PhD positions at the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Statistical Applied Mathematics (SAMBa)

The Centre for Doctoral Training in Statistical Applied Mathematics (go.bath.ac.uk/samba) offers a 4 year PhD programme, including an MRes qualification earned during the first year of training. Throughout the PhD you’ll be working at the interface of statistics with applied and computational mathematics, and delivering high quality applied and applicable research.

SAMBa offers at least 10 fully-funded studentships starting in October each year. We do have some international places available and, as always, are committed to recruiting a diverse cohort.

SAMBa has a current cohort of 85 students whose thesis topics range from problems which are industrially motivated, to more abstract problems, and which use deterministic, probabilistic, statistical and computational mathematical tools. The department of Mathematical Sciences at Bath provides an excellent research environment and the SAMBa cohort offers invaluable peer support.

The first year of SAMBa will consist of courses, projects and symposia tailored to the individual student, together with Integrative Think Tanks. ITTs are intensive, week-long events where students work in collaboration with academics and industrialists to synthesise relevant mathematical formulations for solving industrial and cross-disciplinary problems.

Each student will choose a supervisor or supervisory team and finalise a thesis proposal by the end of year 1. They will work on PhD research in years 2-4. Graduates from SAMBa will be ready to work in leading academic and industrial roles, collaborating with individuals from different backgrounds, and communicating effectively to both experts and nonexperts

To find out if your application is likely to result in an interview, and to speed up the process, please send an expression of interest to the Centre Coordinator, Helena Lake, at samba@bath.ac.uk

Your expression of interest should include:

• a short statement (250 words) explaining your motivation for applying to SAMBa
• a 2-page CV which includes your academic and work experience, your nationality and country of residence (for the past three years, not including full-time education)
• scans of your academic transcript(s)
• information on where you heard about SAMBa

To apply formally to SAMBa, follow the process through our Doctoral College(https://www.bath.ac.uk/guides/how-to-apply-for-doctoral-study/).

All applications will be reviewed rapidly and promising applicants will be invited to an interview online. Successful applicants will hold, or will be expecting, a first or high upper second class honours degree (or equivalent) in mathematics, or in a subject with substantial mathematical content.