Program description
Mathematical Biology
Develop your skills, knowledge, and understanding of mathematics to solve biological and biomedical problems. You will then be able to contribute to the rapidly expanding healthcare sector and help tackle major societal challenges, including global sustainability.
You will be able to choose from a variety of modules, including mathematical oncology, physiology, ecology and epidemiology. You will also study dynamical systems, measure theory, and inverse problems, allowing you to shape your study and expand your perspective.
Our weekly Mathematics Seminar program allows you to hear from renowned scientists covering everything from mathematical biology to numerical analysis and scientific computing.
Involving specialist mathematical software programs, you will develop programs and computational frameworks to solve mathematical models that arise from areas such as mathematical biology, optimisation, and finance.
Our department is relatively small, with an excellent staff to student ratio, allowing us to get to know you on a personal level.
Admission requirements
Entry Requirements
You should have, or expect to have, a 2.2 BSc (honours) or above, or a suitable alternative qualification, in a relevant mathematical discipline.
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the university website.
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Level 3
Optional Modules
You need to choose one or more of these modules as part of your course.
- Mathematical Biology I
Level 4
Optional Modules
You need to choose one or more of these modules as part of your course.
- Ordinary Differential Equations and the Approximation
- Mathematics of Fluids and Plasmas 1: Fluid Dynamics
- Mathematical Biology II
- Partial Differential Equations and their Approximation
- Mathematics of Fluids and Plasmas 2: MHD and the Sun
Level 5
Core Modules
These modules are an essential part of your course.
- Dynamical Systems
- Computational Modelling and Programming
- Inverse Problems
- Mathematical Oncology
- Mathematical Ecology and Epidemiology
- Mathematical Physiology
- MSc Project in Mathematics
Optional Modules
You need to choose one or more of these modules as part of your course.
- Stochastic Processes
- Measure Theory
- Optimization in Finance and Energy
- Advanced Fluid Dynamics
- Functional Analysis
Scholarships & funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Career opportunities
Mathematics graduates are consistently amongst those attracting the highest graduate salaries and can choose from a vast range of careers such as:
- Research
- Industry
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Healthcare
- Biotechnology
- Biomedical sectors
- Science
- Engineering
- Commerce
- Finance
- Education
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