3. Prelims Examination Papers

All Mathematics candidates take five examination papers, as follows:


1. Mathematics I
2. Mathematics II
3. Mathematics III
4. Mathematics IV
5. Mathematics V
and submit two projects in Computational Mathematics.

Mathematics I is 2.5 hours in duration and the paper is divided into two sections. There are four questions on Section A of which candidates should submit three answers. There are three questions on Section B of which candidates should submit two answers. Therefore candidates should submit 5 answers in total on this paper.

Mathematics II is 2.5 hours in duration and the paper is divided into three sections. There are three questions in each of Section A and Section B and one question in Section C. Candidates should submit two answers from both Sections A and B. They should also submit an answer for the question in Section C. Therefore candidates should submit 5 answers in total on this paper.

Mathematics III is 3 hours  in duration and the paper is divided into three sections.  There are three questions in each of the sections and candidates should submit two answers from each section. Therefore candidates should submit 6 answers in total on this paper.

Mathematics IV is 2 hours in duration and the paper is divided into two sections.  There are three questions in each of the sections and candidates should submit two answers from each section. Therefore candidates should submit 4 answers in total on this paper.

Mathematics V is 2 hours in duration and the paper is divided into two sections.  There are three questions in each of the sections and candidates should submit two answers from each section. Therefore candidates should submit 4 answers in total on this paper.

Each question will be marked out of 20 and should be divided into two to four parts. An indication of the raw marks available for each part of each question should be given on the question paper.

Candidates are recommended to submit no more than the number of answers, as described by a paper's rubric. Should a candidate submit further answers, all submitted work will be marked with the best answers that meet the rubric's requirements counting.

The examination syllabus for each paper can be found at: https://courses.maths.ox.ac.uk/course/index.php?categoryid=878