Mathematics and Applications
Cycle
Segundo ciclo
Degree
Mestre
Paths
Coordinator
Maria Isabel Azevedo Rodrigues Gomes
Opening date
September
Fees
1063,47 Euros/year or 7000,00 Euros/year (for foreign students).
Schedule
Daytime (Actuarial Science, Statistics and Operations Research and Pure Mathematics Profiles), after working-hours schedule (Financial Mathematics).
Education objectives
MSc in Mathematics and Applications aims to provide a solid scientific background, allowing the creation of excellent professionals, capable of
- approaching the frontiers of scientific research in Applied Mathematics, with a high level of interdisciplinarity;
- apply the latest mathematical techniques to solve practical problems, from companies or scientific laboratories.
on issues related to the following areas of specialization in Applied Mathematics: Actuarial, Statistics and Operational Research; Algebra, Logic and Computation, Numerical Analysis and Differential Equations.
Actuarial, Statistics and Operational Research. This area is a very old reference in the Department of Mathematics, FCT / UNL and has been, over the years, much sought, not only for its scientific interest, but also by the request of the labor market.
Careers
- Insurance Companies,
- Banks
- Companies
- Scientific laboratories
- Investigation
Access conditions
Admission:
1. Holders of a degree of a cycle or a legal equivalent in the areas of Exact Sciences and Technology, with minimal preparation based on Probability, Statistics, Operational Research, Numerical Analysis and Computer Science, or with minimal preparation basic algebra and computer or with minimal preparation Basic Algebra, Mathematical Analysis, Numerical Analysis and Computing, depending on the area of specialization;
2. Holders of a foreign academic degree conferred following a 1st. cycle of studies organized in those areas, according to the principles of the Bologna Process by a State that has adhered to this Process;
3. Holders of a foreign degree, in those areas that is recognized as meeting the objectives of a degree by the Scientific Council of Faculty of Science and Technology;
4. Holders of an academic, scientific or professional, who is recognized as attesting the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies by the Scientific Council of Faculty of Science and Technology.
Criteria for ranking of candidates:
1. Classification of course;
2. Academic and scientific curriculum;
3. Professional curriculum;
4. Possible interview.
Degree pre-requisites
Duration: 2 years
Credits: 120 ECTS
Mandatory scientifc areas:
Actuarial Science, Statictics and Operations Research (AEIO)
| Scientific Area | Acronym | ECTS | |
| Mandatory | Optional | ||
| Mathematics | M | 99 | 6 |
| Informatics | I | - | 6 |
| Transferable Skills | CC | 3 | - |
| Any Scientific Area | QAC | - | 6 a) |
| TOTAL | 102 | 18 | |
a) 6 ECTS in courses chosen by the student on a list approved annually by the Scientific Council of FCT / UNL, which includes the unity of all scientific areas of FCT / UNL
Pure Mathematics (MP)
| Área científica | Sigla | Créditos (ECTS) | |
| Obrigatórios | Optativos | ||
| Mathematics | M | 81 | 30 |
| Transferable Skills | CC | 3 | - |
| Any Scientific Area | QAC | - | 6 a) |
| TOTAL | 84 | 36 | |
a) 6 ECTS in courses chosen by the student on a list approved annually by the Scientific Council of FCT / UNL, which includes the unity of all scientific areas of FCT / UNL
Financial Mathematics (MF)
| Scientific Area | Acronym | ECTS | |
| Mandatory | Optional | ||
| Mathematics | M | 93 | - |
| Informatics | I | 9 | - |
| Economics | E | 9 | - |
| Transferable Skills | CC | 3 | - |
| Any Scientific Area | QAC | - | 6 a) |
| TOTAL | 114 | 6 | |
a) 6 ECTS in courses chosen by the student on a list approved annually by the Scientific Council of FCT / UNL, which includes the unity of all scientific areas of FCT/UNL
Access to other courses
Access to a 3rd cycle
Evaluation rules
The following modes of evaluation are used with regard to academic qualifications:
- Evaluation based solely on an examination or completion of a final project.
- Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester excluding examination or final project. In these courses students can expect to carry out, for example, laboratory activities, mini-tests, tests, individual or group projects, seminar-related activities, any combination of which will be used to determine the final grade.
- Evaluation based obligatorily on an examination or a final project. In these courses there extists a form of evaluation similar to one of the aformentioned activities in paragraph 2 as well as a form of evaluation based on a final exam.
- Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester with the possibility of foregoing an examination or a final project.
The final Dissertation (or Project) involves a public discussion with a Jury.