places available per year, across Maths and joint courses
Maths
Why Pembroke?
Whether you choose a career in business or industry or one in which mathematical skills play a more central role, the Oxford Mathematical courses aim to equip you with the ability to handle abstractions and to analyse problems rapidly and rigorously.
Pembroke offers a diverse range of subject areas from algebraic geometry and number theory to algorithms and data sciences. Our tutoring system offers the opportunity for you to meet and engage with up-and-coming lecturers who are specialists in their own exciting fields of research. The College Library has copies of most of the standard textbooks and lecture notes required for lecture courses. Most of the tutorial teaching takes place at the College.
What extra activities are on offer?
The Maths society meets twice a term and offers engaging talks by guest speakers about the real-life application of mathematics. It also provides the unique opportunity to network with experts in a range of fields. To ensure that you feel at home at Pembroke as quickly as possible, you will be matched with a second year “buddy” so there is always someone to ask questions to, confide in, or just go for a coffee with.
Could you be a Pembroke Mathematician?
To be successful in Mathematics you need a real interest in the subject, coupled with a deep passion for abstract concepts. It is also important to possess creative flair and be able to think for yourself.
If you are considering this course, please attend an open day where you can meet our tutors and students and find out more. This is the best way to get a feel for whether you should make an application. We look forward to meeting you!
Have you considered our joint honours courses?
We also offer Maths as a joint degree with Philosophy, and beginning in 2022 we will also offer Maths with Computer Science.
The Rokos Internship Scheme provides full funding for academic summer internships.
Pembroke non-finalist STEM students are eligible for up to £1,000 funding for summer internships, allowing them to gain hands-on research experience. The award covers all academic and living expenses, including accommodation.
Below are some reports from Pembroke Maths students who have used the award in past few years.
Semu Serunjogi
Semu used the Rokos Award during summer 2022 to work with Pembroke tutor Professor Raphael Hauser in order to generalise an algorithm for handling data dimension-reduction which Professor Hauser and his collaborators, Dr Armin Eftekhari and Andreas Grammenos, had developed.
Semu shares: "This internship was a very enjoyable and educational experience for me. I enjoyed learning about the MOSES algorithm and coming up with a variation of it. Having never done any form of mathematical research before, the internship tested a new range of skills for me. The work forced me to persevere when I was unsure how to analyse the Time-Dependent MOSES, and I was encouraged to think creatively to come up with a solution. I am grateful for this welcome introduction to the world of mathematical research."
Orson Hart (2020, MMath Mathematics)
Orson's Rokos Award allowed him to wok with Prof Peter Howell to develop and research new mathematical models for thermoelastic instability in physical systems.
He shares: "Throughout my project I was able to have regular meetings with Prof Peter Howell as well as to talk with Prof. John Ockendon about the problem, and he provided insight and guidance on what possible areas would be useful to explore. Me and my supervisor are planning to publish our work in the Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids."
Thomas Blake (2018, MMath Mathematics and Statistics)
Thomas used the Rokos Award to take part in a summer research project supervised by Dr Aden Forrow. Thomas shared the results of his project in this paper, which aims to create a mathematical model of RNA creation and accumulation of edits.
Thomas explains: "At first we use a simplified model using the bulk sequencing data which can not give an insight into a specific cell activity but should be insightful in the modelling of editing rates. This model also does not include any degradation as we concentrate purely on normalised “editing distributions”. In our more developed model we model absolute counts and stochastic cell degradation. Due to the currently limited “volume” of data on timestamping, we see if our experiment can accurately be used to simulate more complicated experiments. Finally we see if our model can be used to make a prediction of RNA velocity using the timestamps rather than using ratio of spliced to unspliced RNA."
Jodie Fromage (2017, MMath Mathematics)
In summer 2021, Jodie benefited from the Rokos Award to conduct a research project on Elliptic Curves.
Jodie shares: "The aim of this project was to learn about Elliptic Curves and their applications in the field of Cryptography... During the project I also learnt how to code using SAGE, which was useful in implementing what I had learnt and fining examples of these graphs for myself. This is a skill I will be able to utilise in the final year of my degree, and hopefully beyond! This Summer project was funded by Chris Rokos, as part of the Rokos Award Research Scholarship at Pembroke College, Oxford. I would like to thank Mr Rokos for this fantastic opportunity and experience!"
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places available per year, across Maths and joint courses
Maths
Why Pembroke?
Whether you choose a career in business or industry or one in which mathematical skills play a more central role, the Oxford Mathematical courses aim to equip you with the ability to handle abstractions and to analyse problems rapidly and rigorously.
Pembroke offers a diverse range of subject areas from algebraic geometry and number theory to algorithms and data sciences. Our tutoring system offers the opportunity for you to meet and engage with up-and-coming lecturers who are specialists in their own exciting fields of research. The College Library has copies of most of the standard textbooks and lecture notes required for lecture courses. Most of the tutorial teaching takes place at the College.
What extra activities are on offer?
The Maths society meets twice a term and offers engaging talks by guest speakers about the real-life application of mathematics. It also provides the unique opportunity to network with experts in a range of fields. To ensure that you feel at home at Pembroke as quickly as possible, you will be matched with a second year “buddy” so there is always someone to ask questions to, confide in, or just go for a coffee with.
Could you be a Pembroke Mathematician?
To be successful in Mathematics you need a real interest in the subject, coupled with a deep passion for abstract concepts. It is also important to possess creative flair and be able to think for yourself.
If you are considering this course, please attend an open day where you can meet our tutors and students and find out more. This is the best way to get a feel for whether you should make an application. We look forward to meeting you!
Have you considered our joint honours courses?
We also offer Maths as a joint degree with Philosophy, and beginning in 2022 we will also offer Maths with Computer Science.
The Rokos Internship Scheme provides full funding for academic summer internships.
Pembroke non-finalist STEM students are eligible for up to £1,000 funding for summer internships, allowing them to gain hands-on research experience. The award covers all academic and living expenses, including accommodation.
Below are some reports from Pembroke Maths students who have used the award in past few years.
Semu Serunjogi
Semu used the Rokos Award during summer 2022 to work with Pembroke tutor Professor Raphael Hauser in order to generalise an algorithm for handling data dimension-reduction which Professor Hauser and his collaborators, Dr Armin Eftekhari and Andreas Grammenos, had developed.
Semu shares: "This internship was a very enjoyable and educational experience for me. I enjoyed learning about the MOSES algorithm and coming up with a variation of it. Having never done any form of mathematical research before, the internship tested a new range of skills for me. The work forced me to persevere when I was unsure how to analyse the Time-Dependent MOSES, and I was encouraged to think creatively to come up with a solution. I am grateful for this welcome introduction to the world of mathematical research."
Orson Hart (2020, MMath Mathematics)
Orson's Rokos Award allowed him to wok with Prof Peter Howell to develop and research new mathematical models for thermoelastic instability in physical systems.
He shares: "Throughout my project I was able to have regular meetings with Prof Peter Howell as well as to talk with Prof. John Ockendon about the problem, and he provided insight and guidance on what possible areas would be useful to explore. Me and my supervisor are planning to publish our work in the Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids."
Thomas Blake (2018, MMath Mathematics and Statistics)
Thomas used the Rokos Award to take part in a summer research project supervised by Dr Aden Forrow. Thomas shared the results of his project in this paper, which aims to create a mathematical model of RNA creation and accumulation of edits.
Thomas explains: "At first we use a simplified model using the bulk sequencing data which can not give an insight into a specific cell activity but should be insightful in the modelling of editing rates. This model also does not include any degradation as we concentrate purely on normalised “editing distributions”. In our more developed model we model absolute counts and stochastic cell degradation. Due to the currently limited “volume” of data on timestamping, we see if our experiment can accurately be used to simulate more complicated experiments. Finally we see if our model can be used to make a prediction of RNA velocity using the timestamps rather than using ratio of spliced to unspliced RNA."
Jodie Fromage (2017, MMath Mathematics)
In summer 2021, Jodie benefited from the Rokos Award to conduct a research project on Elliptic Curves.
Jodie shares: "The aim of this project was to learn about Elliptic Curves and their applications in the field of Cryptography... During the project I also learnt how to code using SAGE, which was useful in implementing what I had learnt and fining examples of these graphs for myself. This is a skill I will be able to utilise in the final year of my degree, and hopefully beyond! This Summer project was funded by Chris Rokos, as part of the Rokos Award Research Scholarship at Pembroke College, Oxford. I would like to thank Mr Rokos for this fantastic opportunity and experience!"