Research opportunities

Fellowships

Chapman Fellowships

Chapman Fellowships: two year appointments starting in October every year, provide an excellent opportunity for those seeking to pursue an academic career in mathematics.

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Robert Borland Fellowships

Designed to enable early career post-doctoral researchers to devote serious study to problems in the area of Mathematical Physics, Hard-Condensed Matter Physics and Scientific Computation.

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Nelder Visiting Fellowships

Nelder Visiting Fellows enable experienced researchers of substantial international standing to visit the department for minimally one month.

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ICL-CNRS Fellowships

To support extended visits of Professeurs and Maîtres de Conférences in CNRS-sponsored labs to the Department and provide more opportunities for exchange visits between researchers from French universities and the Department.

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Chapman-Schmidt AI in Science Fellowships

Prestigious two year fellowships, joining the Schmidt network of researchers, using AI to advance Science or Mathematics. AI is understood in a wide sense. Candidates can be either from an AI context or use the fellowship to acquire AI skills to advance their field.

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Postdoctoral opportunities

Postdoctoral positions

We advertise any postdoctoral positions on the Imperial College vacancies pages; applicants (internal and external) can explore current opportunities using our job search tool.

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Our research

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Postgraduate research

Research PhD in mathematics

The Department of Mathematics has a large and active body of PhD students, with a rich and extensive culture of collaboration between other departments and institutions. We offer a dynamic research environment, with a varied and active program of seminars, workshops and courses.

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Centres for Doctoral Training

Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) are one of the three main ways by which the EPSRC provides support for doctoral training and are an additional route into postgraduate research.

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