Research

The School has a very active and diverse range of research activity, which encompasses a range of applied and pure mathematics and modern statistics. We hold regular seminars and offer a range of opportunities for  postgraduate and postdoctoral research. The main areas of research are broadly described within the headings below. Follow the links to more detailed descriptions.

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Mathematics

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Statistics

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Postgraduate research opportunities

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Postdoctoral opportunities

Research impact

  • 17 Dec

    Monitor groundwater pollution

    A collaboration between our researchers and Shell Global Solutions has developed GWSDAT (GroundWater Spatiotemporal Data Analysis Tool).
  • 17 Dec

    Rubber and automotive industries

    Professor Ray Ogden FRS has made fundamental advances in mathematical models for the elastic response of rubber-like materials.
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    Out of Africa

    Research in the School of Mathematics & Statistics in the University of Glasgow has been influential in answering a long-standing question: where do we come from?
  • 17 Dec

    Benefits of statins

    The Robertson Centre for Biostatistics (RCB)has played a central role in establishing the benefits of statins in preventing first-time heart attacks in men
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Our research students

Students in the School of Mathematics and Statistics