Graduate Study | Department of Mathematics

York is an excellent place to study Mathematics at Postgraduate level. Whether you are interested in one of our taught MSc courses, or have a particular research topic you are passionate about, York has something to offer. You will be taught and supervised by staff who continue to produce internationally excellent research after having been recognised as such in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise.

We welcome students from all over the UK, Europe and Overseas. There is a fantastic atmosphere amongst the graduate students and staff are always on hand to give you the support you need.

Taught Masters courses

The Mathematics Department currently offers three campus-based taught Masters courses and one course which is available by online distance learning.

MSc in Mathematical Finance.
MSc in Financial Engineering (joint with the Department of Economics and Related Studies)
MSc in Statistics and Computational Finance.
MSc in Mathematical Finance by Online Distance Learning. Now recruiting for September 2015. Brochure.
- Distance learning Pre-Sessional Programme "Mathematics for Quantitative Finance" to strengthen or consolidate the mathematics background before starting the MSc in Mathematical Finance.
MSc in Advanced Mathematical Biology.

Please follow the links for each course to find out about course structure and application details.

Research degrees

The Department offers three research degrees:

MSc in Mathematics (by research).
MPhil and PhD (3-year or 4-year course with Foundation Phase).

We have research groups in:

Pure Mathematics,
Applied Mathematics,
Statistics.

We have approximately 25-30 students studying for a research degree each year.

York is part of the MAGIC consortium of 20 UK mathematics departments, which since October 2007, are providing a large range of graduate level courses for research students via video link. MAGIC is one of the EPSRC-funded Taught Course Centres in the Mathematical Sciences.

Head of Department: Professor Ed Corrigan

Department of Mathematics Graduate Admissions Team:

ADMISSIONS TUTORS:

Prof Zdzislaw Brzezniak (for MSc by research, MPhil, PhD and PhD with Foundation Phase)
Dr Alexei Daletskii (for MSc in Mathematical Finance - campus-based programme)
Professor Tomasz Zastawniak (for MSc in Mathematical Finance by Online Distance Learning and MSc in Financial Engineering)
Dr Degui Li (for MSc in Statistics and Computational Finance)
Professor Martin Bees (for MSc in Advanced Mathematical Biology)

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT:

Nicholas Page (Postgraduate Administrator)

General email enquiries should be sent to maths-graduate-admissions@york.ac.uk.

If, having examined the links, you wish to know more, please contact the Postgraduate Administrator (E-mail: maths-graduate-admissions)

Application procedures
Postgraduate Fees and Funding