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The Global Centre for Advanced Studies

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Distance Learning

GCAS College Dublin is recruiting the best minds and researchers of the next generation. We are excited to form the first class of our new Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) programme in the Humanities and Social Sciences. We aim to support our students and researchers with the highest quality of educational resources available.

Universidade de Aveiro

Doctorate in Applied Mathematics

• Aveiro, Portugal

8 semesters

Excellence in advanced training Applied Mathematics, through research work on the theme of the frontier of athematical knowledge; Solid and deep scientific knowledge in the area of Ap. Mathematics to enrich the previous training of the student; Maturity of logical and abstract reasoning; - Independence and creativity in problem solving in mathematics and its applications; - Innovation in treating problems of mathematics and applications to other contexts. We have a PhD program in Applied Mathematics that pools the considerable human and material resources of the participating institutions, to provide a research based degree, internationally competitive, in such areas as Analysis and Optimization, Statistics and Probability, Dynamics and Geometry and Algebra, Logic and Computation. Also our curricular component is sufficiently flexible to accommodate the varied interests and backgrounds of potential students, and it is also useful for the development of specific and transverse skills

Doctorate in Mathematics

Portuguese, English

The Doctoral Program in Mathematics of Aveiro University (DPMat-UA) offers a doctoral course that has as main goal the training of high qualified researchers in Mathematics. This doctoral course is in line with the requirements of Bolonha model adopted by the University of Aveiro. The ongoing Ph.D. research projects of DPMat-UA are distributed by the following specializations:

Pavol Jozef Safarik University Faculty of Science

Ph.D. in Discrete Mathematics

• Košice, Slovakia

The Ph.D. program Discrete Mathematics is a research-based study program with an emphasis on two areas. Graph theory direction concentrates mainly on chromatic graph theory, the structure of graphs, topological graph theory, cycles in graphs, graph labelings, graph algorithms and applications of graph theory. The algebraic branch deals with universal algebras, lattices, and ordered structures.

University of Latvia

PhD Computer Science and Mathematics

• Riga, Latvia

The aim of the PhD programme is to provide opportunities for the growth of researchers and teachers in the fields of computer science and mathematics by promoting the training of professionals in basic and applied research, economics or public administration whose knowledge, skills and competences meet the requirements of the highest level specialists in the field of mathematics and computer science in Latvia and internationally.

ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics & Management

PhD in Applied Mathematics for Economics and Management

• Lisbon, Portugal

The Ph.D. Program in Applied Mathematics for Economics and Management is designed to meet the needs of those who wish to enhance their knowledge of mathematical methods and techniques in order to make original contributions in a particular field or to develop and implement solutions for problems in the areas of Economics and Management.

VSB - Technical University of Ostrava

PhD in Computational and Applied Mathematics

• Ostrava, Czech Republic

Full time, Part time

PhD in Computational and Applied Mathematics The study program combines studies with active work in the field of mathematics and with solving problems. The problems students solve come from real life. The methods used for solving the problems benefit from new possibilities of computing and reflect current progress in the field of applied mathematics. Graduates find their employment in research departments of software companies and industry companies, in science institutions, or possibly at universities.

PhD in Informatics and Computational Science

The doctoral program in Informatics and Computational Science aims to train highly qualified experts capable of further developing their field by finding new original solutions, methods, and procedures and applying the most demanding known techniques. Students can profile themselves in many different areas, such as computer science, computer vision, machine learning, artificial intelligence, HPC computing, computational chemistry, nanorobotics, and many more.

Universidade Santiago de Compostela

PhD in Mathematical Methods and Numerical Simulation in Engineering and Applied Sciences

• Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Spanish, Galician

At present, with the rapid evolution of engineering and applied sciences, the need to train specialists in the modeling and numerical simulation of processes that come from the industrial or business field is evident, so that, in these fields, promote from the University the transfer of knowledge and the incorporation of doctors to the R & D & i departments, with training aimed at optimizing processes, reducing costs, improving the quality of products, designing new technologies, increasing safety, reducing environmental pollution, etc.

Institut Polytechnique de Paris

PhD in Mathematics

• Palaiseau, France

All doctoral programs in mathematics are consolidated within the Hadamard Doctoral School of Mathematics (EDMH), co-accredited with Paris-Saclay University and PSL University. This training ranges from pure mathematics to the most applied mathematics, including subjects at the interface with mathematics: particularly with economics, IT, mechanical engineering, physics, engineering, and life sciences.

• Lugo, Spain

The Doctorate Program in Mathematics, associated with the "Campus Vida" of International Excellence of the USC, and with a quality mention obtained in 2008, has a long history at this University. The doctors trained in it created research groups that attended and successfully attend regional, national and European calls for funding and their publications achieved and continue to achieve levels of high quality and impact.

Charles University Faculty of Education

PhD in Mathematics Education

• Prague, Czech Republic

Blended, On-Campus

Doctoral study program Didactics of Mathematics focuses on the preparation of scientists and conceptual workers with competencies for scientific research in the didactics of mathematics and the analysis and evaluation of curricular curriculum content, including teacher training universities. The Didactics of Mathematics program mainly involves the field of mathematics, pedagogy, general didactics, and psychology. Program without specialization.

PhD in Mathematics and Applications

Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, English

The degree aims to provide a broad and solid training in Mathematics, as it contains a wide range of research topics that cover many relevant areas of mathematics, as well as its applications to Physics, Biology, Medicine, Computing, Ecology, Biotechnology, Economics …

Óbuda University

Applied Informatics and Applied Mathematics Doctoral

• Budapest, Hungary

The Doctoral School of Applied Informatics and Applied Mathematics started its activities. in 2009. Its aim is to train researchers – mainly with an engineering background – who are familiar with the methods and techniques of informatics, computer science, and applied mathematics, and can solve real industrial research and development tasks using multi-disciplinary knowledge, communication skills, and teamwork experience.

Doctoral School at Gdańsk University of Technology

Doctoral School (Natural Sciences)

• Gdańsk, Poland

Gdańsk University of Technology (Gdańsk Tech) offers education in the Doctoral School which is free of charge, provides a scholarship, and a creative and interdisciplinary approach to research. Natural Sciences include chemistry, physics and mathematics. These disciplines are strong components of research at our university and attract many PhD students. Our school was founded in 2019 and started functioning as of the academic year 2019/2020. However, the doctoral studies at our university are more than 30 years old.

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PhD Programs in Natural Sciences Mathematics

The subject of mathematics is often paired up with other subjects such as education, statistics, finance, and computer science. This pairing can give added value in the teaching, computer programming, and financial forecasting and planning fields.

In all, there are over 4000 Higher Education Institutions in Europe offering a wide range of courses at Bachelor, Masters and Doctorate level. With more and more of these organizations offering English as the language of education for at least some of their degree programs, universities in Europe are now of higher quality than ever before. Universities in Europe offer a friendly welcome to foreign students and to give a course of knowledge that meets their profession needs in today’s global demand.

Requirements for the PhD program often involve the student having already obtained a Master’s degree. Additionally, a thesis or dissertation primarily consisting of original academic research must be submitted. In some countries, this work may even need to be defended in front of a panel.

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PhD track Mathematics

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The PhD Track Mathematics is a 5 year-program at Institut Polytechnique de Paris opened to excellent students having completed their Bachelor in Mathematics or Applied Mathematics with highest honors. This five-year PhD Track is intended to train future high-level researchers in scientific and mathematical disciplines. 

It starts with a two-year period with advanced applied mathematics courses in the chosen field. Students also participate in research projects carried out by IP Paris Laboratories involved in the Track and attend seminars on specialized research topics. Supervised by experienced researchers at the forefront of research, they thus benefit from first-class research experience. At the end of the second year, the students who meet the academic requirements receive a Master Degree. Those who have achieved outstanding results and identified a thesis subject and a supervisor in one of the involved Labs are allowed to start a three-year PhD program.

Students are offered two pathways:

The goal of this program is to provide advanced training in mathematical modeling in economics, finance and actuarial science at the highest international level, with a strong emphasis on advanced quantitative methods for both theoretical and empirical analyses. Specific application domains include stochastic modeling for sustainable finance and energy finance, including renewable energy production. 

This pathway offers a wide choice of courses in all fields of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics and Research Internships. It is also possible to combine these disciplinary courses with relevant courses in other disciplines (like in Physics, Mechanics, Computer Science or Biology for example). 

• Bring excellent Bachelor students in mathematics and applied mathematics to the realization of a high level PhD in 5 years at Institut Polytechnique de Paris
• Develop a coherent training program, based on solid scientific bases
• Specialize in a variety of sub-areas of applied mathematics, to be chosen among the rich offer of IP Paris (second year).
• Integrate into the world of research by spending time within the research Labs, conducting a research project under the supervision of a faculty member, writing a research report (second year) and preparing manuscripts for publication in international peer-reviewed journals (PhD years).

The five-year curriculum of the PhD track trains students in cutting-edge research for them to pursue international careers in prestigious universities or leading companies in their domain. 

Every year, the program of every student has to be discussed and validated by his/her tutor, who is a member of the IP Paris faculty. According to the student’s specialization wishes, the course program will be individualized as much as possible.

This pathway starts with a two-year period with advanced courses on mathematical finance, financial econometrics, advanced times series,  actuarial sciences and green and sustainable finance. Students also participate in research projects carried out by IP Paris Laboratories involved in the Track and attend seminars on specialized research topics. Supervised by experienced scientists at the forefront of research in these domains, they thus benefit from first-class research experience. At the end of the second year, the students who meet the academic requirements receive a Master Degree. Those who have achieved outstanding results and identified a thesis subject and a supervisor in one of the involved Labs are allowed to start a three-year PhD program.

The first year of the PhD Track is based on the Master 1, Parcours Jacques Hadamard , with a large choice of courses, both in Fundamental and Applied Mathematics.

The second year of the PhD Track is mainly based on the Master 2 program Mathematics and Applications proposed by IP Paris and Partner Institutions (with a large choice of Mathematical Specializations, like for example Algebra, Analysis and Geometry – Analysis, Modeling and Simulation – Mathematics, Vision and Machine Learning – Probability and Statistics, etc.).

During these two years, other Educational Units are also proposed: French (for non French native speakers), English, Research Seminars (at IHES), for example. 

In the first and second years, it is also possible to follow courses from other Departments at Institut Polytechnique de Paris (Physics, Mechanics, Computer Science or Biology) and from the Master 1,2 of Paris-Saclay Mathematics  Department.

• Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST)
• Applied Mathematics Center (CMAP)
• Applied Mathematics UER (UMA)
• CMAP: Applied Mathematics Center (EP/CNRS)
• CMLS: Laurent Schwartz Mathematics Center (EP/CNRS)
• CREST: Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (ENSAE Paris)
• UMA: Applied Mathematics UER (ENSTA Paris)
• IDS : Image, Data, Signal (Télécom Paris)
• CITI: Communications, Images et Traitement de l’Information (Télécom SudParis)

Admission requirements

Academic prerequisites.

Completion of a Bachelor in mathematics, with highest honors, at Institut Polytechnique de Paris or equivalent in France or abroad.

Evidence of research potential is essential as the main goal of such a PhD program is to train first class researchers. 

Students who have completed the first year of an equivalent program may exceptionally be directly admitted to the second year (4-year PhD program).

Language prerequisites

A certificate of proficiency in English (level B2) is required (TOEIC, IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge ESOL), except for native speakers and students who previously studied in English.

How to apply

Applications are exclusively online. You will be required to provide the following documents:

• Transcript 
• Two academic references (added online directly by your referees)  
• CV/resume 
• Statement of purpose

You will receive an answer in your candidate space within 2 months following the closing date of the application session. 

Fees and scholarships

Registration fees are available here

Find out more about scholarships

Please note that fees and scholarships may change for the following year.

Applications and admission dates

Coordinators for the mathematics for finance, economics and sustainable development pathway.

Sonia Fliss

Stéphane Bijakowski 

Olivier Le Maitre 

Peter Tankov

Coordinator for the Mathematics Jacques Hadamard pathway

General enquiry.

[email protected]

Best Universities for Mathematics in Europe

Updated: February 29, 2024

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Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Mathematics. A graph of 130M citations received by 5.42M academic papers made by 1,388 universities in Europe was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University College London

For Mathematics

2. University of Oxford

3. University of Cambridge

4. Imperial College London

5. Catholic University of Leuven

6. University of Manchester

7. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

8. University of Amsterdam

9. University of Bristol

10. University of Edinburgh

11. Karolinska Institute

12. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

13. Pierre and Marie Curie University

14. Lund University

15. Delft University of Technology

16. University of Copenhagen

17. Technical University of Munich

18. King's College London

19. University of Southampton

20. Utrecht University

21. Heidelberg University - Germany

22. Radboud University

23. Sapienza University of Rome

24. University of Groningen

25. University of Sheffield

26. University of Helsinki

27. Uppsala University

28. University of Nottingham

29. University of Birmingham

30. University of Bologna

31. University of Padua

32. Erasmus University Rotterdam

33. University of Glasgow

34. Aarhus University

35. University of Oslo

36. University of Leeds

37. Ghent University

38. University of Warwick

39. RWTH Aachen University

40. University of Liverpool

41. Polytechnic University of Milan

42. University of York

43. University of Munich

44. Eindhoven University of Technology

45. Vienna University of Technology

46. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

47. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

48. University of Zurich

49. University of Barcelona

50. University of Milan

51. University of Hamburg

52. Newcastle University

53. Technical University of Denmark

54. Technical University of Catalonia

55. Maastricht University

56. Free University Amsterdam

57. London School of Economics and Political Science

58. Linkoping University

59. University of Vienna

60. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

61. University of Gothenburg

62. University of Bern

63. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

64. Leiden University

65. Polytechnic University of Turin

66. Catholic University of Louvain

67. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

68. Queen Mary University of London

69. Aalborg University

70. University of Lisbon

71. University of Granada

72. University of Twente

73. University of Pisa

74. University of Bonn

75. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

76. Lancaster University

77. Umea University

78. University of Bergen

79. University of London

80. Chalmers University of Technology

81. Polytechnic University of Bari

82. Autonomous University of Barcelona

83. University of Florence

84. University of Stuttgart

85. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

86. University of Oulu

87. Stockholm University

88. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

89. Technical University of Berlin

90. Paris-Sud University

91. University of Leicester

92. Cardiff University

93. University of Freiburg

94. Federico II University of Naples

95. Moscow State University

96. University of Porto

97. University of Geneva

98. Ruhr University Bochum

99. University of Tampere

100. National Technical University of Athens

Mathematics subfields in Europe

PhD Studies in mathematics

Uppsala University has researchers in many mathematical fields and a large international network. As a doctoral student in mathematics at Uppsala, you will come into contact with the most prominent and modern mathematical research in the world.

Application and admission

We announce available phd positions in february.

The Department of Mathematics usually announces vacant PhD positions on the web in February each year, with a deadline at the end of March. The eligibility requirements and the complete application procedure are always specified in the advertisement.

Occasional PhD positions may be available at other times

Occasionally we also announce vacant positions at other times. We therefore encourage interested students to look regularly at the department's website.

Master's thesis is important for your application

An important document that you need to attach is the Master's thesis. If you are still working on your Master's thesis at the time of application you can send the latest draft.

Vacant postions at the Department of Mathematics

Research areas and contact persons

There are two research areas at the Department of Mathematics at Uppsala university. Each research area has a professor in charge with overall responsibility for postgraduate education.

Contact person for mathematics: Volodymyr Mazorchuk

Contact person for applied mathematics and statistics: Erik Ekström

Director of postgraduate studies: Julian Külshammer

The programme

Duration of the programme.

The programme comprises 240 credits, which is equivalent to two years of study and two years of research. Additionally, the programme normally includes also a year of teaching.

Current PhD courses in mathematics

The curriculum

Each admitted student is assigned a supervisor and an assistant supervisor. The curriculum consists of three parts: a general, a topic-oriented and an individual part. The individual curriculum is written by the student and the supervisor at the beginning of the programme, and the other two are regulated by the Faculty of Science and Technology.

Information about postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Science and Technology

All students admitted to the graduate program are employed as graduate students at the department and receive salary.

What is it like to do a PhD in maths

Interview: Joel Dahne, PhD student

After the programme

A PhD in Mathematics opens the way for a research career as well as a professional life outside academia. Since mathematics is useful in a broad range of areas, math graduates work in a variety of sectors, such as life science, medical research, finance, energy, IT and insurance.

Interview: Cecilia has a PhD in probability theory

Upcoming dissertations and previous theses

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