MAC-MIGS 2024+

Welcome to the Maxwell Institute Graduate School PhD programme in Modelling, Analysis and Computation (MAC-MIGS 2024+)! 

The MAC-MIGS 2024+ programme is no longer accepting applications, please see the Maxwell Institute Graduate School Applied and Computational Mathematics webpages for current application procedures. A list of currently offered PhD projects is available here, and applications should be submitted to Heriot-Watt University or the University of Edinburgh depending on the affiliation of the lead supervisor.

The MAC-MIGS 2024+ programme

The MAC-MIGS 2024+ programme offers bespoke, cohort-based training in applied and computational mathematics.

  • During the 4-year programme, students will obtain 90 credits worth of training, of which 60 credits should be obtained in Year 1.
  • The programme offers specialised, exclusive training including (i) a 15 credit Group Project with an industrial partner in year 1, and (ii)  two 15 credit courses on contemporary topics in Applied and Computational Mathematics in semester 1 and semester 2 of year 1.
  • The remainder of courses will be chosen from the Scottish Mathematical Sciences Training Centre (SMSTC), as well as advanced courses offered at University of Edinburgh or Heriot-Watt University.
  • In addition to taught courses, students will attend weekly Maxwell Institute seminars in applied and computational mathematics.
  • Further cohort-building activities and soft skills training will be organised throughout.
  • Students have the option of doing an internship as part of the PhD programme. Internships should be arranged for Years 2-4 and are worth 30 credits. Students on the without internship option need to obtain 30 credits by other means.

The students trained on this programme will have expertise in a broad array of modern mathematical methodologies, including for example Bayesian inference, uncertainty quantification, numerical analysis, machine learning, and fluid dynamics, and of their application in multidisciplinary contexts as well as experience of industrial collaboration.

(Please note that the MAC-MIGS 2024+ programme is not part of the MAC-MIGS CDT, which recruited its last intake in September 2023.)