Postgraduate Studentships

School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science
University of Kent
The School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science at Kent offers a lively research culture with a thriving group of taught and research postgraduate students. We expect to award several PhD studentships in 2011 to highly motivated applicants interested in doctoral studies in mathematics, statistics or actuarial science.

In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), Kent was ranked 24th out of 159 institutions for world-leading research, with eight of our subject areas (including statistics) in the top ten nationwide. Kent is among the best research-intensive universities in the UK, with over 55% of our research deemed to be world-leading or internationally excellent. Details of the research undertaken by the School can be found at:

http://www.kent.ac.uk/IMS/index.html

SMSAS PhD studentships cover tuition fees at the Home/EU rate and provide a maintenance grant at the same rate as the UK Research Councils (£13,590 per annum in 2010-11).

Entry Requirements

Our studentships are open to candidates of all nationalities applying to the PhD programme in Actuarial Science, Mathematics or Statistics. All candidates must have (or expect to gain) a good Honours degree (either first or upper second class) and preferably an MMath or Masters degree in a relevant subject.

Contact

For further information on the school and the possibility of doctoral studies at Kent, contact imspg-admiss@kent.ac.uk

To ensure full consideration for a SMSAS studentship, please submit your complete application before 25 March 2011.

To apply please fill in the online application form available at http://www.kent.ac.uk/studying/postgrad/apply/index.html