Master's Degree in Advanced Mathematics
Barcelona, Spain
Master degree
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 19 / per credit *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* 19.37 euros per credit (82 euros for students who are not EU nationals and do not currently reside in Spain). Fees for the academic year 2025-2026
Key Summary
The Master in Advanced Mathematics is intended for graduate students with certificates (“licenciatura”) or bachelor’s degrees in Mathematics. It is also open to holders of other diplomas, but having an advanced background in this subject.
The master also provides students with general skills and methodological tools to pursue scientific or professional activities and enhance their ability to work in interdisciplinary environments, knowledge to express mathematical ideas correctly in oral presentations and written work, and introduces them to the relevant computer technologies needed for these aims. This master can be done jointly with the Master in Fundamental Principles of Data Science, in a double itinerary.
Mandatory courses
- Advanced Methodology in Mathematics
- Advanced Mathematics for Scientific Challenges
- Final Project
Optional courses
- Algebraic Curves
- Applied Harmonic Analysis
- Complex Analysis in One and Several Variables
- Computational Algebra
- Dynamical Systems
- Functional Analysis and Partial Differential Equations
- Geometrical Methods in Number Theory
- Geometry and Topology of Manifolds
- Local Algebra
- Logic and Algebra
- Quantitative Finance
- Simulation Methods
- Stochastic Calculus
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- Ranked 1st nationally in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
- Ranked 1st nationally in the THE (Times Higher Education) World University Rankings
- Ranked 1st nationally and 68th in Europe in the QS World University Rankings
- Ranked 1st nationally and 27th in Europe in the Best Global Universities Rankings
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Learning objectives
- To provide advanced training in mathematics.
- To introduce students to the world of research in preparation for PhD studies.
- To offer professional specialization preparing students for skilled positions in university teaching and research, government, industry, banking, finance and insurance, consultancy, information and communication technologies, and other related areas.