Mathematics
The LMH Experience
Lady Margaret Hall provides an excellent academic environment for undergraduates reading Mathematics. The College has one of the largest undergraduate cohorts doing Mathematics and has excellent library facilities to support the School.
Admissions Summary
The College normally admits eight or nine students each year to read Mathematics and two in the Mathematics and Statistics joint degree. We also take undergraduates for the joint course in Mathematics and Philosophy. Tutorials for the first year are given by tutors and lecturers in the College, as are the tutorials for the core compulsory papers in the second year. Third and fourth year subjects, and some second year option subjects are covered by inter-collegiate classes organised by the Faculty.
There is a three year BA course in Mathematical Sciences, and a four year MMath in Mathematics. It is not necessary to make a final decision between the three and four year degrees in Mathematics until the end of the first year, although you do have to express a preference on the application form.
The College attracts students to read Mathematics from a wide variety of different schools and backgrounds. Candidates for Mathematics and other related courses have normally taken double Mathematics at A-level.
Details of the general admissions requirements for this course can be found on the central admissions website.
You can find out more about the study of Mathematics at Oxford by consulting the departmental websites for Mathematics and for Statistics.
A Typical Week
Students would typically have lectures in the Mathematics or Statistics Departments, details of which are available in lecture lists on the Mathematical Institute website. Tutorials are taken in College, or intercollegiate classes for higher years where mathematical exercises and lecture material are discussed. Problem sheets are set by Department lecturers and marked and discussed by Tutors.
Tutors and Lecturers
Dr Christina Goldschmidt is a member of the Statistics Department. Her research interests lie in probability and include random combinatorial structures (in particular random trees and graphs), combinatorial stochastic processes, coagulation and fragmentation.
Dr Jochen Koenigsmann is a member of the Mathematics Institute. His interests are in Algebra and Logic.
Dr Michael Monoyios is a member of the Mathematics Institute. His research interests are in Financial Mathematics.
Dr Rolf Suabedissen is a College Lecturer with connections to the Mathematics Institute. His research interests are in General Topology and Set Theory.
Mr Mohit Dalwadi is Lecturer in Applied Mathematics. He is in the second year of a DPhil at the Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Career Prospects
There are a wide number of career paths available that use the ability of Mathematics graduates to think logically, argue quantitatively and solve involved problems that require mathematics. Examples are careers in: Academic positions, Teaching, Financial mathematics, Actuarial positions, Statistical Consulting, Banking, Civil Service, Industrial positions, collaborative research positions with Physical and Life Science research groups.
Useful links are www.mathscareers.org.uk and for academic jobs: http://www.jobs.ac.uk.
What our students say
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LMH is ideal for mathematicians in many ways. It is very close to the Mathematical Institute buildings and the museum where first year lectures are held. Also, LMH is the home to a large mathematical family. Tutors and students of all years meet once a term for a seminar and drinks, which gives an excellent chance to meet your fellow mathematicians, and ask them questions about the courses you are thinking about taking or about what they do. Having many other people doing your course in your year is advantageous in that you can help each other, and also means that you will probably make a close friend inside your subject.
Sam Kinsley