Advice for PhD applicants
Please read this before emailing me about a Ph.D.
Part III
Most of my Ph.D. students have completed
Part III of the Mathematical Tripos. This is in effect a high-level
one-year taught Masters in Mathematics. Around half the
students on the course are continuing Cambridge mathematics students,
and around half arrive from all over the world.
There are some
past papers
which give some idea of the scope and level of what is offered.
So the entry level for PhD study here should be thought of as
being somewhat above the level of a UK first degree.
Funding
We do not expect
that you will necessarily have a firm commitment of support before
you make an application for study at the University of Cambridge,
but you should at least know how you intend to be supported.
Most students will apply for an award of some sort to cover the costs.
For applicants
from the United Kingdom, or an EU state, there is the possibility
of
EPSRC funding. The University's Board of Graduate Studies gives information on
costs and possible sources of funding, as well as on how to apply.
Frank Kelly
Statistical
Laboratory
University
of Cambridge