploy
abili
ty
in y
our U
nive
rsit
y ex
perie
nce
and
have
one
of t
he
Russ
ell G
roup
’s b
est
trac
k re
cord
s fo
r gr
adua
te
empl
oym
ent.
Fro
m v
olun
teer
ing
sche
mes
to
our
sect
or-le
adin
g C
aree
rs S
ervi
ce, w
e pr
ovid
e yo
u w
ith
oppo
rtun
itie
s to
dev
elop
you
r sk
ills,
kno
wle
dge
and
expe
rienc
e, g
ivin
g yo
u an
edg
e in
the
co
mpe
titi
ve jo
b m
arke
t.
* Re
sear
ch E
xcel
lenc
e Fr
amew
ork
(REF
) 201
4
** L
ates
t Em
erg
ing
Glo
bal
Em
plo
yab
ility
Uni
vers
ity
Rank
ing
wor
ld s
ince
158
3
02
05Th
e U
nive
rsit
y of
Edi
nbur
gh
Mat
hem
atic
s Po
stgr
adua
te O
ppor
tuni
ties
201
704 Ta
ught
mas
ters
pro
gram
mes
Com
puta
tiona
l Ap
plie
d M
athe
mat
ics
MSc
1 y
r FT
(2 y
rs P
T av
aila
ble
for
UK/
EU s
tude
nts)
Pg
Dip
9 m
ths
FT
This
is a
forw
ard
-look
ing
new
pro
gram
me
that
pro
vide
s it
s gr
adua
tes
w
ith
wid
e-ra
ngin
g sk
ills
in c
omp
utat
ion,
num
eric
al a
naly
sis
and
mo
del
ling.
Stu
den
ts o
n th
e pr
ogr
amm
e w
ill h
ave
the
opp
ortu
nity
to a
pply
the
ir kn
owle
dg
e in
var
ious
typ
es o
f rea
l-wor
ld s
yste
ms
usin
g ap
pro
pri
ate
soft
war
e.
Indu
stry
and
gov
ernm
ent
urg
entl
y ne
ed g
radu
ates
wit
h ad
vanc
ed
pro
gram
min
g an
d m
od
ellin
g fo
r a
wid
e ra
nge
of a
pplic
atio
ns, a
nd
mo
del
ling;
to
ols
used
to
addr
ess
prob
lem
s in
are
as s
uch
as n
umer
ical
an
d da
ta s
cien
ce.
The
prog
ram
me
invo
lves
tw
o se
mes
ters
of t
augh
t co
urse
s fo
llow
ed b
y a
diss
erta
tion
.
Com
puti
ng; O
bjec
t-O
rien
ted
Prog
ram
min
g w
ith
Ap
plic
atio
ns; R
esea
rch
Skill
s fo
r C
ompu
tati
onal
and
Ap
plie
d M
athe
mat
ics;
Num
eric
al P
arti
al
Diff
eren
tial E
quat
ions
wit
h Ap
plic
atio
ns; M
olec
ular
Dyn
amic
s: N
umer
ical
A
lgor
ithm
s an
d A
ppl
icat
ions
.
In a
ddi
tion
, the
re a
re o
pti
on c
ours
es p
rop
osed
in a
reas
suc
h as
ord
inar
y,
part
ial a
nd s
toch
asti
c di
ffer
entia
l equ
atio
ns, o
ptim
izat
ion,
num
eric
al li
near
al
geb
ra, s
tati
stic
s, a
nd m
ulti
scal
e m
od
ellin
g. T
hrou
gh y
our
choi
ce o
f
You
will
obt
ain
the
tran
sfer
able
ski
lls r
equi
red
to p
ursu
e a
care
er in
m
od
ern
com
put
atio
nal a
lgor
ithm
s an
d so
ftw
are
exp
erti
se.
A U
K 2
:1 d
egre
e, o
r it
s in
tern
atio
nal e
quiv
alen
t (w
ww
.ed
.ac.
uk/
inte
rnat
iona
l/gra
dua
te-e
ntry
), in
mat
hem
atic
s or
a m
athe
mat
ical
su
bjec
t su
ch a
s st
atis
tics
, phy
sics
or e
ngin
eerin
g. Y
ou m
ust
also
hav
e re
leva
nt p
rogr
amm
ing
exp
erie
nce.
See
pag
e 2
0.
For
fees
see
pag
e 2
0 a
nd fo
r fu
ndin
g in
form
atio
n se
e p
age
22
.
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fess
or
Ben
edic
t Le
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Com
puta
tiona
l M
athe
mat
ical
Fin
ance
MSc
1 y
r FT
(2 y
rs P
T av
aila
ble
for
UK/
EU s
tude
nts)
Pg
Dip
9 m
ths
FT
This
dyn
amic
pro
gram
me
del
iver
s hi
gh-q
ualit
y tr
aini
ng in
the
the
ory
of
are
exp
ecte
d to
hav
e a
wor
king
kno
wle
dg
e of
ad
vanc
ed c
omp
utat
iona
l
a so
und
know
led
ge
of t
he t
heor
y of
pro
bab
ility
and
sto
chas
tic
anal
ysis
. Th
ese
are
the
core
the
orie
s ne
eded
in t
he m
od
ern
valu
atio
n of
com
plex
• • p
ortf
olio
man
agem
ent;
and
• th
e tr
ansf
erab
le c
omp
utat
iona
l ski
lls r
equi
red
by
the
mo
der
n
Ad
ding
dep
th t
o yo
ur le
arni
ng, a
wor
k pl
acem
ent
put
s yo
u at
the
hea
rt
Bank
ing
Gro
up, M
oo
dy’
s A
naly
tics
and
the
Roy
al B
ank
of S
cotl
and.
Ther
e ar
e tw
o st
ream
s, e
ach
of t
wo
taug
ht s
emes
ters
and
a d
isse
rtat
ion.
Dis
cret
e-Ti
me
Fina
nce;
Fin
ance
, Ris
k an
d U
ncer
tain
ty; M
onte
C
arlo
Met
hods
; Obj
ect-
Ori
ente
d Pr
ogra
mm
ing
wit
h A
ppl
icat
ions
; Re
sear
ch-L
inke
d To
pics
; Ris
k-N
eutr
al A
sset
Pri
cing
; Sto
chas
tic
Ana
lysi
s
in F
inan
ce; S
toch
asti
c C
ontr
ol a
nd D
ynam
ic A
sset
Allo
cati
on.
Co
mp
uta
tio
nal s
trea
m: N
umer
ical
Met
hods
for
Sto
chas
tic
Dif
fere
ntia
l Eq
uati
ons;
Num
eric
al P
arti
al D
iffe
rent
ial E
qua
tion
s. F
inan
cial
str
eam
: Fi
nanc
ial R
isk
Theo
ry; O
ptim
izat
ion
Met
hods
in F
inan
ce.
Co
mp
uta
tio
nal s
trea
m: C
ompu
ting
for
Op
erat
iona
l Res
earc
h &
Fi
nanc
e; P
rogr
amm
ing
Skill
s. F
inan
cial
str
eam
: Ad
vanc
ed T
ime
Seri
es
Econ
omet
rics
; Cre
dit
Sco
ring
; Fin
anci
al R
isk
Man
agem
ent;
Num
eric
al
Met
hods
for
Sto
chas
tic
Dif
fere
ntia
l Eq
uati
ons;
Num
eric
al P
arti
al
Dif
fere
ntia
l Eq
uati
ons;
Sto
chas
tic
Opt
imiz
atio
n.
to
con
tinu
e yo
ur s
tudi
es b
y jo
inin
g a
PhD
pro
gram
me.
A U
K 2
:1 d
egre
e, o
r it
s in
tern
atio
nal e
quiv
alen
t (w
ww
.ed
.ac.
uk/
inte
rnat
iona
l/gra
dua
te-e
ntry
), in
mat
hem
atic
s or
a m
athe
mat
ical
su
bjec
t su
ch a
s st
atis
tics
, phy
sics
or e
ngin
eerin
g. Y
ou m
ust
also
hav
e re
leva
nt p
rogr
amm
ing
exp
erie
nce.
See
pag
e 2
0.
For
fees
see
pag
e 2
0 a
nd fo
r fu
ndin
g in
form
atio
n se
e p
age
22
.
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Soti
rio
s Sa
ban
is
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Fina
ncia
l Mat
hem
atic
s
MSc
1 y
r FT
This
mas
ters
is r
un jo
intl
y w
ith
Her
iot-
Wat
t U
nive
rsit
y. It
pro
vid
es y
ou
You
will
als
o le
arn
quan
tita
tive
ski
lls fo
r d
evel
opin
g an
d m
anag
ing
risk
Ad
ding
dep
th t
o yo
ur le
arni
ng, a
wor
k pl
acem
ent
put
s yo
u at
the
hea
rt
Bank
ing
Gro
up, M
oo
dy’
s A
naly
tics
and
Roy
al B
ank
of S
cotl
and.
This
pro
gram
me
invo
lves
tw
o ta
ught
sem
este
rs o
f com
pul
sory
and
op
tion
cou
rses
, fol
low
ed b
y a
diss
erta
tion
pro
ject
. Tau
ght
elem
ents
of
the
pro
gram
me
will
be
del
iver
ed b
y b
oth
Her
iot-
Wat
t U
nive
rsit
y an
d th
e U
nive
rsit
y of
Edi
nbur
gh a
nd y
ou w
ill a
tten
d ea
ch in
stit
utio
n as
app
ropr
iate
.
Cre
dit
Ris
k M
od
ellin
g; D
eriv
ativ
es M
arke
ts; D
eriv
ativ
e Pr
icin
g an
d Fi
nanc
ial M
odel
ling;
Dis
cret
e-Ti
me
Fina
nce;
Fin
anci
al M
arke
ts; S
peci
al
Top
ics
1; S
pec
ial T
opic
s 2
; Sto
chas
tic
Ana
lysi
s in
Fin
ance
.
Det
erm
inis
tic O
ptim
izat
ion
Met
hods
in F
inan
ce; F
inan
cial
Eco
nom
etric
s;
Port
folio
The
ory;
Num
eric
al T
echn
ique
s of
Par
tial D
iffer
entia
l Equ
atio
ns;
Opt
imiz
atio
n M
etho
ds in
Fin
ance
; Sim
ulat
ion;
Sta
tist
ical
Met
hod
s;
Stat
isti
cal I
nfer
ence
; Tim
e Se
ries
Ana
lysi
s; S
toch
asti
c C
ontr
ol a
nd
Dyn
amic
Ass
et A
lloca
tion
.
stud
ies
by jo
inin
g Ph
D p
rogr
amm
es. R
ecen
t gr
adua
tes
are
now
wor
king
quan
tita
tive
and
cre
dit
anal
ysts
, for
em
ploy
ers
such
as
EY, B
arcl
ays
Bank
, Sc
ott
ish
Wid
ows,
Sta
ndar
d Li
fe, M
oo
dy’
s A
naly
tics
and
the
Peo
ple’
s
Bank
of C
hina
.
A U
K 2
:1 d
egre
e, o
r it
s in
tern
atio
nal e
quiv
alen
t (w
ww
.ed
.ac.
uk/
inte
rnat
iona
l/gra
dua
te-e
ntry
), in
mat
hem
atic
s or
a m
athe
mat
ical
su
bjec
t su
ch a
s st
atis
tics
, phy
sics
or
engi
neer
ing
.
See
pag
e 2
0.
For
fees
see
pag
e 2
0 a
nd fo
r fu
ndin
g in
form
atio
n se
e p
age
22
.
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vers
ity
of E
dinb
urgh
M
athe
mat
ics
Post
grad
uate
Opp
ortu
niti
es 2
017
Ope
ratio
nal R
esea
rch/
O
R w
ith C
ompu
tatio
nal
Opt
imiz
atio
n/O
R w
ith R
iskM
Sc 1
yr
FT (2
yrs
PT
avai
labl
e fo
r U
K/EU
stu
dent
s)
PgD
ip 9
mth
s FT
This
pro
gram
me
will
sho
w y
ou h
ow t
o us
e m
athe
mat
ical
tec
hniq
ues
mob
ile p
hone
cal
ls t
o m
anag
ing
inve
stm
ents
and
min
imis
ing
risk
s.
Op
erat
iona
l Res
earc
h (O
R) is
an
imp
orta
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kill
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hig
h d
eman
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inte
nsiv
e pr
ogr
amm
e al
low
s yo
u to
sp
ecia
lise
in a
n ar
ea t
hat
bes
t su
its
your
car
eer
goa
ls. I
n ad
diti
on t
o th
e g
ener
al M
Sc in
Op
erat
iona
l Re
sear
ch, w
e of
fer
the
pro
gram
mes
Op
erat
iona
l Res
earc
h w
ith
Risk
an
d O
per
atio
nal R
esea
rch
wit
h C
ompu
tati
onal
Op
tim
izat
ion.
Thes
e pr
ogr
amm
es in
volv
e tw
o ta
ught
sem
este
rs o
f com
pul
sory
and
op
tion
cou
rses
follo
wed
by
your
dis
sert
atio
n pr
ojec
t. M
any
diss
erta
tion
pr
ojec
ts a
re c
arri
ed o
ut a
s p
art
of a
n ex
tern
al p
lace
men
t in
indu
stry
.
Com
puti
ng fo
r O
per
atio
nal R
esea
rch
and
Fina
nce;
Fun
dam
enta
ls o
f O
ptim
izat
ion;
Fun
dam
enta
ls o
f Op
erat
iona
l Res
earc
h; M
etho
dol
ogy,
M
od
ellin
g an
d C
onsu
ltin
g Sk
ills;
Pro
babi
lity
and
Stat
isti
cs; S
imul
atio
n;
Sto
chas
tic
Mo
del
ling.
indu
stry
, opt
imiz
atio
n an
d st
atis
tics
.
As
par
t of
you
r op
tion
cou
rse
choi
ces,
Op
erat
iona
l Res
earc
h w
ith
Com
put
atio
nal O
pti
miz
atio
n re
quir
es y
ou t
o st
udy
a co
mbi
nati
on
from
Sto
chas
tic
Opt
imiz
atio
n; C
ombi
nato
rial
Opt
imiz
atio
n; N
onlin
ear
Opt
imiz
atio
n; a
nd L
arge
Sca
le O
ptim
izat
ion
for D
ata
Scie
nce.
Ope
rati
onal
Re
sear
ch w
ith
Risk
req
uire
s yo
u to
stu
dy
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mbi
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rom
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inan
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toch
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c O
ptim
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urvi
val D
ata;
Sta
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ical
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nd R
isk
Ana
lysi
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rese
arch
dep
artm
ents
suc
h as
airl
ines
or t
elec
omm
unic
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ns p
rovi
ders
,
Del
oitt
e, P
ricew
ater
hous
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pers
, Gla
xoSm
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Wid
ows.
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K 2
:1 d
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r it
s in
tern
atio
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quiv
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.ac.
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rnat
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iplin
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pute
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ienc
e, p
hysi
cal o
r bi
olo
gica
l sc
ienc
es, e
cono
mic
s or
bus
ines
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See
pag
e 2
0.
For
fees
see
pag
e 2
0 a
nd fo
r fu
ndin
g in
form
atio
n se
e p
age
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.
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0 5
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izat
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r FT
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imiz
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ank
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gram
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lves
tw
o ta
ught
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este
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puls
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sser
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roje
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cret
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imiz
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ynam
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imiz
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hem
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athe
mat
ical
su
bjec
t su
ch a
s st
atis
tics
, phy
sics
or
engi
neer
ing
.
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pag
e 2
0.
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fees
see
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e 2
0 a
nd fo
r fu
ndin
g in
form
atio
n se
e p
age
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ble
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gram
me
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w y
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ow t
o us
e m
athe
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lls in
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nge
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pplic
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omm
unic
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kills
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riti
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e st
arti
ng w
ork
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thr
ee-m
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sert
atio
n pr
ojec
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tals
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ptim
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dam
enta
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f Ope
rati
onal
Res
earc
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Met
hodo
logy
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ellin
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d C
onsu
lting
Ski
lls; C
ompu
ting
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pera
tiona
l Re
sear
ch a
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inan
ce.
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puti
ng fo
r O
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viva
l Dat
a;
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nfor
mat
ics
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iom
edic
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ata
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bina
toria
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imiz
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dit
Sco
ring
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ge
Scal
e O
ptim
izat
ion
for
Dat
a Sc
ienc
e; L
ikel
iho
od
and
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eral
ized
Lin
ear M
odel
s; M
achi
ne L
earn
ing
& P
atte
rn R
ecog
niti
on;
Mo
der
n O
ptim
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ion
Met
hods
for
Big
Dat
a Pr
oble
ms;
Op
erat
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sear
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Tel
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opti
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cien
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lls r
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dat
a-ri
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atio
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eal
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ctor
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alen
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iplin
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athe
mat
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inee
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r sc
ienc
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ility
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d st
atis
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l the
ory
at u
nive
rsit
y le
vel.
See
pag
e 2
0.
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fees
see
pag
e 2
0 a
nd fo
r fu
ndin
g in
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n se
e p
age
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istic
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Ope
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r FT
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T av
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ble
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EU s
tude
nts)
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gram
me
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evel
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he t
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r a
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f Ope
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earc
h;
Fund
amen
tals
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ptim
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ion;
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inea
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od
els;
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olog
y, M
od
ellin
g an
d C
onsu
ltin
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ills;
Sim
ulat
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atis
tica
l Reg
ress
ion
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del
s; S
toch
asti
c M
ode
lling
.
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Ana
lysi
s of
Sur
viva
l Dat
a; B
ayes
ian
Dat
a A
naly
sis;
Bay
esia
n Th
eory
; Bi
omed
ical
Dat
a Sc
ienc
e; C
ombi
nato
rial
Opt
imiz
atio
n; C
ompu
ting
fo
r O
per
atio
nal R
esea
rch
and
Fina
nce;
Cre
dit
Sco
ring
; Gen
etic
Ep
idem
iolo
gy;
Lar
ge
Scal
e O
ptim
izat
ion
for
Dat
a Sc
ienc
e; M
achi
ne
Lear
ning
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atte
rn R
ecog
nitio
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oder
n O
ptim
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sear
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Tel
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mun
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k An
alys
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tati
stic
al C
onsu
ltan
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Stat
isti
cal P
rogr
amm
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chas
tic
Opt
imiz
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n; T
opic
s in
Ap
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per
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Tim
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reca
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rch
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ree,
or i
ts in
tern
atio
nal e
quiv
alen
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ww
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umer
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iplin
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athe
mat
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eng
inee
ring
, com
pute
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ienc
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l sc
ienc
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cono
mic
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bus
ines
s. Y
ou m
ust
also
hav
e st
udie
d pr
obab
ility
an
d st
atis
tica
l the
ory
at u
nive
rsit
y le
vel.
See
pag
e 2
0.
For
fees
see
pag
e 2
0 a
nd fo
r fu
ndin
g in
form
atio
n se
e p
age
22
.
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Bru
ce W
ort
on
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)131
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0 4
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4
stat
smsc
@ed
.ac.
uk
Stat
istic
s w
ith D
ata
Scie
nce
MSc
1 y
r FT
(2-3
yrs
PT
avai
labl
e fo
r U
K/EU
stu
dent
s)
In t
his
digi
tal a
nd d
ata-
rich
era
, the
dem
and
for
stat
isti
cs g
radu
ates
fr
om in
dust
ry, t
he p
ublic
sec
tor
and
acad
emia
is h
igh,
yet
the
po
ol o
f su
ch g
radu
ates
is s
mal
l. Th
e re
cent
gro
wth
of d
ata
scie
nce
has
incr
ease
d th
e aw
aren
ess
of t
he im
por
tanc
e of
sta
tist
ics,
wit
h th
e an
alys
is o
f dat
a
It c
ombi
nes
rigor
ous
stat
isti
cal t
heor
y w
ith
wid
er h
ands
-on
prac
tica
l ex
per
ienc
e of
app
lyin
g st
atis
tica
l tec
hniq
ues
to d
ata
and
corr
ectl
y in
terp
reti
ng t
he a
sso
ciat
ed r
esul
ts. Y
ou w
ill b
e tr
aine
d in
bo
th c
lass
ical
an
d Ba
yesi
an id
eolo
gies
and
ass
oci
ated
com
put
atio
nal s
oftw
are,
This
MSc
con
sist
s of
tw
o se
mes
ters
of l
ectu
re-b
ased
cou
rses
and
pr
acti
cal,
lab
-bas
ed c
ours
es a
sses
sed
by a
com
bina
tion
of e
xam
s, w
ritt
en
rep
orts
and
pro
gram
min
g as
sign
men
ts. U
pon
suc
cess
ful c
ompl
etio
n of
th
e co
urse
s yo
u w
ill c
ompl
ete
a di
sser
tati
on, u
sual
ly t
akin
g th
e fo
rm o
f tw
o co
nsul
tanc
y-st
yle
proj
ects
or
an e
xter
nally
sup
ervi
sed
proj
ect.
Stat
isti
cal T
heor
y; S
tati
stic
al R
egre
ssio
n M
od
els;
Bay
esia
n Th
eory
; St
atis
tica
l Pro
gram
min
g; B
ayes
ian
Dat
a A
naly
sis;
Lik
elih
ood
and
Gen
eral
ised
Lin
ear
Mo
del
s.
The
Ana
lysi
s of
Sur
viva
l Dat
a; C
ombi
nato
rial
Opt
imiz
atio
n; E
xtre
me
Com
puti
ng; F
unda
men
tals
of O
per
atio
nal R
esea
rch;
Fun
dam
enta
ls
of O
ptim
izat
ion;
Intr
oduc
tory
App
lied
Mac
hine
Lea
rnin
g; L
arge
Sca
le
Opt
imiz
atio
n fo
r D
ata
Scie
nce;
Mac
hine
Lea
rnin
g an
d Pa
tter
n Re
cogn
itio
n; M
od
ern
Opt
imiz
atio
n M
etho
ds fo
r Bi
g D
ata
Prob
lem
s;
Mul
tile
vel M
od
ellin
g; M
ulti
vari
ate
Dat
a A
naly
sis;
Non
para
met
ric
Regr
essi
on; O
bjec
t-O
rien
ted
Prog
ram
min
g w
ith
Ap
plic
atio
ns;
Prob
abili
stic
Mo
delli
ng a
nd R
easo
ning
; Sta
tist
ical
Con
sult
ancy
; St
och
asti
c M
od
ellin
g; S
toch
asti
c O
ptim
izat
ion
Text
Tec
hnol
ogie
s
for
Dat
a Sc
ienc
e; T
ime
Seri
es A
naly
sis
and
Fore
cast
ing
.
Trai
ned
stat
isti
cian
s ar
e in
hig
h d
eman
d du
e to
an
incr
easi
ngly
dat
a aw
are
soci
ety.
We
anti
cip
ate
that
the
maj
orit
y of
gra
duat
es w
ill b
e em
ploy
ed a
s st
atis
tici
ans
wit
hin
priv
ate
and
pub
lic in
stit
utio
ns p
rovi
ding
st
atis
tica
l ad
vice
/con
sult
ancy
. The
sta
tist
ical
, ana
lysi
s/in
terp
reta
tion
an
d co
mm
unic
atio
n sk
ills
you
will
dev
elop
and
you
r kn
owle
dg
e of
the
un
der
lyin
g st
atis
tica
l pri
ncip
les
coup
led
wit
h pr
acti
cal e
xper
ienc
e of
im
plem
enti
ng s
tati
stic
al t
echn
ique
s us
ing
stan
dard
sof
twar
e ac
ross
a
rang
e of
app
licat
ions
, will
ens
ure
you
are
idea
lly p
lace
d fo
r a
rang
e
of jo
b op
por
tuni
ties
or
for
furt
her
stud
y.
A U
K 2
:1 d
egre
e, o
r it
s in
tern
atio
nal e
quiv
alen
t (w
ww
.ed
.ac.
uk/
inte
rnat
iona
l/gra
dua
te-e
ntry
), in
a n
umer
ate
disc
iplin
e su
ch a
s m
athe
mat
ics,
eng
inee
ring
, com
pute
r sc
ienc
e, p
hysi
cal o
r bi
olo
gica
l sc
ienc
es, e
cono
mic
s or
bus
ines
s. Y
ou m
ust
also
hav
e st
udie
d pr
obab
ility
an
d st
atis
tica
l the
ory
at u
nive
rsit
y le
vel.
See
pag
e 2
0.
For
fees
see
pag
e 2
0 a
nd fo
r fu
ndin
g in
form
atio
n se
e p
age
22
.
Dr
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ce W
ort
on
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4
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smsc
@ed
.ac.
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11Th
e U
nive
rsit
y of
Edi
nbur
gh
Mat
hem
atic
s Po
stgr
adua
te O
ppor
tuni
ties
201
710
Rese
arch
opp
ortu
nitie
s
Alge
bra
& N
umbe
r The
ory
PhD
3 y
rs F
T (6
yrs
PT
avai
labl
e fo
r U
K/EU
stu
dent
s)
Our
alg
ebra
and
num
ber
the
ory
rese
arch
gro
up is
mad
e up
of
Euro
pean
Mat
hem
atic
al S
ocie
ty P
rize,
the
Whi
tehe
ad P
rize
of t
he L
ondo
n M
athe
mat
ical
So
ciet
y, t
he W
acla
w S
ierp
insk
i Pri
ze o
f the
Pol
ish
Aca
dem
y of
Sci
ence
s an
d th
e Be
rwic
k Pr
ize
of t
he L
ond
on M
athe
mat
ical
So
ciet
y.
Our
mem
ber
s ha
ve g
iven
invi
ted
lect
ures
at
bo
th t
he In
tern
atio
nal
Con
gres
s of
Mat
hem
atic
ians
and
the
Eur
opea
n C
ongr
ess
of M
athe
mat
icia
ns.
Our
res
earc
h fo
cuse
s on
sev
eral
are
as: n
on-c
omm
utat
ive
ring
the
ory;
no
n-co
mm
utat
ive
alge
brai
c ge
omet
ry; t
he g
eom
etry
of a
lgeb
raic
num
bers
; Li
e-th
eore
tic re
pres
enta
tion
theo
ry; q
uant
um a
lgeb
ra; a
nd c
ateg
ory
theo
ry.
Muc
h of
our
res
earc
h is
rel
ated
to
the
area
s of
geo
met
ry a
nd t
opol
og
y,
and
mat
hem
atic
al p
hysi
cs, w
hich
has
lead
to
the
form
atio
n of
the
Hod
ge
Inst
itut
e: h
ttp:
//ho
dg
e.m
aths
.ed
.ac.
uk
Thro
ugh
the
Scho
ol’s
mem
ber
ship
of t
he M
axw
ell I
nsti
tute
, we
pres
ent
regu
lar
sem
inar
s, a
nd r
un o
ur o
wn
info
rmal
sem
inar
s an
d co
lloqu
ia. W
e al
so s
erve
on
edit
oria
l boa
rds
of v
ario
us in
tern
atio
nal j
ourn
als.
All
of o
ur
PhD
stu
dent
s ta
ke p
art
in in
tern
atio
nal c
onfe
renc
es a
nd s
ympo
sia
and,
in
par
t th
anks
to
this
glo
bal
exp
osur
e, m
any
have
gon
e on
to
pos
tdo
ctor
al
pos
itio
ns t
hrou
ghou
t th
e w
orld
.
See
pag
e 2
0.
For
fees
see
pag
e 2
0 a
nd fo
r fu
ndin
g in
form
atio
n se
e p
age
22
.
Gra
dua
te S
cho
ol A
dm
inis
trat
or
pg
rese
arch
@m
aths
.ed
.ac.
uk
Rese
arch
at t
he S
choo
l of M
athe
mat
ics
We
carr
y ou
t res
earc
h in
the
follo
win
g ar
eas:
• al
gebr
a an
d nu
mb
er t
heor
y;
• co
mpu
tati
onal
mat
hem
atic
s;
• ge
omet
ry a
nd t
opol
ogy;
•
mat
hem
atic
al a
naly
sis;
•
mat
hem
atic
al p
hysi
cs;
• op
erat
iona
l res
earc
h an
d op
tim
izat
ion;
•
part
ial d
iffe
rent
ial e
quat
ions
(PD
Es);
• pr
obab
ility
and
sto
chas
tic a
naly
sis;
and
•
stat
isti
cs.
In 2
00
5, w
e se
t up
the
Max
wel
l Ins
titu
te
for M
athe
mat
ical
Sci
ence
s, in
col
labo
ratio
n w
ith
Her
iot-
Wat
t U
nive
rsit
y. T
he In
stit
ute
poo
ls r
esea
rch
from
bot
h un
iver
siti
es t
o of
fer a
res
earc
h an
d po
stgr
adua
te t
rain
ing
envi
ronm
ent
that
can
att
ract
the
bes
t m
athe
mat
ics
tale
nt fr
om a
roun
d th
e w
orld
.
With
Her
iot-W
att U
nive
rsit
y w
e al
so c
reat
ed
the
Inte
rnat
iona
l Cen
tre
for
Mat
hem
atic
al
Scie
nces
(IC
MS)
. Thi
s re
sear
ch in
stit
ute
wor
ks t
o de
velo
p m
athe
mat
ical
sci
ence
s in
new
dir
ecti
ons,
sup
por
ts a
nd d
evel
ops
mat
hem
atic
s th
at is
rele
vant
and
in d
eman
d fr
om o
ther
sci
ence
s, in
dust
ry a
nd c
omm
erce
an
d fo
ster
s co
llab
orat
ion
bet
wee
n m
athe
mat
ics
depa
rtm
ents
acr
oss
Scot
land
.
In M
arch
201
4, t
he S
choo
l of M
athe
mat
ics
beca
me
a C
entr
e fo
r Doc
tora
l Tra
inin
g (C
DT)
an
d no
w h
osts
the
Max
wel
l Ins
titu
te
Gra
duat
e Sc
hool
in A
naly
sis
and
its
App
licat
ions
(MIG
SAA)
. MIG
SAA
offe
rs
a un
ique
, ful
ly in
tegr
ated
, fou
r-ye
ar P
hD
prog
ram
me,
whi
ch w
ill t
rain
60
stu
dent
s to
the
hig
hest
inte
rnat
iona
l sta
ndar
ds.
As
one
of t
he b
est
hubs
in t
he U
K fo
r m
athe
mat
ics
rese
arch
, we
can
prov
ide
a tr
uly
stim
ulat
ing
and
insp
iring
env
ironm
ent
for
deve
lopi
ng y
our
rese
arch
car
eer.
Stud
ents
rec
eive
bro
ad t
rain
ing
in
theo
retic
al a
naly
sis,
sto
chas
tics,
num
eric
s an
d ap
plic
atio
ns a
nd w
ill e
mer
ge w
ith
mul
tipl
e sk
ill-s
ets
desi
gned
to
deal
wit
h th
e so
phis
ticat
ed c
halle
nges
aris
ing
in a
cade
mia
, in
dust
ry a
nd c
omm
erce
. Our
app
roac
h is
fo
unde
d on
rig
orou
s m
athe
mat
ical
ana
lysi
s in
the
con
text
of c
olla
bora
tion
with
indu
stry
. Th
e pr
ogra
mm
e is
join
tly
oper
ated
by
the
Uni
vers
ity
of E
dinb
urgh
and
Her
iot-
Wat
t U
nive
rsit
y an
d st
uden
ts w
ill r
ecei
ve P
hDs
awar
ded
join
tly
by b
oth
inst
itut
ions
.
MIG
SAA
diff
ers
from
a s
tand
ard
PhD
deg
ree.
full
prog
ram
me
of b
road
aca
dem
ic t
rain
ing
in t
he s
peci
alis
t ar
eas
of t
he C
DT,
incl
udin
g a
join
t ta
ster
pro
ject
in t
he a
utum
n an
d a
fulle
r pr
ojec
t du
ring
the
sum
mer
whi
ch
may
alig
n w
ith
your
eve
ntua
l res
earc
h to
pic.
The
mat
chin
g of
a s
uper
viso
r w
ith
your
res
earc
h to
pic
is d
one
duri
ng t
his
high
-leve
l cou
rses
aug
men
ting
your
prim
ary
rese
arch
act
ivit
y, a
s w
ell a
s a
num
ber
of
MIG
SAA
stud
ents
, inc
ludi
ng t
he p
ossi
bilit
y of
indu
stri
al p
lace
men
ts a
nd a
cade
mic
pl
acem
ents
in o
ther
cou
ntri
es.
We
offe
r up
to
12 fu
lly-f
unde
d pl
aces
ac
ross
the
Uni
vers
ity
of E
dinb
urgh
and
H
erio
t-W
att
Uni
vers
ity
in e
ach
inta
ke. I
f yo
u ar
e in
tere
sted
in o
ur P
hD p
rogr
amm
es
in M
athe
mat
ical
Ana
lysi
s, S
toch
asti
c A
naly
sis
or A
pplie
d M
athe
mat
ics
then
M
IGSA
A w
ill b
e an
opp
ortu
nity
tha
t yo
u
do n
ot w
ish
to o
verl
ook.
For
furt
her
info
rmat
ion,
con
tact
MIG
SAA
:
Dir
ecto
r To
ny C
arb
ery
Emai
l a.c
arb
ery@
ed.a
c.uk
Dep
uty
Dir
ecto
r D
ugal
d D
unca
nEm
ail d
.b.d
unca
n@hw
.ac.
uk
inte
rnat
iona
l equ
ival
ent
(ww
w.e
d.a
c.uk
/in
tern
atio
nal/g
radu
ate-
entr
y), i
n an
ap
prop
riate
sub
ject
; or
a U
K 2
:1 h
onou
rs
degr
ee p
lus
a U
K m
aste
rs d
egre
e, o
r th
eir
inte
rnat
iona
l equ
ival
ents
; or
rele
vant
requ
irem
ents
for
your
pro
gram
me
on
line
befo
re a
pply
ing.
See
also
…
of a
noth
er S
choo
l wit
hin
the
Uni
vers
ity,
in p
arti
cula
r th
e U
nive
rsit
y of
Edi
nbur
gh B
usin
ess
Scho
ol o
r th
e Sc
hool
s
of G
eoSc
ienc
es, I
nfor
mat
ics
or P
hysi
cs &
Ast
rono
my.
ww
w.e
d.a
c.uk
/stu
dyi
ng/p
rosp
ectu
s-re
que
st
One
of t
he s
tren
gths
of t
he U
nive
rsit
y’s
Scho
ol o
f Mat
hem
atic
s an
d M
axw
ell I
nsti
tute
for
Mat
hem
atic
al S
cien
ces
is t
he
abili
ty o
f our
res
earc
hers
to
appl
y co
mpl
ex m
athe
mat
ical
pr
inci
ples
in o
rder
to
solv
e se
emin
gly
unre
late
d pr
oble
ms.
Th
e in
nova
tive
wor
k of
Pro
fess
or C
olin
Ait
ken
and
his
colle
ague
s, in
an
area
of f
oren
sic
scie
nce,
sho
ws
just
ho
w w
ide-
rang
ing
the
resu
lts
of t
heir
rese
arch
can
be.
adm
inis
trat
ion
of ju
stic
e. It
is im
port
ant
that
it b
e ev
alua
ted
obje
ctiv
ely
and
inte
rpre
ted
clea
rly
for
the
cour
ts, s
ince
the
in
corr
ect
com
mun
icat
ion
of it
s va
lue
lead
s to
app
eals
or
even
mis
carr
iage
s of
just
ice.
An
unde
rsta
ndin
g of
the
val
ue
of fo
rens
ic e
vide
nce
relie
s he
avily
on
an a
sses
smen
t of
un
cert
aint
y. H
owev
er, t
o he
lp a
cou
rt e
stim
ate
the
rela
tive
lik
elih
ood
of t
he t
wo
pos
sibi
litie
s –
of a
ssoc
iati
on o
r no
n-as
soci
atio
n w
ith
a cr
ime
– A
itke
n an
d hi
s te
am
calc
ulat
ed a
so
-cal
led
likel
ihoo
d ra
tio
(LR)
tha
t ta
kes
into
was
to
use
Baye
sian
sta
tist
ical
met
hods
to
enab
le fo
rens
ic
scie
ntis
ts w
orld
wid
e to
inte
rpre
t th
eir
data
rel
iabl
y.
The
sam
plin
g pr
otoc
ols
deve
lop
ed a
t th
e Sc
hool
of
Mat
hem
atic
s ha
ve b
een
wid
ely
adop
ted.
The
y ha
ve b
een
on D
rugs
and
Cri
me.
The
se n
ew m
etho
ds h
ave
redu
ced
cost
, inc
reas
ed a
ccur
acy
and
impr
oved
the
inte
rpre
tati
on
of t
he v
alue
of e
vide
nce
in c
ourt
room
s ar
ound
the
wor
ld.
A se
nior
fore
nsic
sta
tist
icia
n at
the
Net
herl
ands
For
ensi
c In
stit
ute
com
men
ted:
“Th
e gr
ound
brea
king
wor
k of
Ait
ken
and
othe
rs h
as t
rans
form
ed t
he w
ay w
e ev
alua
te fo
rens
ic
evid
ence
… t
he L
R m
etho
d is
the
nex
t st
ep in
the
evo
luti
on
from
fore
nsic
cra
ft t
o fo
rens
ic s
cien
ce.”
Cas
e st
udy:
Edi
nbur
gh’s
re
sear
ch w
ith
impa
ct
The
Uni
vers
ity
is
pilo
ting
PhD
s by
dis
tanc
e
lear
ning
. If y
ou’re
inte
rest
ed
in s
tud
ying
wit
h us
thi
s w
ay,
we’
re k
een
to in
vest
igat
e p
ossi
bilit
ies
in s
ome
of o
ur
area
s of
res
earc
h.
13Th
e U
nive
rsit
y of
Edi
nbur
gh
Mat
hem
atic
s Po
stgr
adua
te O
ppor
tuni
ties
201
712
Mat
hem
atic
al A
naly
sis
& it
s Ap
plic
atio
nsPh
D 4
yrs
FT
This
pro
gram
me
is a
sso
ciat
ed w
ith
the
Max
wel
l Ins
titu
te G
radu
ate
Scho
ol
in A
naly
sis
and
its
App
licat
ions
(MIG
SAA
), a
Cen
tre
for
Do
ctor
al T
rain
ing
that
pro
vid
es h
igh
qual
ity
inst
ruct
ion
in a
naly
sis
and
the
appl
icat
ions
of
anal
ysis
to
a w
ide
rang
e of
are
as.
MIG
SAA
has
bee
n m
ade
pos
sibl
e b
y a
gran
t fr
om t
he U
K’s
Engi
neer
ing
and
Phys
ical
Sci
ence
s Re
sear
ch C
ounc
il an
d th
e Sc
ott
ish
Fund
ing
Cou
ncil.
Th
e pr
ogr
amm
e is
del
iver
ed in
col
lab
orat
ion
wit
h H
erio
t-W
att
Uni
vers
ity.
PhD
stu
dy
in M
IGSA
A m
ay b
e un
der
take
n w
ith
mor
e th
an 4
0 s
uper
viso
rs
and
on t
opic
s ra
ngin
g fr
om p
ure
anal
ysis
to
appl
ied
mat
hem
atic
s re
leva
nt
proj
ects
will
rel
ate
to o
ne o
f the
follo
win
g th
emes
:
• H
arm
onic
Ana
lysi
s•
Part
ial D
iffe
rent
ial E
quat
ions
(PD
Es)
• St
och
asti
c Pr
oce
sses
• M
athe
mat
ical
Mo
del
ling
• A
tom
ic a
nd M
olec
ular
Sys
tem
s•
Flui
d D
ynam
ics
• A
pplie
d Pr
obab
ility
.
Our
inte
ntio
n is
tha
t al
l MIG
SAA
stud
ents
gai
n aw
aren
ess
of t
he fu
ll in
telle
ctua
l sp
ectr
um o
f res
earc
h in
ana
lysi
s an
d it
s ap
plic
atio
ns,
incl
udin
g fa
mili
arit
y w
ith
theo
reti
cal i
ssue
s, s
toch
asti
c te
chni
ques
, nu
mer
ical
met
hods
and
exa
mpl
es o
f how
ana
lysi
s pr
oble
ms
imp
act
the
scie
nces
and
eng
inee
ring.
The
refo
re w
e ex
pect
all
stud
ents
to
take
som
e tr
aini
ng s
pan
ning
the
se a
reas
– e
ven
thou
gh y
our
even
tual
PhD
the
sis
may
sp
ecia
lise
in o
nly
one
or t
wo.
As
opp
osed
to
a st
anda
rd P
hD, y
ou w
ill b
e ad
mit
ted
to t
he p
rogr
amm
e
proj
ects
, whi
ch h
elp
shap
e yo
ur p
ersp
ecti
ve, l
eadi
ng t
o a
mat
ch w
ith
a su
per
viso
r in
Yea
r 1.
The
res
earc
h pr
ojec
t di
rect
ed b
y th
e su
per
viso
r is
st
ill t
he c
entr
epie
ce o
f the
PhD
, but
thi
s is
aug
men
ted
by
an o
ngoi
ng
trai
ning
pro
gram
me
in Y
ears
2–4
.
Mat
hem
atic
s is
a d
isci
plin
e of
hig
h in
telle
ct w
ith
conn
ecti
ons
stre
tchi
ng
cert
ain
of t
hriv
ing
in a
ric
h ac
adem
ic s
etti
ng. T
he c
olla
bor
atio
n b
etw
een
MIG
SAA’
s p
artn
er in
stit
utio
ns m
axim
ises
the
opp
ortu
niti
es a
vaila
ble
for
stud
ents
to
gain
a b
read
th o
f kno
wle
dg
e fr
om le
adin
g ex
per
ts.
for
Mat
hem
atic
al S
cien
ces
in E
dinb
urgh
. Thi
s af
ford
s a
num
ber
of
opp
ortu
niti
es t
o en
gag
e w
ith
the
inte
rnat
iona
l mat
hem
atic
al
com
mun
ity.
You
will
be
enco
urag
ed t
o tr
avel
and
par
tici
pat
e in
co
nfer
ence
s an
d se
min
ars
and
will
hav
e op
por
tuni
ties
to
mee
t di
stin
guis
hed
rese
arch
ers
from
all
over
the
wor
ld w
ho a
re a
ttra
cted
that
cou
ld h
ave
far-
reac
hing
eff
ects
on
your
car
eer
in m
athe
mat
ics.
See
pag
e 2
0.
For
fees
see
pag
e 2
0 a
nd fo
r fu
ndin
g in
form
atio
n se
e p
age
22
.
+4
4 (0
)131
65
0 5
95
5
mig
saa-
info
@m
axw
ell.a
c.uk
Appl
ied
& C
ompu
tatio
nal
Mat
hem
atic
s Ph
D 3
yrs
FT
(6 y
rs P
T av
aila
ble
for
UK/
EU s
tude
nts)
The
App
lied
and
Com
put
atio
nal M
athe
mat
ics
rese
arch
gro
up c
ombi
nes
exp
erti
se in
dyn
amic
s, c
lass
ical
and
sta
tist
ical
mec
hani
cs a
nd a
dva
nced
dyn
amic
s an
d op
toel
ectr
onic
s.
If yo
u ha
ve a
pas
sion
for
appl
ied
mat
hem
atic
s, o
ur fa
cilit
ies,
peo
ple
and
envi
ronm
ent w
ill h
elp
you
deve
lop
your
rese
arch
idea
s to
the
ir fu
ll po
tent
ial.
You’
ll ha
ve a
cces
s to
Edi
nbur
gh P
aral
lel C
omp
utin
g C
entr
e (E
PCC
),
one
of E
urop
e’s
lead
ing
sup
erco
mp
utin
g ce
ntre
s, a
nd m
emb
ersh
ip
of t
he C
entr
e fo
r N
umer
ical
Ana
lysi
s an
d In
telli
gen
t So
ftw
are
(NA
IS).
dyn
amic
s, m
ulti
scal
e m
od
ellin
g an
d an
alys
is, m
olec
ular
dyn
amic
s,
mat
hem
atic
al m
eteo
rolo
gy,
Ham
ilton
ian
dyn
amic
s, n
onlin
ear
wav
es
biol
og
y, e
xpon
enti
al a
sym
pto
tics
and
hom
og
enis
atio
n th
eory
.
Hav
ing
acce
ss t
o a
broa
d co
mm
unit
y of
res
earc
hers
mea
ns t
hat
your
wor
k w
ill b
e w
ell d
istr
ibut
ed a
nd r
eco
gnis
ed. T
hrou
gh t
he N
AIS
col
lab
orat
ion,
yo
u’ll
crea
te s
tron
g ne
twor
ks w
ith
rese
arch
ers
acro
ss S
cotl
and
and
have
ac
cess
to
subs
tant
ial t
rain
ing
as w
ell a
s vi
sito
r an
d w
orks
hop
prog
ram
mes
in
num
eric
al a
naly
sis,
com
pute
r sc
ienc
e an
d hi
gh-p
erfo
rman
ce c
ompu
ting
so
ftw
are
dev
elop
men
t.
As
part
of t
he A
pplie
d &
Com
puta
tion
al M
athe
mat
ics
grou
p yo
u w
ill h
ave
acce
ss t
o th
e tr
aini
ng a
ctiv
itie
s pr
ovid
ed b
y M
IGSA
A.
and
Syst
ems
Biol
og
y Ed
inb
urgh
), a
mul
tidi
scip
linar
y Ed
inb
urgh
-bas
ed
cent
re w
hose
mis
sion
is t
he a
naly
sis
and
des
ign
of b
ioch
emic
al s
yste
ms
usin
g th
eore
tica
l, co
mp
utat
iona
l, an
d bi
olo
gica
l tec
hniq
ues.
See
pag
e 2
0.
For
fees
see
pag
e 2
0 a
nd fo
r fu
ndin
g in
form
atio
n se
e p
age
22
.
Gra
dua
te S
cho
ol A
dm
inis
trat
or
pg
rese
arch
@m
aths
.ed
.ac.
uk
Geo
met
ry &
Top
olog
y
PhD
3 y
rs F
T (6
yrs
PT
avai
labl
e fo
r U
K/EU
stu
dent
s)
Our
Geo
met
ry a
nd T
opol
og
y re
sear
ch g
roup
has
str
ong
links
wit
h b
oth
th
e A
lgeb
ra &
Num
ber
The
ory
and
the
Mat
hem
atic
al P
hysi
cs r
esea
rch
http
://ho
dg
e.m
aths
.ed
.ac.
uk
exp
and
your
thi
nkin
g ab
ound
. Wor
king
wit
hin
one
of t
he la
rges
t m
athe
mat
ics
grou
ps
in t
he U
K, y
ou’ll
be
com
plet
ing
your
deg
ree
in a
n en
viro
nmen
t th
at h
ums
wit
h a
bus
y gr
adua
te s
cho
ol li
fe, a
nd y
ou’ll
hav
e th
e ch
ance
to
mak
e yo
ur m
ark
in s
emin
ars,
wor
ksho
ps,
clu
bs
and
outi
ngs.
Our
inte
rest
s in
clud
e al
geb
raic
geo
met
ry, d
eriv
ed c
ateg
orie
s,
alge
brai
c an
d ge
omet
ric t
opol
ogy,
tw
isto
r the
ory,
cat
egor
y th
eory
an
d in
tegr
able
sys
tem
s.
Whi
le w
e ca
n of
fer
a la
rge
com
mun
ity
of r
esea
rche
rs u
nder
one
ro
of, w
e b
elie
ve in
enc
oura
ging
you
to
gain
as
broa
d a
per
spec
tive
as
pos
sibl
e. T
he
best
way
to
do t
his
is t
o in
volv
e yo
urse
lf in
the
inte
rnat
iona
l dia
logu
e on
you
r re
sear
ch a
rea,
thr
ough
att
endi
ng c
onfe
renc
es a
nd s
ymp
osia
, and
vis
itin
g yo
ur p
eers
in c
entr
es o
f res
earc
h w
orld
wid
e. T
hrou
ghou
t yo
ur s
tudi
es, y
ou’ll
b
e gi
ven
opp
ortu
niti
es t
o tr
avel
to
even
ts a
nd in
stit
utio
ns t
hat
will
allo
w
you
to g
ain
this
per
spec
tive
, and
op
en u
p ne
w a
reas
of i
nves
tiga
tion
.
See
pag
e 2
0.
For
fees
see
pag
e 2
0 a
nd fo
r fu
ndin
g in
form
atio
n se
e p
age
22
.
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dua
te S
cho
ol A
dm
inis
trat
or
pg
rese
arch
@m
aths
.ed
.ac.
uk
Anal
ysis
PhD
3 y
rs F
T (6
yrs
PT
avai
labl
e fo
r U
K/EU
stu
dent
s)
Our
ana
lysi
s re
sear
ch g
roup
is o
ne o
f the
UK’
s to
p ce
ntre
s fo
r re
sear
ch
Your
pas
sion
for m
athe
mat
ical
ana
lysi
s w
ill b
e re
war
ded
by c
onta
ct w
ith,
an
d su
per
visi
on b
y, w
orld
lead
ing
acad
emic
sta
ff, a
ric
h se
min
ar a
nd
an in
tern
atio
nally
res
pec
ted
ped
igre
e.
We
have
a u
niqu
e fo
cus
on t
he in
terp
lay
of c
lass
ical
Euc
lidea
n ha
rmon
ic
anal
ysis
wit
h th
e m
oder
n th
eory
of P
DEs
. We
stud
y ha
rmon
ic a
naly
tic
idea
s in
num
ber t
heor
y, g
eom
etric
mea
sure
the
ory,
com
bina
toric
s, a
nd d
iscr
ete
geo
met
ry a
nd g
eom
etri
cally
inva
rian
t in
equa
litie
s; a
nd w
e in
vest
igat
e ap
plic
atio
ns o
f har
mon
ic a
naly
sis
to e
llipt
ic a
nd p
arab
olic
PD
Es w
ith
roug
h
theo
ries
of m
athe
mat
ical
phy
sics
, mat
hem
atic
al b
iolo
gy a
nd, i
n co
nnec
tion
wit
h bl
ack
hole
s, m
athe
mat
ical
gen
eral
rel
ativ
ity;
free
-bou
ndar
y pr
oble
ms,
op
tim
al m
ass
tran
spor
tati
on a
nd M
ong
e-A
mp
ère
equa
tion
s in
non
linea
r el
asti
city
and
oth
er c
onti
nuum
the
orie
s; a
nd w
ell-p
osed
ness
for
sup
ercr
itic
al in
itia
l val
ue p
robl
ems
wit
h no
isy
init
ial d
ata.
In a
ddi
tion
to
the
Scho
ol’s
exc
elle
nt fa
cilit
ies,
as
par
t of
the
Ana
lysi
s gr
oup
you
will
hav
e ac
cess
to
the
acti
viti
es o
f the
CA
NPD
E an
d th
e M
IGSA
A. T
hrou
gh s
emin
ars,
min
i-sym
posi
a an
d tr
aini
ng c
ours
es, t
hese
st
imul
ate
and
supp
ort
dev
elop
men
t of
res
earc
h in
ana
lysi
s an
d th
eore
tica
l non
linea
r PD
Es.
See
pag
e 2
0.
For
fees
see
pag
e 2
0 a
nd fo
r fu
ndin
g in
form
atio
n se
e p
age
22
.
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dua
te S
cho
ol A
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inis
trat
or
pg
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arch
@m
aths
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uk
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mo
re in
form
atio
n
abo
ut
rese
arch
in t
he
Scho
ol o
f Mat
hem
atic
s,
ple
ase
visi
t:
15Th
e U
nive
rsit
y of
Edi
nbur
gh
Mat
hem
atic
s Po
stgr
adua
te O
ppor
tuni
ties
201
714
Opt
imiz
atio
n &
O
pera
tiona
l Res
earc
hPh
D 3
yrs
FT
(6 y
rs P
T av
aila
ble
for
UK/
EU s
tude
nts)
As
a m
embe
r of t
he O
pera
tiona
l Res
earc
h an
d O
ptim
izat
ion
rese
arch
gro
up
you
will
als
o b
e p
art
of t
he E
dinb
urgh
Res
earc
h G
roup
in O
pti
miz
atio
n (E
RGO
), a
wid
er a
sso
ciat
ion,
wit
h ou
r gr
oup
as t
he fo
cus,
whi
ch in
clud
es
acad
emic
s at
the
uni
vers
itie
s of
Dun
dee
and
Oxf
ord
as w
ell a
s co
mm
erci
al
orga
nisa
tion
s. T
hrou
gh it
s re
gula
r se
min
ar s
erie
s, t
his
netw
ork
prov
ides
in
tera
ctio
n w
ith
an a
rray
of l
oca
l and
inte
rnat
iona
l ins
titu
tion
s an
d in
dust
rial
bo
dies
inte
rest
ed in
the
dev
elop
men
t of
op
erat
iona
l res
earc
h an
d op
tim
izat
ion.
As
a re
sult
, you
’ll e
stab
lish
valu
able
rel
atio
nshi
ps
that
w
ill h
elp
you
take
you
r re
sear
ch t
o it
s op
tim
um le
vel.
Our
gro
up h
as a
s it
s pr
imar
y fo
cus
the
mat
hem
atic
al a
nd c
omp
utin
g as
pec
ts o
f op
tim
izat
ion.
Cor
e te
chno
log
y in
op
tim
izat
ion
is t
he s
olut
ion
for
larg
e sp
arse
line
ar a
nd q
uadr
atic
pro
blem
s, a
nd w
e’re
abl
e to
pro
vid
e w
orld
-cla
ss e
xper
tise
in t
he t
wo
mai
n so
luti
on m
etho
ds fo
r th
ese:
the
si
mpl
ex m
etho
d an
d th
e in
teri
or p
oint
met
hod.
We
have
inte
rest
s in
glo
bal
op
tim
izat
ion,
dec
omp
osit
ion
met
hods
, pa
ralle
l com
puti
ng, i
ndus
tria
l app
licat
ions
of o
ptim
izat
ion
and
stoc
hast
ic
opti
miz
atio
n. O
ur c
urre
nt r
esea
rche
rs a
re e
xplo
ring
the
follo
win
g ar
eas:
p
aram
eter
unc
erta
inty
in q
ueui
ng t
heor
y an
d re
venu
e m
anag
emen
t;
algo
rith
ms
for
linea
r an
d no
nlin
ear
nonc
onve
x sm
oo
th o
ptim
izat
ion
prob
lem
s; o
pti
miz
atio
n m
etho
ds fo
r lin
ear,
quad
rati
c an
d no
nlin
ear
prog
ram
min
g; d
ecom
posi
tion
met
hods
for l
arge
-sca
le n
onlin
ear n
onco
nvex
co
nstr
aine
d op
tim
izat
ion;
bun
dle
met
hods
; war
mst
arts
for i
nter
ior p
oint
m
etho
ds; p
ool
ing
prob
lem
s; c
ompu
tati
onal
tec
hniq
ues
for
solv
ing
larg
e-sc
ale
linea
r pro
gram
min
g pr
oble
ms;
app
licat
ions
of o
ptim
izat
ion
met
hods
for l
arge
-sca
le c
onve
x an
d no
ncon
vex
opti
miz
atio
n pr
oble
ms.
Bein
g pa
rt o
f the
Ope
rati
onal
Res
earc
h an
d O
ptim
izat
ion
rese
arch
gro
up
and
ERG
O w
ill g
ive
you
oppo
rtun
itie
s to
mee
t an
d co
nfer
wit
h ac
adem
ics
wor
ldw
ide
– w
e’re
cur
rent
ly w
orki
ng w
ith
rese
arch
ers
in It
aly,
Nor
way
, C
hina
, Fra
nce,
Sp
ain
and
Turk
ey. T
wo
of o
ur v
isit
ing
prof
esso
rs a
re w
orld
le
ader
s in
con
tinu
ous
opti
miz
atio
n. In
ad
diti
on, r
esea
rche
rs f
rom
our
gr
oup
are
regu
larl
y in
vite
d to
giv
e ad
dres
ses
and
orga
nise
wor
ksho
ps
at
maj
or o
pti
miz
atio
n co
nfer
ence
s, jo
in in
tern
atio
nal c
onfe
renc
e co
mm
itte
es a
nd s
it o
n as
sess
men
t p
anel
s fo
r Eu
rop
ean
gran
ts.
See
pag
e 2
0.
For
fees
see
pag
e 2
0 a
nd fo
r fu
ndin
g in
form
atio
n se
e p
age
22
.
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dua
te S
cho
ol A
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inis
trat
or
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arch
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aths
.ed
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Prob
abili
ty &
St
ocha
stic
Ana
lysis
PhD
3 y
rs F
T (6
yrs
PT
avai
labl
e fo
r U
K/EU
stu
dent
s)
Our
Pro
babi
lity
and
Stoc
hast
ic A
naly
sis
rese
arch
gro
up o
pera
tes
in w
hat
is
in p
arti
cula
r, is
a m
ajor
focu
s of
our
res
earc
h, a
nd g
radu
ates
wit
h th
e rig
ht
rese
arch
exp
erie
nce
can
mak
e th
eir
way
into
hig
hly
rew
ardi
ng r
oles
in
indu
stry
. As
par
t of
our
sm
all,
spec
ialis
ed g
roup
, you
’ll e
njoy
a r
esea
rch
envi
ronm
ent
that
feat
ures
a b
alan
ce b
etw
een
theo
ry a
nd p
ract
ice,
acc
ess
to o
ne o
f the
mos
t p
ower
ful c
omp
utin
g fa
cilit
ies
in t
he U
K an
d st
rong
lin
ks w
ith
rele
vant
indu
stri
es.
Our
res
earc
h fo
cuse
s on
the
follo
win
g th
emes
: sto
chas
tic
diff
eren
tial
eq
uati
ons
and
sto
chas
tic
par
tial
dif
fere
ntia
l equ
atio
ns (P
DEs
) and
the
ir
sto
chas
tic
anal
ysis
of P
DEs
, sto
chas
tic
PDEs
and
sto
chas
tic
diff
eren
tial
eq
uati
ons
(acc
eler
ated
num
eric
al m
etho
ds in
par
ticu
lar)
.
We’
re a
lso
invo
lved
in t
he a
pplic
atio
ns o
f pro
bab
ility
the
ory,
mai
nly
to
mar
ting
ale
mea
sure
s an
d in
com
plet
e m
arke
ts. O
ther
app
licat
ions
incl
ude
engi
neer
ing,
sig
nal p
roce
ssio
n an
d bi
olo
gica
l sci
ence
s.
grad
uate
s, o
ur in
volv
emen
t w
ith
the
Sco
ttis
h Fi
nanc
ial R
isk
Aca
dem
y,
esta
blis
hed
in c
onju
ncti
on w
ith
Her
iot-
Wat
t U
nive
rsit
y, o
ffer
s va
luab
le
an
d a
seri
es o
f kno
wle
dg
e ex
chan
ge
cour
ses
and
even
ts.
As
part
of t
he P
roba
bilit
y &
Sto
chas
tic
Ana
lysi
s gr
oup
you
will
hav
e
acce
ss t
o th
e tr
aini
ng a
ctiv
itie
s pr
ovid
ed b
y M
IGSA
A.
The
Prob
abili
ty &
Sto
chas
tic
Ana
lysi
s gr
oup
also
giv
es y
ou a
cces
s to
the
Ed
inb
urgh
Par
alle
l Com
put
ing
Cen
tre
(EPC
C),
one
of E
urop
e’s
lead
ing
sup
erco
mpu
ting
faci
litie
s. E
PCC
ena
bles
hig
h-le
vel g
rid
com
puti
ng, d
ata
inte
grat
ion,
and
com
put
er s
imul
atio
n an
d pr
oce
ss o
pti
miz
atio
n. W
e of
fer
trai
ning
in a
ll th
e re
leva
nt p
rogr
ams
requ
ired
to a
chie
ve y
our r
esea
rch
aim
s.
whi
le o
ther
s ap
ply
thei
r sk
ills
in e
ngin
eeri
ng o
r bi
olo
gica
l sci
ence
s.
See
pag
e 2
0.
For
fees
see
pag
e 2
0 a
nd fo
r fu
ndin
g in
form
atio
n se
e p
age
22
.
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dua
te S
cho
ol A
dm
inis
trat
or
pg
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arch
@m
aths
.ed
.ac.
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Stat
istic
s
PhD
3 y
rs F
T (6
yrs
PT
avai
labl
e fo
r U
K/EU
stu
dent
s)
part
icul
ar a
pplic
atio
n of
‘mak
ing
sens
e of
dat
a’. I
t is
a c
ore
elem
ent
of t
he
new
ly r
ecog
nise
d ar
ea o
f dat
a sc
ienc
e, in
volv
ing
the
deve
lopm
ent
of n
ew
tech
niqu
es fo
r ana
lysi
ng d
ata
wit
hin
a rig
orou
s fr
amew
ork.
The
Sta
tist
ics
rese
arch
gro
up e
xplo
res
a w
ide
rang
e of
sta
tist
ical
the
ory
and
prac
tice
, ap
plyi
ng n
ewly
dev
elop
ed t
heor
ies/
tech
niqu
es in
col
labo
rati
on w
ith
ecol
ogy
and
phys
ics.
Stat
isti
cal r
esea
rch
span
s b
oth
the
cla
ssic
al a
nd B
ayes
ian
par
adig
ms.
Pa
rtic
ular
are
as o
f int
eres
t in
clud
e hi
erar
chic
al m
ulti
vari
ate
rand
om
effe
cts
mo
del
s, w
avel
ets,
non
-par
amet
ric
regr
essi
on, h
idd
en M
arko
v m
od
els,
com
put
atio
nally
inte
nsiv
e te
chni
ques
and
ext
rem
e va
lue
th
eory
. The
gro
up b
uild
s on
a s
tron
g th
eore
tica
l bas
e, d
evel
opin
g
new
sta
tist
ical
met
hod
olo
gy
appl
ied
to a
wid
e ra
nge
of d
iffe
rent
ap
plic
atio
n ar
eas
incl
udin
g, a
stro
phys
ics,
eco
log
y, e
pide
mio
log
y,
heal
th, e
nvir
onm
ent,
agr
icul
ture
, and
fun
ctio
nal g
enom
ics
data
, su
ch a
s g
ene
expr
essi
on m
icro
arra
ys.
mem
ber
s of
the
Sta
tist
ics
grou
p ar
e al
so F
acul
ty F
ello
ws
of t
he r
ecen
tly
form
ed A
lan
Turi
ng In
stit
ute,
of w
hich
the
Uni
vers
ity
of E
dinb
urgh
is a
fo
undi
ng m
emb
er. I
n ad
diti
on, t
he S
cott
ish
Gov
ernm
ent-
back
ed in
stit
ute
Biom
athe
mat
ics
and
Stat
isti
cs S
cotl
and
(Bio
SS) i
s an
ass
oci
ated
res
earc
h in
stit
ute
of t
he U
nive
rsit
y. W
ith
its
mai
n b
ase
in o
ur b
uild
ing,
it p
rovi
des
ac
cess
to
oth
er r
esea
rche
rs w
ith
an in
tere
st in
sta
tist
ical
met
hod
olo
gy,
bi
oinf
orm
atic
s, a
nd p
roce
ss a
nd s
yste
ms
mo
del
ling.
The
Uni
vers
ity
of
Edin
bur
gh is
als
o a
mem
ber
inst
itut
e of
the
Aca
dem
y of
PhD
Tra
inin
g in
St
atis
tics
(APT
S), p
rovi
ding
ad
diti
onal
res
iden
tial
tra
inin
g in
ad
vanc
ed
stat
isti
cal t
echn
ique
s.
This
will
lead
to
exce
llent
car
eer
pros
pec
ts in
aca
dem
ia, i
ndus
try
and
wit
h g
over
nmen
t b
odi
es.
See
pag
e 2
0.
For
fees
see
pag
e 2
0 a
nd fo
r fu
ndin
g in
form
atio
n se
e p
age
22
.
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dua
te S
cho
ol A
dm
inis
trat
or
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arch
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aths
.ed
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Mat
hem
atic
al P
hysic
s
PhD
3 y
rs F
T (6
yrs
PT
avai
labl
e fo
r U
K/EU
stu
dent
s)
Mat
hem
atic
al P
hysi
cs is
a m
ulti
disc
iplin
ary
rese
arch
gro
up w
ith
clos
e
in o
ne o
f the
larg
est
mat
hem
atic
s re
sear
ch g
roup
s in
the
UK
but
als
o
par
t of
the
Edi
nbur
gh M
athe
mat
ical
Phy
sics
Gro
up –
a jo
int
rese
arch
co
llect
ive
form
ed in
19
99
wit
h H
erio
t-W
att
Uni
vers
ity
and
now
par
t
of t
he M
axw
ell I
nsti
tute
.
Our
gro
up p
ursu
es w
ide-
rang
ing
inte
rest
s sp
anni
ng a
num
ber o
f dis
cipl
ines
. A
cent
ral g
oal i
s to
und
erst
and
the
prin
cipl
es b
ehin
d qu
antu
m g
ravi
ty,
thro
ugh
the
stud
y of
bla
ck h
oles
, cos
mol
ogie
s an
d sp
acet
ime
sing
ular
itie
s,
theo
ry t
hrou
gh t
he g
aug
e/gr
avit
y co
rres
pon
den
ce. P
arti
cula
rly
frui
tful
ar
eas
of r
esea
rch
are
the
geo
met
ry o
f hig
her-
dim
ensi
onal
bla
ck h
oles
an
d th
eir
near
-hor
izon
geo
met
ries
in t
he c
onte
xt o
f hig
her-
dim
ensi
onal
ge
nera
lisat
ions
of g
ener
al r
elat
ivit
y.
We’
re fa
scin
ated
by
the
vari
ous
man
ifest
atio
ns o
f sup
ersy
mm
etry
: in
stri
ng t
heor
y, s
uper
grav
ity
and
gaug
e th
eory
. Thi
s ha
s le
d us
to
seve
ral
a re
cent
pro
of o
f the
hom
ogen
eity
con
ject
ure.
In a
ddit
ion
we
stud
y ga
uge
theo
reti
c m
odu
li sp
aces
usi
ng s
uper
sym
met
ry a
nd v
ia in
tegr
able
sys
tem
s te
chni
ques
, dis
play
ing
an in
terp
lay
bet
wee
n th
e al
geb
raic
geo
met
ry o
f cu
rves
and
the
ir as
soci
ated
fun
ctio
n th
eory
. Thi
s re
sear
ch h
as le
d to
co
mpu
ter i
mpl
emen
tati
ons
of v
ario
us a
lgeb
ro-g
eom
etri
c co
nstr
ucti
ons.
Rece
ntly
we
have
mad
e pr
ogr
ess
in s
ome
pur
ely
mat
hem
atic
al
prob
lem
s su
gg
este
d b
y th
e ga
uge/
grav
ity
corr
esp
ond
ence
: nam
ely,
hom
og
eneo
us s
uper
grav
ity
bac
kgro
und
s.
As
wel
l as
exp
erie
ncin
g a
vibr
ant
rese
arch
env
iron
men
t th
at b
ring
s yo
u in
to c
onta
ct w
ith
a br
oad
grou
p of
you
r p
eers
, you
r m
emb
ersh
ip o
f the
Ed
inbu
rgh
Mat
hem
atic
al P
hysi
cs G
roup
will
giv
e yo
u ac
cess
to
a d
ynam
ic
pro
gram
me
of s
emin
ars,
lect
ure
cour
ses
and
conf
eren
ces.
The
re is
a
ded
icat
ed w
ebsi
te a
nd b
log,
and
a c
ompr
ehen
sive
ran
ge
of g
radu
ate
acti
viti
es. M
ore
info
rmat
ion:
htt
p://e
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g.m
aths
.ed
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pag
e 2
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fees
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e 2
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r fu
ndin
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n se
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age
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aths
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invo
lvem
ent
with
the
Sc
ottis
h Fi
nanc
ial R
isk A
cade
my
of
fers
val
uabl
e lin
ks a
nd tr
aini
ng.
17Th
e U
nive
rsit
y of
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nbur
gh
Mat
hem
atic
s Po
stgr
adua
te O
ppor
tuni
ties
201
7
Faci
litie
s an
d re
sour
ces
Whe
ther
you
wis
h to
follo
w a
tau
ght
mas
ters
pro
gram
me
or p
ursu
e yo
ur o
wn
line
of in
vest
igat
ion,
we
offe
r a
dyn
amic
ac
adem
ic e
nvir
onm
ent,
sup
por
ted
by
exce
llent
faci
litie
s.
We
have
an
outs
tand
ing
repu
tati
on fo
r m
athe
mat
ics
teac
hing
and
res
earc
h.
We
wer
e ju
dged
‘exc
elle
nt’ i
n th
e m
ost
rece
nt T
each
ing
Qua
lity
Ass
essm
ent.
In t
he
Rese
arch
Exc
elle
nce
Fram
ewor
k (R
EF) 2
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cent
of o
ur r
esea
rch
rate
d w
orld
lead
ing
or in
tern
atio
nally
exc
elle
nt.
The
Scho
ol b
oast
s a
rich
her
itag
e in
pi
onee
ring
mat
hem
atic
s. O
ur b
ase,
the
Ja
mes
Cle
rk M
axw
ell B
uild
ing,
is n
amed
aft
er
one
of t
he m
ost c
eleb
rate
d m
athe
mat
icia
ns
to s
tudy
at t
he U
nive
rsit
y. T
he 1
9th
-cen
tury
sc
ient
ist
is m
ost
fam
ous
for
deve
lopi
ng
clas
sica
l ele
ctro
mag
neti
c th
eory
.
By jo
inin
g th
e U
nive
rsit
y of
Edi
nbur
gh’s
Sch
ool
of M
athe
mat
ics,
you
’ll fo
llow
in t
he fo
otst
eps
of
mat
hem
atic
al p
ione
ers
and
stud
y al
ongs
ide
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e
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ents
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ages
suc
h as
Map
le, M
atla
b an
d M
athe
mat
ica.
Res
earc
h st
uden
ts a
re
allo
cate
d pa
ralle
l com
puti
ng t
ime
on
‘Edd
ie’ –
the
Edi
nbur
gh C
ompu
te a
nd
Dat
a Fa
cilit
y. It
is a
lso
poss
ible
to
arra
nge
use
of t
he B
lueG
ene/
Q s
uper
com
pute
r fa
cilit
y if
your
res
earc
h re
quir
es it
.
Mat
hem
atic
s is
a d
isci
plin
e of
hig
h in
telle
ct
wit
h co
nnec
tion
s st
retc
hing
acr
oss
all t
he
Edin
burg
h yo
u ca
n b
e ce
rtai
n of
thr
ivin
g
in a
ric
h ac
adem
ic s
etti
ng. O
ur S
choo
l is
one
of t
he c
ount
ry’s
larg
est
mat
hem
atic
s re
sear
ch c
omm
unit
ies
in it
s ow
n ri
ght
whi
ch in
clud
es a
roun
d 6
0 a
ctiv
e re
sear
ch
Edin
burg
h’s
high
-leve
l col
labo
ratio
ns, b
oth
regi
onal
and
inte
rnat
iona
l. Th
ese
incl
ude
the
Inte
rnat
iona
l Cen
tre
for
Mat
hem
atic
al
Scie
nces
and
our
clo
se c
olla
bora
tion
wit
h H
erio
t-W
att
Uni
vers
ity
thro
ugh
the
Max
wel
l Ins
titu
te, w
hich
was
set
up
from
the
Sco
ttis
h Fu
ndin
g C
ounc
il.
“ I e
xper
ienc
ed a
n eg
alita
rian
pro
fess
or-s
tude
nt re
latio
nshi
p an
d fe
lt th
at st
uden
t fee
dbac
k w
as c
onsid
ered
car
eful
ly. A
num
ber o
f ex
tern
al g
uest
lect
urer
s fro
m d
iver
se b
ackg
roun
ds in
indu
stry
an
d ac
adem
ia e
nric
hed
the
prog
ram
me
with
thei
r exp
ertis
e.”
MSc
Op
erat
iona
l Res
earc
h
You
will
enj
oy e
xcel
lent
faci
litie
s, r
angi
ng fr
om
one
of t
he w
orld
’s m
ajor
sup
erco
mpu
ting
hubs
to
gen
erou
s lib
rary
pro
visi
on fo
r re
sear
ch a
t th
e le
adin
g le
vel,
incl
udin
g th
e N
oree
n an
d Ke
nnet
h M
urra
y Li
brar
y at
Kin
g’s
Build
ings
.
Our
sta
tus
as o
ne o
f the
mos
t pr
esti
giou
s sc
hool
s in
the
UK
for m
athe
mat
ics
attr
acts
hi
ghly
res
pec
ted
staf
f. M
any
of o
ur 5
0
curr
ent
acad
emic
s ar
e le
ader
s in
the
ir
inte
rnat
iona
l aw
ards
.
The
Scho
ol is
hom
e to
tw
o Fe
llow
s of
th
e Ro
yal S
ocie
ty, 1
4 F
ello
ws
of t
he R
oyal
So
ciet
y of
Edi
nbur
gh a
nd s
even
Phi
lip
Leve
rhul
me
Priz
e or
Fel
low
ship
hol
ders
. Abe
l Pr
ize
win
ner
and
Fiel
ds m
edal
list
Prof
esso
r Si
r M
icha
el A
tiya
h is
an
Hon
orar
y Pr
ofes
sor
and
Prof
esso
r A
gata
Sm
oktu
now
icz
is a
re
cent
rec
ipie
nt o
f the
Eur
opea
n M
athe
mat
ical
Soc
iety
Pri
ze.
Rese
arch
stu
dent
s w
ill h
ave
a pr
imar
y an
d se
cond
ary
supe
rvis
or a
nd t
he o
ppor
tuni
ty to
ne
twor
k w
ith a
larg
e an
d va
ried
peer
gro
up.
You
will
be
carr
ying
out
you
r re
sear
ch in
expo
sed
to a
ste
ady
stre
am o
f dis
tingu
ishe
d re
sear
cher
s fr
om a
ll ov
er t
he w
orld
.
The
Uni
vers
ity
of E
dinb
urgh
has
one
of
the
wor
ld’s
gre
at c
olle
ctio
ns, w
hich
has
b
een
grow
ing
ever
sin
ce it
s fo
unda
tion
in
15
83
. Our
col
lect
ions
incl
ude
rare
b
ooks
, arc
hive
s an
d m
anus
crip
ts, a
rt,
hist
oric
al m
usic
al in
stru
men
ts a
nd a
w
ide
rang
e of
mus
eum
obj
ects
from
ge
olog
ical
sp
ecim
ens
to a
nato
mic
al
mod
els.
If la
id o
ut e
nd t
o en
d, w
e w
ould
hav
e al
mos
t 6
0 k
ilom
etre
s of
sh
elvi
ng a
nd s
tora
ge s
pace
dev
oted
to
our
heri
tage
mat
eria
l, fr
om 1
st-c
entu
ry
Gre
ek p
apyr
us fr
agm
ents
to
new
wor
ks
of s
culp
ture
. Thi
s is
cur
ated
by
spec
ialis
t st
aff a
cros
s 4
5 s
ites
and
use
d fo
r ou
r te
achi
ng a
nd r
esea
rch
and
by t
he w
ider
pu
blic
com
mun
ity.
The
Cen
tre
for R
esea
rch
Col
lect
ions
in
the
Mai
n Li
brar
y is
the
hub
for
all o
ur
colle
ctio
ns, w
here
sp
ecia
list
cura
tors
m
ake
them
ava
ilabl
e fo
r st
udy,
res
earc
h an
d pl
easu
re. P
ostg
radu
ate
stud
ents
ar
e w
elco
me
to s
tud
y or
igin
al o
bjec
ts
and
have
mad
e m
any
imp
orta
nt
rese
arch
dis
cove
ries
whi
le w
orki
ng o
n
rang
e of
mat
eria
l in
our
colle
ctio
ns t
hat
is a
vaila
ble
now
here
els
e in
the
wor
ld.
Abou
t the
16
19Th
e U
nive
rsit
y of
Edi
nbur
gh
Mat
hem
atic
s Po
stgr
adua
te O
ppor
tuni
ties
201
718 C
omm
unity
You’
ll ha
ve t
he c
hanc
e to
mee
t p
eopl
e th
roug
h th
e da
ily b
ustl
e of
the
Mat
hs H
ub
wee
kly
pos
tgra
duat
e co
lloqu
ium
– w
here
st
uden
ts g
ive
talk
s an
d sh
are
cake
– a
nd a
t m
any
annu
al e
vent
s, in
clud
ing
a re
side
ntia
l ex
curs
ion
to F
irbu
sh P
oint
on
the
bank
s of
Lo
ch T
ay in
Per
thsh
ire,
whe
re e
very
thin
g fr
om c
yclin
g to
can
oein
g is
on
offe
r.
Ther
e ar
e op
por
tuni
ties
to
get
invo
lved
w
ith
our
new
mag
azin
e C
onto
urs,
whi
ch
is w
ritt
en fo
r th
e Sc
hool
by
our
stud
ents
. W
e al
so h
ave
a ta
lent
ed t
eam
of s
taff
and
st
uden
ts w
orki
ng o
n a
busy
cal
enda
r of
ou
trea
ch a
ctiv
itie
s, in
clud
ing
the
annu
al
Edin
burg
h In
tern
atio
nal S
cien
ce F
esti
val.
They
dem
onst
rate
to
the
wid
er c
omm
unit
y th
at m
aths
is a
bea
utifu
l, el
egan
t an
d cr
eati
ve s
ubje
ct, w
hich
und
erpi
ns a
hug
e am
ount
of m
oder
n so
ciet
y.
For
rese
arch
stu
dent
s, o
ur G
radu
ate
Scho
ol o
ffer
s a
busy
sch
edul
e of
act
ivit
ies
rang
ing
from
form
al s
emin
ars
to s
ocia
l ev
ents
. The
Gra
duat
e Sc
hool
run
s it
s ow
n w
ebsi
te a
nd Y
ouTu
be
chan
nel,
whi
ch
feat
ures
sel
f-pr
oduc
ed v
ideo
s of
lect
ures
.
Rese
arch
ers
are
enco
urag
ed t
o tr
avel
and
pa
rtic
ipat
e in
con
fere
nces
and
sem
inar
s.
You’
ll al
so b
e in
the
rig
ht p
lace
in E
dinb
urgh
to
mee
t di
stin
guis
hed
rese
arch
ers
– fr
om
all o
ver
the
wor
ld –
who
are
att
ract
ed t
o co
nfer
ence
s he
ld a
t th
e Sc
hool
, and
the
va
riou
s co
llab
orat
ive
cent
res
base
d he
re.
that
cou
ld h
ave
far-
reac
hing
eff
ects
on
your
car
eer
in m
athe
mat
ics.
We
are
a vi
bran
t co
mm
unit
y of
mor
e th
an 5
0 a
cade
mic
and
rel
ated
st
aff s
uper
visi
ng 6
0 r
esea
rch,
and
man
y m
ore
MSc
, stu
dent
s. W
hile
yo
u w
ill b
e im
mer
sed
in a
cade
mic
dis
cour
se a
t th
e hi
ghes
t le
vel,
we
also
off
er p
lent
y of
opp
ortu
nitie
s to
mak
e ne
w c
onne
ctio
ns,
thro
ugh
a fu
ll ca
lend
ar o
f soc
ial e
vent
s.
Empl
oyab
ility
and
gr
adua
te a
ttrib
utes
This
per
sona
l and
pro
fess
iona
l de
velo
pmen
t, s
upp
orte
d by
ser
vice
s of
fere
d by
the
Sch
ool a
nd t
he U
nive
rsit
y,
will
giv
e yo
u an
edg
e w
hen
appl
ying
for
acad
emic
or
com
mer
cial
rol
es.
from
our
Inst
itut
e fo
r A
cade
mic
D
evel
opm
ent
(IAD
), w
hich
pro
vide
s in
form
atio
n, e
vent
s an
d co
urse
s to
de
velo
p th
e sk
ills
you
will
nee
d th
roug
hout
yo
ur s
tudi
es a
nd in
the
futu
re. I
AD
eve
nts
also
off
er t
he p
erfe
ct o
ppor
tuni
ty t
o m
eet
and
netw
ork
wit
h ot
her
pos
tgra
duat
es
from
acr
oss
the
Uni
vers
ity.
Furt
her
info
rmat
ion
is a
vaila
ble
onlin
e:
ww
w.e
d.a
c.uk
/iad
/po
stg
rad
uate
s
For t
augh
t po
stgr
adua
tes,
IAD
pro
vide
s a
popu
lar
stud
y-re
late
d an
d tr
ansf
erab
le s
kills
su
ppor
t pr
ogra
mm
e. It
is d
esig
ned
to h
elp
you
sett
le in
to p
ostg
radu
ate
life,
suc
ceed
to t
he n
ext
stag
e of
you
r ca
reer
. We
offe
r on
-cam
pus
and
onlin
e w
orks
hops
and
on
e-to
-one
stu
dy
skill
s co
nsul
tati
ons,
pl
us o
nlin
e ad
vice
and
lear
ning
mat
eria
ls.
Wor
ksho
ps a
nd le
arni
ng re
sour
ces
cove
r key
to
pics
tai
lore
d to
diff
eren
t ac
adem
ic s
tage
s,
incl
udin
g ge
ttin
g st
arte
d w
ith y
our s
tudi
es;
crit
ical
rea
ding
, wri
ting
and
thi
nkin
g;
man
agin
g yo
ur e
xam
s; a
nd p
lann
ing
fo
r an
d w
riti
ng u
p yo
ur d
isse
rtat
ion.
IAD
als
o pr
ovid
es a
com
preh
ensi
ve
prog
ram
me
of t
rans
fera
ble
skill
s tr
aini
ng,
reso
urce
s an
d su
ppor
t fo
r re
sear
cher
s co
mpl
etin
g a
doct
orat
e. T
he w
orks
hop
prog
ram
me
is d
esig
ned
to h
elp
you
succ
essf
ully
pre
pare
for
the
vari
ous
mile
ston
es o
f you
r Ph
D, f
rom
get
ting
st
arte
d w
ith
your
res
earc
h, t
o w
riti
ng u
p an
d pr
epar
ing
for
the
viva
. Wor
ksho
ps
cove
r top
ics
such
as
wri
ting
skill
s, r
efer
ence
m
anag
emen
t to
ols,
sta
tistic
s, p
repa
ring
for
conf
eren
ces,
del
iver
ing
pres
enta
tions
, tim
e an
d pr
ojec
t m
anag
emen
t, a
nd p
erso
nal
deve
lopm
ent.
IAD
als
o of
fers
onl
ine
reso
urce
s an
d pl
anni
ng t
ools
to
help
get
yo
ur r
esea
rch
star
ted,
plu
s su
ppor
t fo
r tu
tori
ng a
nd d
emon
stra
ting
and
res
earc
h pu
blic
eng
agem
ent
and
com
mun
icat
ion.
Whi
le y
our
rese
arch
will
bui
ld y
our
know
ledg
e an
d sk
ills
in
as
pub
lic s
peak
ing,
pre
sent
atio
n an
d w
ritte
n co
mm
unic
atio
n.
Our
Car
eers
Ser
vice
pla
ys a
n es
sent
ial p
art
in y
our
wid
er s
tude
nt e
xper
ienc
e at
the
U
nive
rsit
y, o
ffer
ing
wor
ld-c
lass
car
eers
an
d p
erso
nal d
evel
opm
ent
guid
ance
and
su
ppor
t. W
e su
ppor
t yo
u to
rec
ogni
se t
he
wea
lth
of p
ossi
bilit
ies
ahea
d, w
hile
at
univ
ersi
ty a
nd a
fter
gra
duat
ion,
hel
ping
yo
u ex
plor
e ne
w a
venu
es, t
ap in
to y
our
tale
nts
and
build
you
r em
ploy
abili
ty w
ith
The
Serv
ice
prov
ides
sp
ecia
list
supp
ort
fo
r p
ostg
radu
ate
stud
ents
. Fro
m e
xplo
ring
ca
reer
opt
ions
to
mak
ing
deci
sion
s, fr
om
CV
wri
ting
to
inte
rvie
w p
ract
ice,
from
Em
ploy
.ed
inte
rnsh
ips
to g
radu
ate
pos
ts
and
from
car
eers
fair
s to
pos
tgra
duat
e al
umni
eve
nts,
we
help
you
pre
pare
for
the
futu
re.
We
sust
ain
and
cont
inua
lly d
evel
op li
nks
wit
h em
ploy
ers
from
all
indu
stri
es a
nd
empl
oym
ent
sect
ors,
from
the
wor
ld’s
top
re
crui
ters
to
smal
l ent
erpr
ises
bas
ed h
ere
in E
dinb
urgh
. Our
em
ploy
er t
eam
pro
vide
s a
prog
ram
me
of o
ppor
tuni
ties
for
you
to
mee
t em
ploy
ers
on c
ampu
s an
d vi
rtua
lly,
and
adve
rtis
es a
wid
e ra
nge
of p
art-
tim
e an
d gr
adua
te jo
bs.
Mor
e in
form
atio
n:
ww
w.e
d.a
c.uk
/car
eers
/po
stg
rad
Edin
burg
h en
cour
ages
its
alum
ni t
o st
ay
in t
ouch
wit
h cu
rren
t st
uden
ts w
ho s
hare
an
aca
dem
ic b
ackg
roun
d or
are
inte
rest
ed
in a
sim
ilar
care
er p
ath.
Con
nect
.ed
is a
ne
twor
king
sys
tem
run
by
the
Car
eers
Se
rvic
e th
at p
rovi
des
an in
form
al a
nd
shar
e th
eir
occu
pati
onal
kno
wle
dge
and
exp
erie
nce
wit
h cu
rren
t st
uden
ts, w
ho
can
cont
act
them
for a
dvic
e an
d gu
idan
ce
on t
heir
futu
re c
aree
r.
Mor
e in
form
atio
n:
ww
w.e
d.a
c.uk
/car
eers
/co
nnec
ted
LAU
NC
H.e
d is
the
Uni
vers
ity’
s
awar
d-w
inni
ng p
rogr
amm
e fo
r st
uden
t en
trep
rene
urs.
Eac
h ye
ar, L
AUN
CH
.ed
wor
ks w
ith
hund
reds
of s
tude
nts
to a
sses
s th
eir i
deas
and
dev
elop
the
ir bu
sine
ss s
kills
an
d he
lps
man
y st
art
thei
r bu
sine
sses
. W
e ha
ve h
elp
ed E
dinb
urgh
stu
dent
s an
d al
umni
laun
ch a
lmos
t 10
0 n
ew b
usin
esse
s in
the
last
thr
ee y
ears
, ran
ging
from
la
ngua
ge t
uiti
on t
o ro
bot
ics
com
pani
es.
Mor
e in
form
atio
n:
ww
w.L
AU
NC
H.e
d.a
c.uk
PhD
stu
dent
s ar
e gi
ven
lead
ersh
ip r
oles
w
ithi
n th
e Sc
hool
, and
you
’ll h
ave
the
opp
ortu
nity
to
spen
d so
me
of y
our
tim
e co
nduc
ting
und
ergr
adua
te t
utor
ials
. W
e’ll
help
you
wit
h th
is: t
he U
nive
rsit
y of
fers
cou
rses
in p
ublic
sp
eaki
ng a
nd
othe
r te
achi
ng s
kills
, and
you
’ll b
e ab
le
to d
raw
on
the
supp
ort
of y
our
pee
rs a
nd
sup
ervi
sors
in r
esea
rch
grou
p m
eeti
ngs.
For
rese
arch
stu
dent
s, a
str
ong
foun
dati
on
is
ess
enti
al a
nd in
the
ear
ly p
art
of y
our
stud
ies
you’
ll b
e of
fere
d ta
ught
cou
rses
th
roug
h th
e Sc
ottis
h M
athe
mat
ical
Sci
ence
s Tr
aini
ng C
entr
e, a
con
sort
ium
of s
even
m
athe
mat
ics
depa
rtm
ents
. You
’ll t
ake
part
in
vid
eo-c
onfe
renc
ed le
ctur
es, p
rese
nted
by
sta
ff fr
om a
ll pa
rtic
ipat
ing
univ
ersi
ties
.
“ The
Sch
ool i
s ver
y su
ppor
tive
in o
rgan
ising
soci
al e
vent
s to
hel
p ne
twor
king
. Edi
nbur
gh is
an
inte
rnat
iona
l uni
vers
ity
that
att
ract
s stu
dent
s fro
m d
iffer
ent c
ount
ries
. I’v
e m
ade
usef
ul c
onta
cts w
ith a
cade
mic
s with
in th
e U
nive
rsity
and
w
ith e
xter
nal e
xper
ts in
the
field
.” P
hD M
athe
mat
ics
2021
The
Uni
vers
ity
of E
dinb
urgh
M
athe
mat
ics
Post
grad
uate
Opp
ortu
niti
es 2
017
We
have
an
onlin
e ap
plic
atio
n pr
oces
s fo
r all
post
grad
uate
pro
gram
mes
. It’s
a s
trai
ghtf
orw
ard
syst
em
wit
h fu
ll in
stru
ctio
ns, i
nclu
ding
det
ails
of a
ny s
uppo
rtin
g do
cum
enta
tion
you
need
to
subm
it.
Whe
n ap
plyi
ng, y
ou w
ill s
et u
p an
acc
ount
, w
hich
lets
you
sav
e yo
ur a
pplic
atio
n an
d co
ntin
ue a
t an
othe
r ti
me.
Full
guid
ance
on
our
appl
icat
ion
syst
em is
av
aila
ble
at: w
ww
.ed
.ac.
uk/p
ost
gra
dua
te/
app
lyin
g
UK
2:1
deg
ree,
or
its
inte
rnat
iona
l eq
uiva
lent
(ww
w.e
d.a
c.uk
/inte
rnat
iona
l/g
rad
uate
-ent
ry),
in m
athe
mat
ics
or
anot
her
mat
hem
atic
al s
ubje
ct o
r nu
mer
ate
disc
iplin
e.
You
will
als
o ne
ed t
o m
eet
the
Uni
vers
ity’
s la
ngua
ge r
equi
rem
ents
(see
bel
ow).
Entr
y re
quire
men
ts fo
r ind
ivid
ual p
rogr
amm
es c
an
prog
ram
me
you
wis
h to
app
ly fo
r.
To a
pply
for
a re
sear
ch d
egre
e yo
u w
ill
inte
rnat
iona
l equ
ival
ent,
in a
n ap
prop
riat
e su
bjec
t; o
r a U
K 2
:1 h
onou
rs d
egre
e pl
us a
U
K m
aste
rs d
egre
e, o
r th
eir
inte
rnat
iona
l
and
exp
erie
nce.
For a
pplic
atio
ns t
o ta
ught
pro
gram
mes
, th
e no
rmal
requ
irem
ent
is o
ne re
fere
nce,
al
thou
gh a
n ad
ditio
nal r
efer
ence
may
be
requ
este
d in
indi
vidu
al c
ases
. For
ap
plic
atio
ns t
o re
sear
ch p
rogr
amm
es, t
wo
refe
renc
es a
re re
quire
d. Y
ou s
houl
d ch
eck
the
entr
y on
line
for e
xact
requ
irem
ents
fo
r you
r int
ende
d pr
ogra
mm
e of
stu
dy.
For g
ener
al g
uida
nce
on re
fere
nces
, vis
it:
ww
w.e
d.ac
.uk/
post
grad
uate
/ref
eren
ces
Som
e pr
ogra
mm
es h
ave
appl
icat
ion
dead
lines
. Ple
ase
chec
k th
e pr
ogra
mm
e en
try
onlin
e fo
r de
tails
. For
all
othe
r pr
ogra
mm
es, y
ou a
re e
ncou
rage
d to
app
ly
no la
ter
than
one
mon
th p
rior
to
entr
y to
your
app
licat
ion.
How
ever
, ear
lier
appl
icat
ion
is r
ecom
men
ded,
par
ticu
larl
y w
here
the
re is
a h
igh
dem
and
for
plac
es
or w
hen
a vi
sa w
ill b
e re
quir
ed. S
houl
d yo
u w
ish
to s
ubm
it a
late
app
licat
ion,
ple
ase
cont
act
us fo
r gui
danc
e. If
you
are
app
lyin
g fo
r fu
ndin
g, in
mos
t ca
ses
you
will
nee
d
an o
ffer
to
stud
y w
ith
us b
efor
e yo
u ca
n m
ake
your
fund
ing
appl
icat
ion.
Appl
icat
ions
and
fees
The
dead
line
for
appl
icat
ions
is 3
1st
Janu
ary
201
7. T
his
will
ena
ble
you
to b
e co
nsid
ered
for
all o
f our
ava
ilabl
e fu
ndin
g op
por
tuni
ties
. Ear
ly a
pplic
atio
ns a
re
enco
urag
ed a
nd a
lim
ited
num
ber
of e
arly
of
fers
may
be
mad
e. L
ate
appl
icat
ions
will
b
e co
nsid
ered
, but
pri
orit
y w
ill b
e gi
ven
to
app
licat
ions
rec
eive
d by
the
dea
dlin
e.
Engl
ish
mus
t sh
ow e
vide
nce
of o
ne
• IE
LTS
Aca
dem
ic: t
otal
6.5
(at
leas
t
6.0
in e
ach
mod
ule)
.
• TO
EFL-
iBT:
tot
al 9
2 (a
t le
ast
20
in
each
mod
ule)
.
• PT
E(A)
: tot
al 6
1 (a
t le
ast
56
in e
ach
of
the
Com
mun
icat
ive
Skill
s se
ctio
ns).
• C
AE
and
CPE
: tot
al 1
76 (a
t le
ast
169
in
eac
h m
odul
e).
• Tr
init
y IS
E: IS
E II
(wit
h di
stin
ctio
ns in
al
l fou
r co
mp
onen
ts).
Plea
se n
ote:
• En
glis
h la
ngua
ge r
equi
rem
ents
can
be
affe
cted
by
gove
rnm
ent
polic
y so
ple
ase
chec
k th
e la
test
req
uire
men
ts fo
r yo
ur
prog
ram
me:
ww
w.e
d.a
c.uk
/p
ost
gra
dua
te/d
egre
es
• b
e no
mor
e th
an t
wo
year
s ol
d at
the
b
egin
ning
of y
our
prog
ram
me.
• W
e al
so a
ccep
t re
cent
deg
ree-
leve
l st
udy
that
was
tau
ght
and
asse
ssed
in
Engl
ish
in a
maj
orit
y En
glis
h sp
eaki
ng
Imm
igra
tion
).
Plea
se c
onta
ct t
he G
radu
ate
Scho
ol
pg
rese
arch
@m
aths
.ed
.ac.
uk
Te
st o
f Eng
lish
as a
For
eign
Lan
guag
e In
tern
et-B
ased
Tes
t; P
TE(A
) – P
ears
on T
est
Ad
vanc
ed E
nglis
h; T
rini
ty IS
E –
Inte
grat
ed
Skill
s in
Eng
lish.
ww
w.e
d.a
c.uk
/eng
lish
-req
uire
men
ts/p
g
The
follo
win
g ta
ble
prov
ides
an
over
view
of
indi
cati
ve fe
e le
vels
for
prog
ram
mes
co
mm
enci
ng in
201
7.
Figu
res
mar
ked
* sh
ow t
he fe
e le
vel s
et fo
r
are
indi
cativ
e of
exp
ecte
d fe
e le
vels
for y
our
stud
ies
duri
ng t
he 2
017/
18 a
cade
mic
yea
r.
imp
orta
nt y
ou c
heck
onl
ine
bef
ore
you
appl
y an
d ch
eck
the
up-t
o-d
ate
fee
leve
l
ww
w.e
d.a
c.uk
/stu
den
t-fu
ndin
g/
tuit
ion
-fee
s/p
ost
gra
dua
te
Plea
se n
ote:
• In
tern
atio
nal s
tude
nts
star
ting
full-
time
taug
ht p
rogr
amm
es o
f stu
dy
last
ing
mor
e th
an o
ne y
ear
will
be
char
ged
• A
ll ot
her
stud
ents
on
full-
tim
e an
d pa
rt-t
ime
prog
ram
mes
of s
tud
y la
stin
g m
ore
than
one
yea
r sh
ould
be
awar
e th
at a
nnua
l tui
tion
fees
are
sub
ject
to
revi
sion
and
are
typ
ical
ly in
crea
sed
by
This
ann
ual i
ncre
ase
shou
ld b
e ta
ken
into
acc
ount
whe
n yo
u ar
e ap
plyi
ng
for
a pr
ogra
mm
e.
• In
add
itio
n to
tui
tion
fees
, you
r pr
ogra
mm
e m
ay b
e su
bjec
t to
an
appl
icat
ion
fee
and
addi
tion
al c
osts
/pr
ogra
mm
e co
sts
may
app
ly. P
leas
e ch
eck
the
late
st p
rogr
amm
e in
form
atio
n on
line.
EU s
tude
nts
enro
lling
in t
he 2
017/
18
acad
emic
yea
r –
and
pos
sibl
y th
e fo
llow
ing
acad
emic
yea
r –
will
be
adm
itte
d as
Sc
otti
sh/E
U fe
e st
atus
stu
dent
s an
d ar
e el
igib
le fo
r tu
itio
n fe
e su
ppor
t fr
om t
he
Stud
ent
Awar
ds A
genc
y fo
r Sco
tland
(SA
AS)
.
Futu
re c
hang
es t
o th
e fe
e st
atus
of E
U
stud
ents
enr
ollin
g in
the
201
7/18
aca
dem
ic
year
will
dep
end
on t
he t
imin
g an
d te
rms
of t
he U
K’s
exit
from
the
Eur
opea
n U
nion
an
d w
ould
als
o re
quire
cha
nges
to
exis
ting
UK
and
Scot
tish
legi
slat
ion.
Cur
rent
in
dica
tions
are
tha
t th
e U
K w
ould
leav
e th
e EU
at
the
earli
est
in 2
019
so
any
chan
ges
wou
ld n
ot t
ake
effe
ct b
efor
e th
e ac
adem
ic
year
201
9/2
0.
The
Uni
vers
ity
is w
orki
ng w
ith
the
Scot
tish
Gov
ernm
ent
to t
ry t
o pr
otec
t
the
fee
stat
us o
f EU
stu
dent
s en
rolli
ng
in t
he 2
017/
18 a
cade
mic
yea
r fo
r th
e du
rati
on o
f the
ir co
urse
. How
ever
the
re
is a
ris
k th
at E
U s
tude
nts
enro
lling
in t
he
201
7/18
aca
dem
ic y
ear
may
bec
ome
subj
ect
to in
tern
atio
nal t
uiti
on fe
es fo
r an
y ye
ars
of s
tud
y w
hich
follo
w t
he U
K ex
it fr
om t
he E
U. I
n th
ose
circ
umst
ance
s w
e ar
e co
mm
itte
d to
wor
king
wit
h th
e G
over
nmen
t to
am
elio
rate
the
impa
ct
of t
hat
chan
ge fo
r in
divi
dual
stu
dent
s.
The
Scot
tish
Gov
ernm
ent
has
alre
ady
stud
ents
and
stu
dent
s en
rolli
ng in
the
2
016/
17 a
cade
mic
yea
r w
ill r
emai
n un
chan
ged
for t
he d
urat
ion
of t
heir
stud
ies.
Taug
ht p
rogr
amm
es 1
-yea
r FT
£10
,80
0
Taug
ht p
rogr
amm
es 2
-yea
rs P
T£
5,4
00
Taug
ht p
rogr
amm
es 3
-yea
rs P
T£
3,7
00
Exc
ept:
Com
puta
tiona
l Mat
hem
atic
al F
inan
ce,
Fina
ncia
l Mat
hem
atic
s, F
inan
cial
M
odel
ling
& O
ptim
izat
ion
1-ye
ar F
T
£21
,90
0
Com
puta
tiona
l Mat
hem
atic
al F
inan
ce,
Fina
ncia
l Mat
hem
atic
s, F
inan
cial
M
odel
ling
& O
ptim
izat
ion
2-y
ears
PT
£10
,95
0
PhD
3-y
ears
FT
£4,1
21*
PhD
6-y
ears
PT
£2
,061
*
MSc
by
Rese
arch
1-y
ear F
T£
7,4
00
MSc
by
Rese
arch
2-y
ears
PT
£3
,70
0
Taug
ht p
rogr
amm
es 1
-yea
r FT
£19
,30
0
Exc
ept:
Ope
ratio
nal R
esea
rch
wit
h Ri
sk/
Com
puta
tiona
l Opt
imiz
atio
n/St
atis
tics/
Dat
a Sc
ienc
e 1-
year
FT
£2
0,1
00
Com
puta
tiona
l Mat
hem
atic
al F
inan
ce,
Fina
ncia
l Mat
hem
atic
s, F
inan
cial
M
odel
ling
& O
ptim
izat
ion
1-ye
ar F
T
£2
5,5
00
PhD
3-y
ears
FT
£14
,60
0*
MSc
by
Rese
arch
1-y
ear F
T£1
9,3
00
* Fi
gur
e sh
ow
n is
the
201
6/17
fee
leve
l
All
oth
er fe
es q
uote
d ar
e in
dic
ativ
e o
f 201
7/18
fee
imp
ort
ant
you
chec
k o
nlin
e b
efo
re y
ou
app
ly a
nd
chec
k th
e up
-to
-dat
e fe
e le
vel t
hat
will
ap
ply
to
your
w
ww
.ed
.ac.
uk/s
tud
ent-
fun
din
g/
tuit
ion
-fee
s/p
ost
gra
dua
te
23Th
e U
nive
rsit
y of
Edi
nbur
gh
Mat
hem
atic
s Po
stgr
adua
te O
ppor
tuni
ties
201
722 Fu
ndin
g
Aw
ards
are
off
ered
by
the
Scho
ol o
f M
athe
mat
ics,
the
Col
lege
of S
cien
ce &
En
gine
erin
g, t
he U
nive
rsit
y of
Edi
nbur
gh,
the
Scot
tish
, UK
and
inte
rnat
iona
l go
vern
men
ts a
nd m
any
fund
ing
bod
ies.
So
me
of t
hese
off
er o
ur P
hD s
tude
nts
and
MIG
SAA
does
so
for f
our y
ears
, to
cove
r b
oth
the
trai
ning
and
PhD
wri
ting
per
iods
.
Her
e w
e lis
t a
sele
ctio
n of
pot
entia
l sou
rces
stud
ents
app
lyin
g to
the
Sch
ool o
f M
athe
mat
ics.
The
Sch
ool a
ims
to h
elp
liv
ing
exp
ense
s fo
r al
l our
PhD
stu
dent
s.
We
offe
r a
10 p
er c
ent
disc
ount
on
pos
tgra
duat
e fe
es fo
r al
l alu
mni
who
hav
e gr
adua
ted
wit
h an
und
ergr
adua
te d
egre
e fr
om t
he U
nive
rsit
y. W
e al
so o
ffer
a 1
0 p
er
cent
dis
coun
t fo
r in
tern
atio
nal g
radu
ates
w
ho s
pen
t at
leas
t on
e se
mes
ter
at t
he
Uni
vers
ity
of E
dinb
urgh
as
a vi
siti
ng
unde
rgra
duat
e: w
ww
.ed
.ac.
uk/s
tud
ent-
fund
ing
/dis
coun
ts
Tau
ght
mas
ters
pro
gra
mm
es
Mas
ters
by
Rese
arch
pro
gra
mm
es
Res
earc
h p
rog
ram
mes
•
Beit
Tru
st a
nd t
he U
nive
rsit
y of
Ed
inbu
rgh
Scho
lars
hips
join
tly
fund
p
ostg
radu
ate
stud
ents
from
Mal
awi,
Zam
bia
and
Zim
babw
e to
und
erta
ke
a m
aste
rs: w
ww
.bei
ttru
st.o
rg.u
k
•
Th
ese
scho
lars
hips
are
des
igne
d to
at
trac
t hig
h-qu
alit
y in
tern
atio
nal r
esea
rch
stud
ents
to t
he U
nive
rsit
y: w
ww
.ed.
ac.u
k/st
uden
t-fu
ndin
g/g
lob
al-r
esea
rch
•
A nu
mbe
r of
sch
olar
ship
s ar
e av
aila
ble
to
pos
tgra
duat
e st
uden
ts fr
om S
yria
st
udyi
ng a
full-
tim
e on
e-ye
ar m
aste
rs:
ww
w.e
d.a
c.uk
/stu
den
t-fu
ndin
g/
po
stg
rad
uate
/syr
ia
•
A
ll Ph
D a
pplic
atio
ns w
ill b
e co
nsid
ered
au
tom
atic
ally
for
Scho
ol o
f Mat
hem
atic
s st
uden
tshi
ps. A
ll U
K Ph
D a
pplic
ants
will
al
so b
e co
nsid
ered
aut
omat
ical
ly fo
r EP
SRC
DTG
fund
ing:
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w.m
aths
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.uk/
scho
ol-o
f-mat
hem
atic
s/st
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ng-
here
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ndin
g-o
pp
ort
unit
ies
A
ll st
uden
ts, b
ut e
spec
ially
UK
stud
ents
, ap
plyi
ng t
o th
e A
naly
sis,
App
lied
and
Com
puta
tion
al M
athe
mat
ics,
and
Pr
obab
ility
& S
toch
asti
cs r
esea
rch
grou
ps, a
re e
ncou
rage
d to
als
o ap
ply
fo
r M
IGSA
A sc
hola
rshi
p fu
ndin
g:
ww
w.m
axw
ell.a
c.uk
/mig
saa/
app
ly-n
ow
Rese
arch
cou
ncils
off
er a
war
ds t
o m
aste
rs,
MPh
il an
d Ph
D s
tude
nts
in m
ost
of t
he
Scho
ols
wit
hin
the
Uni
vers
ity
of E
dinb
urgh
. A
ll st
uden
tshi
p ap
plic
atio
ns t
o th
e re
sear
ch c
ounc
ils m
ust
be
mad
e th
roug
h th
e U
nive
rsit
y, t
hrou
gh y
our
Scho
ol o
r
bot
h ta
ught
and
res
earc
h pr
ogra
mm
es.
Nor
mal
ly o
nly
thos
e U
K/EU
stu
dent
s
who
hav
e b
een
resi
dent
in t
he U
K fo
r th
e pr
eced
ing
thre
e ye
ars
are
elig
ible
for
a fu
ll aw
ard.
For
som
e aw
ards
, can
dida
tes
who
ar
e EU
nat
iona
ls a
nd a
re r
esid
ent
in t
he
UK
may
be
elig
ible
for
a fe
es-o
nly
awar
d.w
ww
.ed
.ac.
uk/s
tud
ent-
fund
ing
/ re
sear
ch-c
oun
cils
The
Uni
vers
ity
also
off
ers
a nu
mb
er o
f sc
hola
rshi
ps in
par
tner
ship
wit
h th
e fo
llow
ing
over
seas
gov
ernm
ent
agen
cies
:
•
Tech
nolo
gica
l Res
earc
h (C
ON
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): w
ww
.co
nicy
t.cl
•
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dmin
istr
ativ
e D
epar
tmen
t of
Sci
ence
, Te
chno
log
y an
d In
nova
tion
(Col
cien
cias
): w
ww
.co
lcie
ncia
s.g
ov.
co
•
Secr
etar
ia N
acio
nal d
e Ed
ucac
ion
Supe
rior,
Cie
ncia
y T
ecno
logi
a (S
ENES
CYT
): w
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.ed
ucac
ions
uper
ior.g
ob.
ec
•
Min
istr
y of
Hig
her
Educ
atio
n
ww
w.ir
aqic
ultu
rala
ttac
he.o
rg.u
k
•
Nat
iona
l Cou
ncil
of S
cien
ce a
nd
Tech
nolo
gy
of t
he U
nite
d M
exic
an
Stat
es (C
ON
ACYT
):
ww
w.c
ona
cyt.
mx
• Ba
nco
de M
exic
o an
d th
e Ba
nco
de
Mex
ico’
s FI
DER
H t
rust
(FID
ERH
):
Fu
ndac
ion
Mex
ican
a pa
ra la
Edu
caci
on,
la T
ecno
logi
a y
la C
ienc
ia (F
UN
ED):
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w.f
uned
mx.
org
The
Uni
vers
ity
of E
dinb
urgh
is a
pa
rtic
ipat
ing
inst
itut
ion
in t
he fo
llow
ing
loan
s pr
ogra
mm
es, m
eani
ng w
e ce
rtif
y yo
ur s
tude
nt s
tatu
s an
d ca
n he
lp w
ith
th
e ap
plic
atio
n pr
oces
s.
•
The
Uni
vers
ity
is e
ligib
le t
o ce
rtif
y C
anad
ian
stud
ent
loan
app
licat
ions
: w
ww
.ed
.ac.
uk/s
tud
ent-
fund
ing
/ca
nad
ian
-loan
s
• A
n Er
asm
us+
loan
sup
por
ts s
tude
nts
acce
pted
for
a m
aste
rs p
rogr
amm
e in
an
Eras
mus
+ c
ount
ry. F
or m
ore
info
rmat
ion:
ht
tp://
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uro
pa.
eu/e
duc
atio
n/o
pp
ort
unit
ies/
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her-
educ
atio
n/m
aste
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•
Elig
ible
stu
dent
s fr
om E
ngla
nd,
unde
rtak
ing
a ta
ught
or
rese
arch
m
aste
rs c
an a
pply
to
Stud
ent
Fina
nce
Engl
and
for
a lo
an o
f up
to £
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to
war
ds fe
es o
r m
aint
enan
ce c
osts
: w
ww
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stg
rad
uate
-loan
•
The
Stud
ent
Aw
ards
Age
ncy
Scot
land
of
fers
tui
tion
fee
loan
s to
elig
ible
st
uden
ts u
nder
taki
ng fu
ll- o
r pa
rt-t
ime
pos
tgra
duat
e st
udy.
For
a fu
ll lis
t of
el
igib
le p
rogr
amm
es: w
ww
.saa
s.g
ov.
uk
•
Th
e U
nive
rsit
y is
elig
ible
to
cert
ify
loan
ap
plic
atio
ns fo
r U
S lo
an s
tude
nts.
Ful
l de
tails
on
elig
ibili
ty a
nd h
ow t
o ap
ply
can
be
foun
d on
line:
ww
w.e
d.a
c.uk
/st
uden
t-fu
ndin
g/u
s-lo
ans
The
follo
win
g ar
e ex
ampl
es o
f the
man
y sc
hola
rshi
ps a
nd s
uppo
rt s
chem
es a
vaila
ble
to s
tude
nts
from
par
ticu
lar
coun
trie
s w
ho
mee
t ce
rtai
n el
igib
ility
cri
teri
a.
•
A
num
ber
of p
arti
al a
nd fu
ll fu
ndin
g sc
hola
rshi
ps a
re a
vaila
ble
to o
ne-y
ear
mas
ters
stu
dent
s: w
ww
.che
veni
ng.o
rg
•
Scho
lars
hips
ava
ilabl
e to
stu
dent
s w
ho a
re
resi
dent
in a
ny C
omm
onw
ealt
h co
untr
y,
othe
r tha
n th
e U
K:
•
Scho
lars
hips
op
en t
o U
S gr
adua
te
stud
ents
in a
ny s
ubje
ct w
ishi
ng t
o
stud
y in
the
UK:
ww
w.ii
e.or
g/fu
lbri
ght
•
Scho
lars
hips
ava
ilabl
e to
out
stan
ding
U
S st
uden
ts w
ishi
ng t
o st
udy
at a
ny
UK
univ
ersi
ty fo
r at
leas
t tw
o ye
ars:
w
ww
.mar
shal
lsch
ola
rshi
p.o
rg
•
A nu
mbe
r of s
chol
arsh
ips
open
to s
tude
nts
who
are
cit
izen
s p
erm
anen
tly
and
ordi
nari
ly r
esid
ent
in C
anad
a, C
hina
, In
dia,
Pak
ista
n an
d th
e U
SA fo
r on
e
year
of m
aste
rs s
tud
y: w
ww
.ed
.ac.
uk/
stud
ent-
fund
ing
/sal
tire
A la
rge
num
ber
of s
chol
arsh
ips,
loan
s an
d ot
her
fund
ing
sche
mes
are
ava
ilabl
e
for
your
pos
tgra
duat
e st
udie
s. It
is o
nly
poss
ible
to
show
a s
mal
l sel
ectio
n in
prin
t.
To s
ee t
he fu
ll ra
nge,
ple
ase
visi
t: w
ww
.ed.
ac.u
k/st
uden
t-fun
ding
/pos
tgra
duat
e.
“ The
Sco
ttish
Gov
ernm
ent’s
initi
ativ
e to
att
ract
inte
rnat
iona
l st
uden
ts fr
om C
anad
a, C
hina
, Ind
ia a
nd th
e U
S th
roug
h
the
Salti
re S
chol
arsh
ip S
chem
e, a
s wel
l as t
he U
nive
rsity
of
Edi
nbur
gh’s
help
and
supp
ort f
or in
tern
atio
nal s
tude
nts,
ha
s hel
ped
prov
ide
me
with
an
oppo
rtun
ity th
at I
wou
ld n
ever
ha
ve c
once
ived
of p
rior
to st
artin
g m
y st
udie
s at E
dinb
urgh
.”M
Sc H
igh
Perf
orm
ance
Com
put
ing,
Sco
tlan
d’s
Salt
ire
Scho
lars
hip
•
A
num
ber
of s
chol
arsh
ips
are
avai
labl
e to
UK
nati
onal
s p
erm
anen
tly
dom
icile
d in
Sco
tlan
d, a
nd t
o EU
nat
iona
ls
dom
icile
d ei
ther
on
mai
nlan
d EU
or
in
Sco
tlan
d, w
ho h
ave
bee
n ac
cept
ed
on a
n el
igib
le fu
ll- o
r pa
rt-t
ime
mas
ters
pr
ogra
mm
e. T
he s
chol
arsh
ips,
whi
ch a
re
fund
ed b
y th
e Sc
otti
sh F
undi
ng C
ounc
il
cove
r th
e U
K/EU
tui
tion
fee:
w
ww
.ed
.ac.
uk/s
tud
ent-
fund
ing
/sfc
-hsw
•
One
sch
olar
ship
is a
vaila
ble
to c
itiz
ens
of
Tan
zani
a w
ho a
re n
orm
ally
res
iden
t
in T
anza
nia
who
are
acc
epte
d on
a
full-
tim
e m
aste
rs p
rogr
amm
e:
ww
w.e
d.a
c.uk
/stu
den
t-fu
ndin
g/n
yere
re
•
O
ne s
chol
arsh
ip a
war
ded
to t
he m
ost
outs
tand
ing
stud
ent
in O
per
atio
nal
Rese
arch
. Ava
ilabl
e on
ly t
o EU
nat
iona
ls:
ww
w.e
d.ac
.uk/
stud
ent-f
undi
ng/d
avid
son
•
Fu
ll an
d pa
rtia
l Sch
ool f
undi
ng o
f tui
tion
fe
es a
nd c
ontr
ibut
ions
to
livin
g ex
pen
ses
is a
war
ded
on m
erit
. Sel
ect
prog
ram
me
from
: htt
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sc.m
aths
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uk
•
A
num
ber o
f sch
olar
ship
s, o
pen
to U
K,
EU a
nd in
tern
atio
nal P
hD s
tude
nts:
w
ww
.ed
.ac.
uk/s
tud
ent-
fund
ing
/d
evel
op
men
t
•
A nu
mb
er o
f sch
olar
ship
s fo
r U
K an
d
EU s
tude
nts
who
hav
e b
een
acce
pted
on
a fu
ll-ti
me
mas
ters
pro
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me:
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ww
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uk/s
tud
ent-
fund
ing
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ters
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