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We have a long and established track record of research that makes an impact. The latest Research Excellence Framework assessment (2014) recognised 86% of our research as world leading or internationally excellent.
Our applied research covers a wide range of areas – from endangered elephants to better weather forecasts; from the design and analysis of clinical trials to real-time monitoring of evolving social networks.
When you start a PhD in mathematics at Reading, you'll join a friendly, inclusive community of passionate staff and students in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, who will motivate you to achieve your goals. You'll also be part of the wider doctoral community at Reading.
There are regular opportunities to meet with other doctoral students, including at our departmental seminars and workshops, and at lectures, training and networking and social events run by the University's Graduate School.
Our academics are leaders in their fields. They supervise PhDs on a broad range of topics within pure and applied mathematics and statistics.
Throughout your PhD you'll be supported by one or more academic supervisors, who will meet with you regularly to provide advice and support.
Carlos André Viera Macedo
PhD researcher in mathematics
We work with a wide variety of academic and industrial partners on research that tackles global problems.
We are part of the larger School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences, which includes our world-leading Department of Meteorology and several national research centres.
We also incorporate Europe's largest academic group in data assimilation. Its research not only ties together the main themes in meteorology (weather, climate and earth observation), but reaches across into mathematics, statistics and beyond.
Nicola Thorn
PhD student
In the first two years of your degree course, you will benefit from a programme of relevant postgraduate courses which will be agreed between you and your supervisor/s as well as a programme of transferable skills organised by the Graduate School.
Our PhD students go on to work in academia as postdoctoral researchers, but also quickly find employment in industries such as IT, defence, fraud detection, finance and banking.
You'll receive support from our Department as well as the Graduate School, which is the University of Reading's hub for all doctoral activity.
The University allocates around 150 entry awards each year in PhD studentships and bursaries, so there are many ways to access PhD funding.
