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

11 November 2019
When models are wrong, but useful
7 November 2019
Oxford Mathematics 2nd Year Student Lecture on Differential Equations now online
6 November 2019
James Maynard awarded the 2020 Cole Prize in Number Theory
1 November 2019
Ehud Hrushovski awarded the Heinz Hopf Prize
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Case Studies

11 November 2019
When models are wrong, but useful
22 October 2019
Can mathematical modelling help make lithium-ion batteries better than “good enough”?
16 October 2019
Iterated integrals on elliptic and modular curves
9 October 2019
Filtering under Uncertainty
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Departmental Seminars & Events

15 November 2019 - 14:00
What's it like to do a DPhil/research?
15 November 2019 - 14:00
Emergent spatial patterning in engineered bacteria
15 November 2019 - 15:00
The Topology of Brain cells
15 November 2019 - 16:00
Wave localization and its landscape
18 November 2019 - 14:15
Distributionally Robust Portfolio Selection with Optimal Transport Costs
18 November 2019 - 14:15
Quantization through Morita equivalence
18 November 2019 - 15:45
On the smooth mapping class group of the 4-sphere
18 November 2019 - 15:45
From discrete to continuous time models Some surprising news on an old topic
18 November 2019 - 16:00
Minimal surfaces, mean curvature flow and the Gibbons-Hawking ansatz
18 November 2019 - 16:00
Erdős' primitive set conjecture

Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures

18 November 2019 - 19:00
Oxford Mathematics London Public Lecture: Timothy Gowers - Productive generalization: one reason we will never run out of interesting mathematical questions
2 December 2019 - 17:30
Carlo Rovelli - Spin networks: the quantum structure of spacetime from Penrose's intuition to Loop Quantum Gravity
10 December 2019 - 17:00
Oxford Mathematics Christmas Public Lecture: Chris Budd - Why does Rudolf have a shiny nose?

Public Events

18 November 2019 - 18:45
Applied Pure at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford: Music & Light Symbiosis no.3 - An Art Exhibition and a Light & Music Concert
1 December 2019 - 17:30
Bach, the Universe and Everything - The Creativity Code

Vacancies

Hooke Research Fellowships
Titchmarsh Research Fellowships
College Lecturership in Pure Mathematics (part-time)
Two Postdoctoral Research Associates
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Symplectic Topology
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