- Location: Maynooth University, North Campus, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland - Ireland
- Duration: 2 Years
Course details
Students take modules in Mathematical Physics and Mathematics. At least 4 of the modules (at least 45 ECTS) must be taken at the Masters level (level 6 in Mathematical Physics and level 5 in Mathematics). The remaining credits may be made up at levels 4, 5 or 6.
Entry Requirements
Candidates for MSc in Mathematical Science will normally be expected to have at least a Second Class Honours Grade 1 in Mathematical/Theoretical Physics, Mathematics or a related discipline.
Applicants must have a recognised primary degree which is considered equivalent to Irish university primary degree level.
Minimum English language requirements:
- IELTS: 6.5 minimum overall score
- TOEFL (Paper based test): 585
- TOEFL (Internet based test): 95
- PTE (Pearson): 62
Module
Year 1
- MINOR THESIS
- MINOR THESIS
- SPECIAL TOPICS IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS
- DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY AND GENERAL RELATIVITY
- QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
- GROUPS,GEOMETRY & TOPOLOGY FOR PHYSICS
- SPECIAL TOPICS IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS 2
- SPECIAL TOPICS IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS 1
Year 2
- SPECIAL TOPICS IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS
- GROUPS,GEOMETRY & TOPOLOGY FOR PHYSICS
- MINOR THESIS
- DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY AND GENERAL RELATIVITY
- SPECIAL TOPICS IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS 1
- SPECIAL TOPICS IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS 2
- QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
- MINOR THESIS
Course Location
About Maynooth University
This means that students at Maynooth benefit from an international outlook, and those of you who wish to study abroad for a semester or an academic year during yTheir degree have a network of connections to tap in to. During the cTheirse of their academic degree students from Maynooth have studied subjects such as Law at Boston College, Mandarin Chinese at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Music in the University of Vienna.
Maynooth has many shared research projects with universities around the world.
- In the Dept of Psychology, Prof Dermot Barnes-Holmes is working with academics in Columbia University in New York to predict the success of cocaine abuse treatment.
- Mathematician Dr. Ken Duffy is working with immunologists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in MelbTheirne, Australia to analyse cell behaviTheir in a study that could have significant implications for Their understanding and treatment of diseases like Coeliac disease, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.
- Historian Dr Tom O Connor is working with colleagues from the University of Alcala and the Irish Colleges in Spain, discovering the hidden stories of Irish people who got caught up in the Spanish Inquisition.
