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Applied Mathematical Sciences with Climate Change Impacts Modelling – (M.Sc.)
Heriot-Watt University
School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,600 - ≈ € 11,930 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Edinburgh / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Heriot-Watt University
Duration
* MSc 1 year full-time
* Diploma 9 months full-time
Part-time over a longer period is possible.
Overview
Climate change is recognised as having potentially huge impacts on the environment and on human society. This programme aims to provide an understanding of climate change causes, impacts, mitigation and adaptation measures from a life science perspective in conjunction with developing a wide variety of mathematical modelling skills that can be used to investigate the impacts of climate change.
The programme closely follows the structure of our Applied Mathematical Sciences MSc. Two of the mandatory courses will specifically focus on understanding the issues related to climate change and are taught by the School of Life Sciences.
Contents
Core courses:
* Climate Change: Causes and Impacts
* Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation Measures
* Mathematical Ecology
* Modelling and Tools
Optional courses include:
* approximation of continuous systems
* Optimisation
* Statistical methods
* Foundation molecular biology
* Mathematical biology and medicine
* Dynamical systems
* Applied linear albegra
* Numberical analysis of PDEs
* Modern portfolio theory
* Partial differential equations
* Fractals and chaos
The final part of the MSc is an extended project in mathematical modelling the impacts of climate change on environmental systems, giving the opportunity to investigate a topic in some depth guided by leading research academics.
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Requirements
A good honours degree in mathematics, statistics or another numerate discipline is required.
English language qualification
If your first language is not English (and your first degree was not taught in English) then you will have to take an English language test. If you have already taken such a test before you apply for a place then please include the certificate with your application form. Otherwise any offer of a place we make will be conditional on satisfactory completion of a suitable exam.
The minimum entry requirement is one of the following:
* TOEFL (OLD version) 550
* TOEFL (NEW computerised version) 213
* IELTS 6.5
* Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English, Grade C
Other tests may be acceptible but you must contact the postgraduate office regarding this.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 550 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 213 |
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