The Scottish Mathematical Sciences Training Centre (SMSTC) was founded in 2007 as a collaborative venture of seven Scottish universities (see below).  It is one of the six EPSRC-funded "Taught Course Centres" (click here for more details).

The prime aim of SMSTC is to provide high-quality broad training in fundamental areas of mathematics and statistics for students beginning a PhD in any aspect of mathematical sciences.  The level is intended to be comparable to that of first-year PhD courses in North America or mainland Europe.

The International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (external link) (ICMS) provide administrative and website maintenance services for SMSTC.

Participating Universities

The EPSRC-funded consortium members are:

• Aberdeen (external link)
• Dundee (external link)
• Edinburgh (external link)
• Glasgow (external link)
• Heriot-Watt (two departments Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics (external link) and Mathematics) (external link)
• St Andrews
• Strathclyde (external link)

(and Stirling is an associate member)