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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
The King's Buildings Campus
Part Time
Sep 2026
8 Year
The Applied and Computational Mathematics research group combines expertise in dynamics, classical and statistical mechanics and advanced scientific computing techniques, to develop techniques for applications such as molecular dynamics, geophysical and astrophysical fluid dynamics and optoelectronics.If you have a passion for applied mathematics, our facilities, people and environment will help you develop your research ideas to their full potential.The School of Mathematics is a vibrant community of 100 academic and related staff supervising 200 students.Our research interests are varied and include:astrophysical fluid dynamicsmultiscale modelling and analysismolecular dynamicsmathematical meteorologyHamiltonian dynamicsnonlinear waves in fluids and solidsoptoelectronicssignal processingmathematical biologyexponential asymptoticshomogenisation theory
