Joint European Master's in Interdisciplinary Mathematics

While applied mathematics has a long-standing history and tradition in classically related fields such as physics and engineering, it was only in recent years that research scientists started to rely on applied mathematicians to develop more refined and adequate models and techniques to be used in real-world applications. In fact, over the past 20 years, there has been an explosion of new mathematical tools used in biology, medicine, social sciences, material sciences, manufacturing, artificial intelligence, and big data. Higher education has only recently started to formulate such recent developments in the framework of well-structured study programmes encompassing both mathematics and real-world applications. This is partly due to academic research still being structured, to some extent, in separate compartments. This leads to the likely consequence that a very useful applied mathematical result may have poor chances of being published in a renowned mathematical journal (unless it features truly innovative maths, no matter what the application is). The Joint European Master's in Interdisciplinary Mathematics aims at being a forerunner in this sense. We are an academic programme that provides both advanced modern mathematics and a strong focus on real-world applications. The programme takes advantage of the very diverse skills and competencies shared by the InterMaths Network partners. Such diversity defines the programme’s aims and objectives in that it provides complementary skills combining mathematics and other applied disciplines. To perform this task, the Joint European Master's in Interdisciplinary Mathematics programme is structured into two years spent at two different universities (at which the student is enrolled at the same time) in at least two different countries. Our set of curricula covers a broad range of topics, mostly depending on the partners that are involved. After receiving an adequate and modern methodological preparation for the study and development of mathematical models in the first part of the programme, candidates will then have the opportunity to choose their second-year destination depending on the specialisation offered by the institutions involved. Each graduate will possess the proper mindset of an applied mathematician; this will be combined with the capability to dialogue with experts from other sectors. Depending on the study path followed, students will be ready to undertake a PhD in Applied Mathematics as well as start a career in business, industry, and government.