The one-year programme begins with a selection of advanced and postgraduate lecture units in the first semester. In the second semester, there are further units and a critical survey of some aspect of the work covered by the programme, submitted as a dissertation. The first year of the two-year programme consists of units chosen from the graduate diploma courses described below and from postgraduate courses. This programme is primarily intended for international students. Applicants should possess a qualification equivalent to at least a pass degree in Mathematics from a British university.
Assessment is by coursework and examinations.
Our research in Applied Mathematics includes the following topics. Both analytical and numerical methods are used to study these problems. Current work includes compaction of granular materials and thermomechanical stability analysis applied to elastic fluids and rubberlike solids. A new EU project concerns the evolution of fabric in polar ice sheets. The problems studied in this area include improvements of numerical models of large-scale ocean circulation to deal with the complex topography of ocean floors and to adapt computer codes to different machine architectures.