PhD Your Way:
Find out about PhD opportunities in a diverse maths community!
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What's the idea?
What's the idea?
PhD Your Way is an annual, online event aimed at people from underrepresented groups in mathematics who want to understand the "Whats, Whys and the Hows" of applying for a mathematics PhD. The event will start from the basics - so no prior knowledge required.
The event will feature informative talks alongside the opportunity to speak with current maths PhD students based at a variety of universities in the UK.
Information about how to apply for a maths PhD is often scattered across dozens of websites, or passed down through word of mouth. We want to break down that barrier for potential applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds and lived experiences.
October 2025 event:
October 2025 event:
Sponsored by the London Mathematical Society Inclusion and Diversity Fund
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A typical PyW event
A typical PyW event
PhD Your Way events span only one afternoon, and there'll be talks, panel discussions and the opportunity to talk with current maths PhD students.
Hosted completely virtually, we send out an information booklet about each of the attending universities in advance, so you can know before hand what to expect on the day.
In the morning of the event, we'll send you a meeting link, and all you have to do is join!
It can be a struggle to find clear information on PhDs, especially for people without current connections to academia. we provide a "blank slate" perspective on applying, starting from:
what exactly does a maths PhD student do?
what are the experiences of underrepresented groups?
how do PhD applications work?
what should you consider before applying?
This should help you make an informed decision on applying for mathematics PhDs in the UK. You'll also have the opportunity to talk in an informal context (like a job-fair) with maths PhD students from over all over the UK!
Over the years we've been happy to host:
University of Aberdeen
University of Bath
Brunel University London
University of Birmingham
University of Bristol
Cardiff University
Durham University
University of East Anglia (UEA)
University of Edinburgh
University of Essex
University of Glasgow
Heriot-Watt University
Imperial University
Keele University
University of Kent
King's College London (KCL)
Lancaster University
University of Leeds
University of Leicester
Loughborough University
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
The Open University
University of Oxford
University of Portsmouth
Queen Mary University of London
University of Southampton
University of Surrey
University of Strathclyde
Univesity College London
University of Warwick
University of West London
University of York
Get involved!
Get involved!
If you are a CDT or Company and would like to sponsor our event, please get in contact with us at phdyourway (at) gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you!
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