2. Welcome

Welcome to, or welcome back to Oxford! We hope the year ahead of you will be interesting and enjoyable and will build on the mathematical knowledge you already have.

Our MSc in Mathematical Sciences (OMMS) will run in parallel with our fourth year undergraduate course (Part C). We hope that those of you on Part C will be able to pass on your experience of life in Oxford to those new to the university, and that those of you on OMMS will be able to bring in fresh mathematical perspectives, giving one cohort of students committed to furthering their knowledge in the mathematical sciences.

We hope the Mathematical Institute’s Andrew Wiles Building will provide an inspirational setting in which to learn more mathematics and undertake research. It houses one of the largest and most successful mathematics departments in the world. The Statistics Department is based on St Giles’, and we hope the teaching spaces and interaction areas will provide a great place to learn more probability and statistics.

Oxford’s Mathematical Sciences submission was ranked overall best in the UK in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (the UK’s system for assessing research excellence) and so you will have the opportunity to be taught by and work with internationally renowned mathematicians and statisticians.

Once again, welcome to the OMMS and Part C programmes at Oxford, and best wishes for an enjoyable and successful year.

Dr Kathryn Gillow, Prof Eamonn Gaffney and Dr Neil Laws