Interested in studying Mathematics at Cambridge? Our 2023 Faculty Open Days are back in person on Saturday 29 April and Saturday 13 May! Join us for a programme of talks, workshops and a chance to meet students and staff.
Interested in studying Mathematics at Cambridge? Our 2023 Faculty Open Days are back in person on Saturday 29 April and Saturday 13 May! Join us for a programme of talks, workshops and a chance to meet students and staff.
Náboj is a fast-paced, problem-solving international maths competition for teams of five students representing their schools, designed to promote mathematical ability, inventiveness, ingenuity and teamwork.
Join staff and students from the Mathematics Faculty to find out what patterns you can discover, explore your creative thinking and reasoning and develop your problem-solving skills with hands-on mathematical activities and games for all ages from 8 to adult. Join us to explore, experiment, discover, question and enjoy!
2022 Andrew Chamblin Lecture: Black Holes, Thermodynamics, and Information Loss
Fri Nov 4th 2022, 5.00pm to 6.00pm
Venue:
Centre for Mathematical Sciences
In this public talk, Professor Robert Wald (University of Chicago) will explore the nature of black holes, their thermodynamic properties, and the information loss issue.
Interested in studying Mathematics at Cambridge? Join us on the afternoon of Saturday 30 April or Saturday 7 May for our live virtual Undergraduate Open Days. The days will feature a mix of live talks and Q&As with Cambridge staff and students, with an opportunity to ask any questions you have about studying Mathematics at university and Cambridge admissions.
Join Professor Andrea Ghez (University of California, Los Angeles), awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics, to explore new developments in the study of supermassive black holes.
Being a public statistician during the pandemic (2021 Alumni Festival)
Mon Sep 27th 2021, 5.00pm to 5.50pm
Venue:
Online
There has been unprecedented demand from the media for expert commentary on the deluge of numbers during the COVID-19 crisis. Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter FRS will discuss the ups and downs of being a statistician during a pandemic.
In April 2021 physicists from the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced an experimental result which could potentially provide evidence for a new fundamental force of nature. Dr Amelia Drew (DAMTP) and Dr William Fawcett (Cavendish Laboratory) will discuss the new discovery, and what it could mean for our current understanding of fundamental physics.
Maths or medicine – which comes first? (2021 Alumni Festival)
Fri Sep 24th 2021, 11.00am to 11.50am
Venue:
Online
Join Professor Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb and Professor Sir John Aston as they discuss the important links between maths and medicine, and how these links are leading to a revolution in medicine and healthcare.
