London’s Global University

The IMSS shares UCL’s ambition to be London’s Global University. The departments’ students and staff already form an international community, with global activities in both research and teaching; and London itself is an international city offering opportunities to mathematical scientists at all levels, from interaction with Whitehall, Westminster and London's world-class hospitals through to community outreach. Our graduates are in demand, especially from financial industries based in London and other major cities across the world: we must continue to produce individuals with the required quantitative and problem-solving skills, who are able to work in teams and have excellent communication and computing skills.  

Mathematical science expertise is also highly valued by the government and its agencies. UCL Mathematics and Statistical Science currently maintain many links with these bodies including the Department of Transport, Environment Agency, Financial Conduct Authority, Food Standards Agency, GCHQ and others, with activities ranging from the tracking and characterisation of food-borne illnesses to the assessment of volcanic ash risk to aviation. 

London is home to other world-class, higher education institutions with excellent mathematical science groups and we aim to further our already effective and productive links with them. The IMSS will also capitalise on London’s unrivalled transport links to Europe and beyond, to make it the destination of choice for visiting mathematical scientists to the UK.

We are in London, an integral part of the city physically, architecturally, culturally, economically.  

We are of London, reflecting its strengths and challenges, with London core to our identity and outlook, and – with staff and students from over 150 countries – global in reach.  

London’s Global University: review of progress