Mathematics
Position Details (PhD Program)
If you’re ready to take your existing knowledge and qualifications in Mathematics into a postgraduate research degree, University of Portsmouth is the perfect place to achieve your goals.
Our existing research in Mathematics Mathematics challenges the way we think about and use numbers, and using our expertise to find solutions to some of the planet’s most-pressing technological, environmental and societal problems. When you join us to study for a postgraduate research degree, you’ll have the opportunity to make your own contribution to the work we’re doing – and play an important role transforming our research into impact.
Across our areas of expertise in industrial mathematics, and applied mathematics, nonlinear and complex systems, we’re delivering exceptional collaborative research – in the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021), 92% of our research outputs were judged to be internationally excellent or world-leading.
Support and facilities
When you join us, you’ll be supported by our Graduate School, alongside your assigned supervisory team, who’ll help you get the most from our facilities. The Graduate School will help you become part of our thriving, collaborative research community, and help grow your skills as a researcher through the Graduate School Development Programme, which offers training, workshops and events.
What can a postgraduate research degree do for my career?
Once you complete your Mathematics degree at University of Portsmouth University of Portsmouth , you’ll be a highly-skilled researcher with the knowledge and skills to make an impact in many different industries.
Your postgraduate research qualification demonstrates to potential employers that you’re an intelligent, capable and motivated person, with provable abilities and experience in critical thinking, problem-solving, project management, communication, leadership and creativity.
Mathematics PhDs and MPhils
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Once you complete your postgraduate research degree, you’ll be a highly-skilled researcher with the knowledge and skills to make an impact in many different industries.