Gain the numerate and analytical skills that are the core of modern research and the digital economy
Highly self-directed programmes, enabling you to tailor your learning to your interests
Taught by leading experts in their field with strong links to industry
Successful research and business partnerships with leading and ambitious companies
Excellence in pure, applied, statistics and interdisciplinary mathematics research
Mathematics plays a fundamental role in many aspects of modern life, providing the underpinning language and tools for a wide variety of disciplines and technologies. At Exeter, students will encounter a wide variety of mathematics covering pure mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics and computation, and will be given the opportunity to explore applications in high-impact fields including climate, healthcare and industrial challenges.
As a department, we combine a breadth of academic expertise with a caring and supportive learning environment. We provide high quality teaching, supervision, pastoral care and learning opportunities designed to challenge and bring out the very best of our students' intellectual and personal skills.
Professor Gavin Shaddick, Head of Mathematics
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Colloquia and seminars
Tuesday 15 Oct 2019: [Journal Club] Title: A New Set of Atmosphere and Evolution Models for Cool Brown Dwarfs and Giant Exoplanets
Mark Phillips -
4th Floor Interaction Area, Physics building 11:15-11:35
Wednesday 16 Oct 2019: [Seminar] Contemporary explorations of exoplanetary atmospheres in 3D
Dr Graham Lee - University of Oxford
4th floor, Physics building 14:00-15:00
Tuesday 22 Oct 2019: [Journal Club] Title: TBD
Adam Finley -
Physics Building, 4th floor, Interaction area 11:15-11:35
Tuesday 29 Oct 2019: [Journal Club] Title: TBD
Brendan Retter -
Physics Building, 4th floor, Interaction area 11:15-11:35
Wednesday 30 Oct 2019: [Seminar] How exoplanets are affected by their host stars
Prof Aline Vidotto - Trinity College Dublin
4th floor, Physics building 14:00-15:00
Tuesday 05 Nov 2019: [Journal Club] Title: TBD
Aarynn Carter -
Physics Building, 4th floor Interaction area 11:15-11:35
Wednesday 06 Nov 2019: [Seminar] TBC
Oliver Hall - University of Birmingham
4th floor, Physics building 14:00-15:00
Thursday 07 Nov 2019: [Joint CGAFD/Astrophysics seminar] TBD
Prof. Peter Davidson - University of Cambridge
Harrison 101 14:30-16:30
Tuesday 12 Nov 2019: [Journal Club] Title: TBD
Tom Bending -
Physics Building, 4th floor Interaction area 11:15-11:35
Wednesday 13 Nov 2019: [Seminar] TBC
Dr Sarah Ragan - University of Cardiff
4th floor, Physics building 14:00-15:00
Tuesday 19 Nov 2019: [Journal Club] Title: TBD
Freddy Wordingham -
Physics Building, 4th floor Interaction area 11:15-11:35
Wednesday 20 Nov 2019: [Seminar] TBC
Dr Sergey Yurchenko - UCL
4th floor, Physics building 14:00-15:00
Friday 22 Nov 2019: Solid-State Spin-Photon Interfaces: Old Friends & New
Mete Atature - University of Cambridge
Newman Red 12:30-13:30
Wednesday 27 Nov 2019: [Seminar] TBC
Dr Cass Hall - University of Leicester
4th floor, Physics building 14:00-15:00
Wednesday 04 Dec 2019: [Seminar] TBC
Prof Richard Alexander - University of Leicester
4th floor, Physics building 14:00-15:00
Friday 06 Dec 2019: Augmenting the vision of the endoscopist: Seeing early cancer in a new light
Sarah Bohndiek - University of Cambridge
Newman Red 12:30-13:30