MSc Mathematics

This modular programme has been designed to allow students with as wide a range of previous experiences as possible to embark upon postgraduate study in Mathematics.

Our modular programme can offer different combinations of modules to different students, and we welcome students who would like to try one or two modules to build up confidence before embarking on the whole programme. 

We welcome students in employment who wish to study part time, those who are preparing to return to employment, and those who have recently graduated. Some modules are ideal for adoption by companies within a staff development programme.

Employers are welcome to make contact with the Department of Mathematics to negotiate the design of particular modules to meet their needs.

Why study Mathematics at Chester?

We recognise that many graduates have studied Mathematics; some as a Single Honours subject, but others within a BA or BSc Combined Honours degree. Alternatively, students of physics, chemistry or engineering study significant areas of mathematics, as do some students of psychology, economics and other degrees.

This modular programme is designed to cater for the needs of all these graduates, and to provide a route suited to their own professional education and training needs. Many combined subjects or joint honours graduates (including University of Chester graduates) find this MSc programme ideally suited to their needs.

Features:

• The focus of the programme is on Computational Applied Mathematics, a specialism in demand by employers.
• Students can test their confidence through studying individual modules before determining a longer term plan.
• Part-time students have ownership of their rate of progress through the modules (subject to the maximum time allowed to complete the qualification).
• Lecturers are all active in their field and regularly working with other UK and international universities, so that teaching is informed by cutting-edge research.
• The University’s new Thornton Science Park, where the course is delivered, offers our students the unique opportunity to study in excellent facilities which are alongside on-site science and technology employers.
• The other academic disciplines on the site (Computer Science, Natural Sciences and Engineering) give students an excellent opportunity to experience the multidisciplinary nature of the Mathematics Department’s research.
• Regular Faculty Seminars offer students the opportunity to engage with other scientists and researchers.

In the 2014 Research Assessment Exercise, research within our Department was rated by the reviewers as world-leading and internationally excellent.

Areas of research within the Department include numerical analysis, the construction and analysis of mathematical models of biological and ecological systems (including processes such as human bone growth, tumour growth and multispecies population modelling) and the development of theoretical results for group algebras (which have important applications to coding and information security).