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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MATHEMATICS
NUMBER OF STUDENTS ADMITTED: 6
ADDRESS:
NTNU, DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL
SCIENCES
NO-7491 TRONDHEIM
TELEPHONE: +47 73 59 35 20
STUDY ADVISORS:
Magnus.Landstad
@
math.ntnu.no
jarle.tufto
@
math.ntnu.no
APPLICATION PROCEDURES:
www.ntnu.edu/studies/msmnfma/admission
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND APPLICATION
DEADLINE: see page 1.
AbOUT THE PROGRAMME
The study programme is designed to
take two years. The degree consists of
two parts, with eight required courses
in the first year (including a course
called “Experts in Teamwork", during
the second semester). Students in
their second year take three additional
courses and write a thesis.
The Department of Mathematical
Sciences offers various courses at
the graduate level, along with more
specialized graduate seminars. The
department currently offers five spe-
cialized study areas: algebra, analysis
(functional analysis, complex and
harmonic analysis, differential equa-
tions), numerical analysis, statistics,
and topology.
STUDy ENvIRONMENT
Students work with supervisors from
one of the research groups and have a
number of opportunities to explore the
variety of research topics that the de-
partment is known for. The department
also hosts a very popular monthly semi-
nar entitled “Forum for mathematical
pearls”, during which master’s and PhD
candidates along with faculty members
meet in an informal setting for a
popular presentation of mathematical
highlights. PhD and master’s students
also conduct their own seminars where
they meet to present their results and
discuss mathematics.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Candidates must have a bachelor's
degree consisting of at least three years
of university studies, with at least 1½
years of mathematical subjects for
acceptance to the programme.
CAREER PROSPECTS
Today’s workplaces increasingly rely
on the mathematical sciences and the
need for skilled mathematicians and
statisticians is on the rise. Our gradu-
ates go everywhere and do everything.
Many find work teaching at all levels, or
in engineering, finance, medicine and
the public sector.
EXAMPLES OF SPECIALIZATION
The following selection of master’s
theses from the department gives
a sense of the range of the faculty’s
mathematical research interests:
w Finding Small Roots of
Polynomial Equations Using Lattice
Basis Reduction
w Changepoint Models
w Counting and Colouring with
Symmetry
w Effect of Safe Failures on the
Reliability of Safety Instrumented
Systems
w Fourier Hyperfunctions
w Partial Orders in Representation
Theory of Algebras
w On the Convergence of Limit-
periodic Continued Fractions
w Edge-Detection in Signals using the
Continuous Wavlet-Transform
w Surveys of Numerical Methods for
the Korteweg-de Vries Equation
w Numerical Methods for Optical
Interference Filters
w Classification of Seismic Waveform
Attributes in a Bayesian Framework
Are you interested in advan-
ced mathematics, either pure
or applied? Mathematics and
statistics are the foundation
for all natural sciences, for
economics, and for many
others disciplines. We offer a
wide range of courses on
advanced topics in algebra,
mathematical analysis,
topology, numerical analysis
and statistics.
Photo: Berit Rau