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.

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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.

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Research

Our research covers the spectrum of fundamental and applied mathematics. Our case studies and films spotlight different aspects of our research.

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Latest News

27 January 2020
UKRI announces £300m of major new funding for the mathematical sciences
24 January 2020
Community detection in networks without observing edges
23 January 2020
China Coronavirus: using mathematics to understand outbreaks of unknown diseases
21 January 2020
Iterative sequences: a blend of pure and applied mathematics
More news

Case Studies

24 January 2020
Community detection in networks without observing edges
23 January 2020
China Coronavirus: using mathematics to understand outbreaks of unknown diseases
21 January 2020
Iterative sequences: a blend of pure and applied mathematics
3 January 2020
Modelling functions of sequential data with neural networks and the signature transform
More case studies

Departmental Seminars & Events

28 January 2020 - 12:00
The polynomial scattering equations on and off shell
28 January 2020 - 12:00
On Compression Limits for Random Geometric Graphs
28 January 2020 - 12:45
The combined modelling of tumour growth and its environment
28 January 2020 - 14:00
Stable Computation of Generalized Polar Decompositions
28 January 2020 - 14:00
Edge-sampling and modularity
28 January 2020 - 14:15
Soficity and variations on Higman's group.
28 January 2020 - 14:30
Dimensionality reduction techniques for global optimization
28 January 2020 - 15:30
A Pfaffian - determinantal duality in random matrices and last passage percolation
28 January 2020 - 15:30
Donaldson-Thomas theory and tautological bundles on Hilbert schemes of points on surfaces
28 January 2020 - 16:00
A Fourier-analytic approach to the transport AKT theorem.

Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures

30 January 2020 - 17:00
Oxford Mathematics Public Lecture: Henry Segerman - Artistic Mathematics: truth and beauty
13 February 2020 - 17:00
Oxford Mathematics Public Lecture: Ian Griffiths - Cheerios, iPhones and Dysons: going backwards in time with fluid mechanics
11 March 2020 - 17:30
Oxford Mathematics Public Lecture. Alan Champneys: Why pedestrian bridges wobble - synchronisation and the wisdom of the crowd

Public Events

10 December 2019 to 31 March 2020
The Penrose Proofs: an exhibition of Roger Penrose’s Scientific Drawings 1-6
23 February 2020
Bach, the Universe and Everything - The Beauty of Mathematics
27 February 2020
Hidden histories: Oxford’s female computing pioneers

Vacancies

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Rough Path Theory for Applications
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Geometric Group Theory
Undergraduate Studies Administrator
Academic Assistant

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