Mathematical Institute | Mathematical Institute

About Us

Mathematicians seek truth, beauty and elegance, in mathematics itself and in our work with researchers studying fundamental questions in a host of other disciplines. We pursue excellence in all aspects of research, teaching and the communication of mathematics.

Study Here

The education of the mathematicians of the future is at the heart of our mission. Our wide range of courses at undergraduate and graduate level offers an outstanding training in maths and its links to other disciplines.

Research

Our research covers the spectrum of fundamental and applied mathematics.

Latest News

16 August 2017

Oxford Mathematician Ulrike Tillmann elected to Royal Society Council

15 August 2017

Hair today, gone tomorrow. But have scientists found a new way to stimulate hair growth?

9 August 2017

Oxford-led project to improve urban living in developing countries awarded £7m

2 August 2017

Landon Clay, founder of the Clay Mathematics Institute and generous supporter of Oxford Mathematics

28 July 2017

Knots and the nature of 3-dimensional space

Departmental Seminars & Events

23 August 2017 - 14:00

Representations and cohomology of finite group schemes and finite supergroup schemes.

23 August 2017 - 15:00

On endotrivial modules for finite reductive groups.

23 August 2017 - 16:45

A McKay correspondence for reflection groups.

24 August 2017 - 10:00

New varieties for algebras

24 August 2017 - 11:30

Quivers and Conformal Field Theory: preprojective algebras and beyond.

Public Lectures & Events

18 October 2017 - 17:00

Vicky Neale - Closing the Gap: the quest to understand prime numbers

1 November 2017 - 17:00

Julia Gog - Maths v Disease

13 November 2017 - 17:00

Allan McRobie - The Seduction of Curves: The Lines of Beauty That Connect Mathematics, Art and The Nude

6 December 2017 - 17:00

Alex Bellos - title tbc

7 February 2018 - 17:00

Michael Bonsall - title tbc

More Public Lectures

Vacancies

College Lectureship in Applied Mathematics (part-time)