- Programme Director and Admissions Officer
- Dr. Will Parnell William.Parnell [at] manchester.ac.uk +44(0)161 27 55908
- Dr. Tony Shardlow Tony.Shardlow [at] manchester.ac.uk +44(0)161 27 55821
Goals
This MSc programme has two goals
- To develop research skills for study towards a PhD in the areas of numerical analysis, dynamical systems, PDEs, computational science, and related application areas. We expect about half of the students on the course to enter PhD programmes.
- To develops skills in mathematics and computing in demand by industry. Such skills are keys to solving problems and analyzing data in industry and commerce, such as biology (genomic research, medical imaging), engineering (computational mechanics), and digital libraries (indexing and searching vast corpuses of data).
Course structure
- Applied Dynamical Systems
- Mathematical Methods
- PDEs: Theory and Practice
- Scientific Computing
- Transferable Skills for Applied Mathematicians
From June until September, students work on a dissertation worth 60 credits. Usually students choose a topic from industrial modelling, fluid dynamics, wave phenomenon, inverse problems, image processing, finite element methods, numerical solution of differential equations, numerical linear algebra, dynamical systems, or numerical optimisation. Dissertations are normally supervised by a member of staff in the Applied Mathematics group.
A list of recent dissertations is available online.
Industrial sponsors
- ARUP
- Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG)
- Schlumberger
- Thales Underwater Systems
- Xradia
- Nikon Metrology
The industrial sponsors are involved with dissertation project sponsorship, providing guest lectures, and advising on ciriculum development. In addition, NAG sponsor a prize for the best performing students in the numerical analysis modules.
These companies will be providing sponsorship for students willing to work on projects of relevance to the activity of the organization. The amounts of such bursaries will be up to £3000 and will be awarded on a competitive basis. Projects are available for the general Applied Mathematics MSc and both Industrial modelling and Numerical Analysis pathways.
If you are interested in applying for such sponsorship then please fill in this form and upload with your application. In most cases decisions will be made in the June prior to the start of the MSc although in some exceptional cases a decision will be made immediately.
Admissions
This MSc course is suitable for mathematically well qualified graduates. Many of our students have an undergraduate degree in mathematics, others come from physics and engineering backgrounds and others join after working in industry for a time.
The programme starts in September and lasts one year. Part time students are welcomed.
Please also remember to upload your sponsorship application form if you wish to be considered for such funding.
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