Mathematics

Undergraduate and postgraduate

• Dedicated study spaces for individual or group projects.
• The Department is based in James College on Campus West.
• Study events led by our student-run Mathematics Society.

Postgraduate-specific

• Most of our small group teaching takes place in the Department's dedicated MSc seminar room (the Dusa McDuff room), with larger classes taking place in James College, Derwent College and elsewhere on Campus West.

• Students will be able to access our schools' and departments' shared resources and financial databases, including:

  • Amplify Bootcamp
    
  • Reuters Refinitiv Workspace, including Datastream
    
  • Centre for Research in Security Prices (CRiSP)
    
  • Compustat (North America)
    
  • China Stock Market & Accounting Research Database (CSMAR)
    
  • 2iQ Global Insider Transaction Data
    
  • Bank Focus

• We have held an Athena Swan Bronze Award since 2013. 
• Courses accredited by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA).
• Range of pure and interdisciplinary mathematics courses, informed by high quality research and delivered in a supportive and dynamic learning environment.
• Mathematics Society - organises academic events including lectures delivered by globally renowned external speakers who are leaders in their field, study groups aimed at ensuring students are fully supported with exams and coursework, as well as a diverse array of social events; including a few trips away in the forthcoming year, social nights out and movie nights.

Key message about Mathematics at York.

• Discovering abstract mathematical structures and applying mathematical innovation to real-world problems.

• Maths is about patterns, numbers and geometry as well as more abstract concepts. It's also about applying those concepts in practical problem solving. Study the world with us through the prism of mathematics.
• We have a diverse range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary research collaborations, across the University and worldwide. These enable us to cultivate a dynamic and creative environment for the advanced study of mathematics.  

• 100% of departmental research rated the highest 3* and 4* in the Times Higher Education's ranking of the latest REF results (2021)

Undergraduate and postgraduate

• Mathematics student blogs (UG and PGT)
• A week in the life of a Maths student
• What is it like to study Maths at York?
• Free online course, the mathematics of cryptography