PhD Studentships in Mathematics
Department of Mathematics
Applications are invited for a number of PhD studentships in the
Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol, UK. The Department of
Mathematics covers a range of applied mathematics, pure mathematics and
statistics research. It has an international reputation for excellence in
each of these areas and in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise it was
awarded ratings of 5*A for Applied Mathematics, 5B for Pure
Mathematics and 5*A for Statistics.
The department offers a number of studentships up to a maximum of 3.5
year studentships for UK and EU PhD students who have been residents in
the UK for 3 years prior to application, and fees-only funding for
other EU students. The studentships include a tax-free stipend of £12,600
per year. Other sources of funding including the Overseas Research
Studentship and Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award are available to non-EU
students. In particular, the Statistics group offer 2 studentships with
4 years of funding provided by the SuSTaIN (Statistics underpinning
Science, Technology and Industry) initiative, to cover a 1 year MRes
course followed by a 3 year PhD degree with a supplement of £1500 per
year.
The studentships will be restricted to students of a high quality - the
normal entry requirement is the equivalent of a First Class or Upper
Second Class Honours at undergraduate level.
Study is based around research themes within each group. The Applied
Mathematics group covers research in dynamic systems, fluid dynamics,
quantum chaos, quantum information and random matrix theory. The Pure
Mathematics group contributes to research in analysis and partial
differential equations, number theory, non-commutative geometry and topology,
representation theory, set theory and logic. The research themes in the
Statistics group include applied probability, Bayesian modelling and
analysis, behavioural Biology, Monte Carlo, multiscale methods,
nonparametric regression, optimisation under uncertainty, statistical
bioinformatics, statistical signal processing, and time series.
Details of some possible PhD projects are available at the website
http://www.maths.bris.ac.uk/study/admissions_postgrad/ along with more
information concerning groups, including funding schemes. Applicants
within the UK are encouraged to attend the Mathematics Postgraduate Open
day on January 23rd, 2008, at the University of Bristol. Please contact
the Postgraduate Coordinator, Ms Yelena Liskevich
(y.liskevich@bristol.ac.uk) with any further questions that are not
answered by the booklets available on the website, including qualifications
and eligibility for funding.
Applications should be made on the official form, available from
http://www.bris.ac.uk/prospectus/postgraduate/2008/intro/8. Candidates
are encouraged to apply as early as possible, preferably by the end of
March.
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