MSc Mathematical Modelling

The minimum entry requirement is a 2:2 undergraduate degree (Level 8 – National Qualifications Authority of Ireland) (or equivalent) in mathematics, or any related numerate discipline. In addition, a number of scholarships will be available to suitably qualified candidates. Preference may be given to early applicants.

English Language Requirements

Applicants whose first language is not English must provide evidence of either prior successful completion of a degree qualification taught through the medium of English or meet one of the criteria below (no longer than two years prior to application):

Acceptable English Language qualifications include the following:

• Matriculation examinations from European countries where English is presented as a subject and an acceptable level is achieved
• Irish Leaving Certificate English –Ordinary Level Grade D or above
• TOEFL – 580 (paper based) or 90 (internet based)
• IELTS – Minimum score of 6.5 with no less than 6 in any one component.
• English Test for English and Academic Purposes (ETAPP) – Grade C1
• GCE ‘O’ level English Language/GCSE English Language – Grade C or above
• University of Cambridge ESOL –Certificate of Proficiency in English – Grade C / Certificate in Advanced English – Grade A
• GCE Examination Boards – Oxford Delegacy of Local Examinations – Grade C / Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate – School Certificate Pass 1-6 / University of London Entrance and School Examinations Council – School Certificate Pass 1-6

This year two scholarships to cover Stipend and fees, will be awarded to competitive applicants.

Financial services including accounting, international banking, lending analysis and investment analysis; information and communication technologies; engineering industries (e.g. environmental, electronics, aerospace and automobile); scientific research (e.g. medical, social, economic, engineering, computing, industrial, fisheries, biological and mathematical); data analysis including market research and demographics; manufacturing (including production planning and quality control), research and development, especially in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries; mathematics education (teaching and lecturing).

The first two semesters will be examined on coursework from both a mandatory core and a suite of optional courses from which the student can choose.  The coursework will be followed by the preparation of a dissertation over the summer months under close supervision.  The dissertation will be at research level, and may focus on a problem that arises through MACSI’s connections with industry.  The MSc can also be taken part time over a 2 or 3 year period, after consultation with the Course Director.  This course will provide training in applied mathematics techniques and will focus on mathematical models of real world processes, their formulation in terms of differential equations and methods of solution – both numerical and analytical.  Practical problems will be drawn from the industrial, commercial, medical, environmental and life science domains.

Semester 1
Core modules: Advanced Methods I; Scientific Computation. 3 elective modules to be chosen from: Fundamentals of Continuum Mechanics; Applied Analysis; Mathematics of Natural Phenomena; Perturbation Techniques and Asymptotics; Numerical Partial Differential Equations; Fundamentals of Financial Mathematics; Operations Research 2; Advanced Data Analysis; Stochastic Processes; Statistical Inference; Introduction to Applied Mathematical Modelling in Continuum Mechanics.

Semester 2
Core modules: Advanced Methods II; Mathematical Geoscience; Mathematical Biology and Physiology. 2 elective modules to be chosen from: Dynamical Systems; Mathematical Modelling; Stochastic Differential Equations for Finance; Mathematical & Statistical Models of Investment; Time Series Analysis; Optimisation; Advanced Data Modelling.

Summer (May-August)
Project (submission by mid-September) under close supervision. The dissertation will be at research level, and often (though not inevitably) be on a problem which arises through MACSI’s connections with industry.