Information for New Students

Welcome to Mathematical Sciences

Congratulations and welcome to your PG Degree and the Department of Mathematical Sciences! Your time in Durham will be both challenging and rewarding. We encourage you to make the most of it, engaging with the material and discussing with your fellow students and the many academic members of staff that you will come across. We hope you enjoy your time in Durham!

Before You Arrive

Before you arrive in Durham you will receive your CIS (Computing and Information Services) username and password. For Postgraduate Taught Degrees starting in October, please contact our Learning and Teaching team at maths.teaching@durham.ac.uk if you have not received these by the middle of September. For Postgraduate Research Degrees please contact maths.postgraduate@durham.ac.uk.

With these you will be able to access Sharepoint, our internal pages for registered students only, where you can find information for our PGT and PGR students, as well as about the Department more generally.

Once you have your CIS username and password you can enrol with the University. You can find detailed instructions explaining how to do this on the PGT Checklist for New Students and PGR Checklist for New Students pages.

Further questions?

We are all looking forward to meeting you in the Department of Mathematical Sciences in October. If you have any other questions, then please feel free to contact the Department:

Email: maths.teaching@durham.ac.uk or maths.postgraduate@durham.ac.uk.
Maths Office phone: 0191 334 3050

Once you arrive in Durham, you are also welcome to come and talk to us in person in the Maths Office, MCS 2093. We are located in the Mathematical and Computer Sciences building on the second floor. If you reach the second floor by the main stairs then go straight ahead and you'll see the sign for Mathematical Sciences Reception on your right.

Your first week in Durham – University Induction Planner

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