PhD studentships in mathematics

The Department of Mathematics at the University of Surrey is offering up to four fully funded PhD studentships across its vibrant research groups, which focus on topics such as data science, life and social sciences, fluid mechanics, dynamical systems and PDEs and mathematical physics.

Successful applicants will be part of a strong research-focussed department consisting of internationally recognised potential supervisors, supported by a community of ambitious early career researchers. As a PhD student you will be extensively trained for a career as a professional mathematician, which will set you on the right track for a future in academia, industry or government.

During your PhD you will also receive a comprehensive training in professional skills such as project management, communication and time management through our Faculty Graduate School. In addition, you will broaden your mathematical horizons by taking courses via national networks such as the MAGIC consortium as well as our own in-house MSc programme.

We are seeking high-quality PhD candidates to work on research projects in all our research groups. Possible PhD projects include, but are not limited to, the following list:

• Data-driven modelling and machine learning for biological applications
• Mathematical modelling, data science or dynamical systems analysis of sleep regulation
• From signal processing to biology: Application of stochastic filtering to model bio-system dynamics
• Design of Experiments: investigation of observation loss in row column designs
• Incompressible buckling and non-uniqueness of minimizers in the Calculus of Variations.
• Attractor signatures from ECG data for the detection of arrhythmias
• Hydrodynamic models of hybrid quantum-classical systems
• Quantitative Systems Pharmacology: mechanistic models for pre-clinical cancer drug trials
• Massless scattering, spin-chains and thermodynamic Bethe ansatz in the integrable AdS3/CFT2 and AdS2/CFT1 correspondences
• Nonlinear structures in vortices with radial density variations.
• Analysis of `pressure functionals' and associated PDE in Nonlinear Elasticity

For information on other possible PhD research areas check out our research pages, and informal discussions with academics via email is encouraged. Get more information on the Mathematics PhD programme at Surrey.

Applicants should have a minimum of a first class honours degree in mathematics, the physical sciences or engineering. Preferably applicants will hold a MMath, MPhys or MSc degree, though exceptional BSc students will be considered.

Available for UK students only.

English language requirements

IELTS requirements: 6.5 or above (or equivalent) with 6.0 in each individual category.