Mathematics provides us with a universal language with which to describe, model, and understand phenomena in our world. Like most similar departments in universities around the world, we focus on the three main pillars of mathematical sciences: pure mathematics, applied mathematics, and statistics.
Our breadth of interest and expertise is expanded though to include the application of mathematics to understand phenomena in our physical environment (e.g. stellar and planetary astrophysics, atmospheric science, geophysics) as well as phenomena of our own making (e.g. financial mathematics, operations research, biological mathematics, industrial mathematics).
This breadth of mathematical sciences makes us quite unique, and enables us to play a critical role in interdisciplinary partnerships through collaborations with other disciplines and industry.
