• Level: LM-40 Master course
  • Language: English
  • Admission: Access subject to the verification of the admission requirements
  • Location: Department of Mathematics, via Sommarive 14, 38123 TRENTO (TN).

Curricula

The course is organized into four curricula.

The curriculum Advanced Mathematics is generally indicated for who wants to continue the studies at the Doctorate level, and allows to widen and to deepen the learning in a large spectrum of branches of Mathematics. It proposes 3 tracks

  • General Advanced Mathematics
  • Advanced Algebra and Geometry
  • Calculus of Variations, Partial Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems.

The curriculum Cryptography introduces the theoretical and practical aspects of modern cryptography and Error Correction Codes. It shows, among other things, how important methods adopted in mobile phones, smart cards, browsers or decoders are constructed starting from very refined algebraic and geometric theoretical instruments. It proposes 2 tracks:

  • stage-oriented
  • research-oriented.

The curriculum Mathematics and Statistics for Life and Social Sciences proposes 4 tracks:

  • Mathematics for Data Science is especially aimed at students who wish to work in Data Analysis departments.
  • Modelling, Statistics and Analysis of Biosystems studies the models used to investigate various complex biological systems. Among others, models of epidemic spread are studied.
  • Modelling and Simulation for Biomedical Applications yields competences in mathematics, numerical computation, physics, physiology, applicable to a range of disciplines in medicine, the pharmaceutical industry, sanitary services
  • Modelling, Statistics and Analysis in Mathematical Finance aims at preparing students with a modern education in probabilistic, statistical and computational methods.

The curriculum on Teaching and Scientific Communication prepares, on one side, for school teaching and on the other to work in the field of the Scientific dissemination; a field more and more important because of the existence of scientific museums and shows.

Learning outcomes

The Master Degree in Mathematics aims to form scientists and professionals that master a deep knowledge of the theoretical principles that they are the base of mathematical sciences, as well as specific competences relative to other fields.
Among the common learning objectives to all the specializations there is:

  • the ability to work with large autonomy, also assuming responsibility for plans and structures of great dimensions
  • the widening of the surveying scientific method, the inductive method of logical-deductive reasoning, and methods tied to experimentation
  • the knowledge of the foundations of pure mathematics, and the knowledge of at least an other discipline and the knowledge of relevant mathematical applications to it.

Job opportunities

Graduates from the Master’s degree course in Mathematics are able to carry out professional activities of high responsibility involving, among others:

  • research tasks, both scientific and applied, also in the formulation and computational development of mathematical models;
  • executive tasks, in areas which require a scientific background and a disposition toward modelling, formalizing and solving complex problems.

Through the proposed curricula, the Master’s degree course in Mathematics trains students to a professional activity in the areas of cryptography and coding theory, mathematical finance, statistics and data science, mathematical modelling in biology and medicine, scientific communication. Their activity can be carried out in areas such as:

  • banks and insurance companies
  • finance firms
  • IT consulting companies
  • biomedical and pharmaceutical companies
  • data analysis companies
  • scientific publishing and communication.

Due to their habit of autonomously and quickly learning new topics, the graduates from the Master’s degree in Mathematics are able to easily adapt to applications other than those learned during their studies (for instance, logistics and transport, or environment and meteorology), as well as to the variety of new activities and professions that are offered by an extremely dynamic labor market.

The Master’s degree in Mathematics is also essential in the training path for teaching mathematics in the first and second grade secondary school. Access to teaching is regulated by the current legislation.

Eventually, the Master’s degree in Mathematics can lead to research activity in universities, in public or private research centres, or in the research and development departments of private companies. This is typically achieved after a PhD in Mathematics or in some other scientific area.

The course trains for the following professions (as from the ISTAT classification of the professions):

  • 2.1.1.3.1 - Mathematicians
  • 2.1.1.3.2 - Statisticians and data analysts
  • 2.6 - Training and research specialists

Further studies

The Master Degree in Mathematics allows to approach the Doctorate in Mathematics, in Italy, in Europe and in the United States, and also the Doctorate in other sciences, where the Mathematics plays an important role, for example Physics, Computer Science and Telecommunications Engineering.

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19 June 2023