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Undergraduate Open Days

The 2012 Open Days are as follows:

Mathematical Institute Open Days

  • These are on Saturday 28th April, Saturday 5th May, Wednesday 27th June, Thursday 28th June, Friday 14th September.

Making the most of your open days.

  • The April and May open days take place largely in the department with events there finishing by around 3pm. Note that registration with the department is necessary (see details below) . Afterwards many of the colleges offer informal tours with current undergraduates. No registration is needed for these tours.
  • The June and September open days take place in both the colleges and department. The college open days largely take place in the morning. The department does not require registration but you will need to register if you want to attend a college open day. There is a short series of talks 1030-1200 in the department in the morning which is repeated again in the afternoon 230-400. There are also one-off talks at 200 for those interested in Mathematics and Philosophy or Mathematics and Statistics.
  • So for the June  and September open days we would recommend that either (i) you register to attend a college open day in the morning and attend the departmental talks in the afternoon, or (ii) attend the departmental talks in the morning and tour some of the colleges (which will still be open with enquiry desks) in the afternoon.
  • Also at the June and September open days the Admissions Office will be running a set of talks at the Examination Schools on the High Street, which may be of particular interest to international students, students with disabilities or those with questions about careers and/or finance. Full details are given in the Admissions Office's Open Day Guide.
Saturday 28th April and Saturday 5th May (Registration required)
Programmes of talks for this year (as a DOC or PDF) are available: 28th April DOC, 28th April PDF, 5th May DOC,  5th May PDF. (The names of speakers currently showing are those from last year, but the programme will be updated shortly.) You DO NEED to book a place to attend either day; please fill in a registration form (click here to register). Bookings can now be made for these open days. 

Two schedules of talks will be run during each day separated by 45 minutes. (The first talk on schedule 1 begins at 1030, and at 1115 for schedule 2.) There are 260 places available on each day, with 130 places per schedule. The talks are somewhat academic in flavour, and aimed at students. Teachers and parents are also welcome, but because of the demand for places on the day we limit numbers to one non-student per student.

Those interested in the joint degree with Computer Science should attend the May 5th open day when there are also talks in the afternoon at the Department of Computer Science. 

If you have any enquiries please email opendays [-at-] maths [dot] ox [dot] ac [dot] uk or ring 01865 615205.

Wednesday 27th June and Thursday 28th June - This year's programme of talks are now available: in Word DOC format and in PDF format. There are repeated sessions of talks in the morning (1030-1200) and in the afternoon (230-400) so that visitors can also spend half the day at one of the many college open days also running. You DO NOT NEED to book a place to attend this day, but DO NEED to book into any college open day running on these days. There are also separate one-off talks at 2pm on the joint degrees with Philosophy and with Statistics.
If you have any enquiries please send an email to opendays [-at-] maths [dot] ox [dot] ac [dot] uk or ring 01865 615205.
Friday 14th September - This year's programme of talks are now available: in Word DOC format and in PDF format. There are repeated sessions of talks in the morning (1030-1200) and in the afternoon (230-400) so that visitors can also spend half the day at one of the many college open days also running. You DO NOT NEED to book a place to attend this day, but DO NEED to book into any college open day running on these days. There are also separate one-off talks at 2pm on the joint degrees with Philosophy and with Statistics.
If you have any enquiries please email opendays [-at-] maths [dot] ox [dot] ac [dot] uk or ring 01865 615205.

For the June and September Open Days the department runs a morning of talks, which are repeated in the afternoon. These three dates coincide with open days at most of the colleges, and it should be possible during the day to arrange visits to both a college and the department. Note that prior registration is required at most college open days. See college open days for further information. The talks in the department are written with students in mind, but are also suitable for parents and teachers. In the event, though, of the lecture rooms becoming overfull priority will be given to prospective students.

Each of the above five Open Days (with the exception of May 5th for Computer Scientists) includes the chance to hear talks on the Mathematics, Mathematics and Philosophy, Mathematics and Computer Science and Mathematics and Statistics degrees, and to meet current tutors and students from each.

Travel Information

Oxford is within easy reach via road and rail from a number of places. Click here for guidance on travel to the department

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