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Subject information
Please see the Department of Computer Science, the Mathematical Institute and the University undergraduate admissions website for detailed information about the subject.
Course requirements
For information on what subject you need to study, please see the University undergraduate admissions website.
College requirements
None specific to Balliol
Admissions/Selection criteria
For information on how applicants are assessed, see the admissions criteria page of the Mathematical Institute.
You can also consult a list of subjects and their criteria.
Mathematics & Computer Science at Balliol
The Mathematical sciences form one of the largest subject groups at Balliol, and have been studied ever since the foundation of the College in 1263. Balliol was also one of the first three Oxford colleges to have a Tutorial Fellow in Computer Science, and undergraduate study in the subject is well supported here. All first year and second year core computing courses are taught in College, as are most other subjects in the first two years of the Joint School. The College library is richly stocked with study resources in Mathematics and Computing subjects. In addition to the Tutorial Fellows in Mathematics and Computation, the Fellowship includes Nick Trefethen, the Professor of Numerical Analysis, and William Dutton, the Professor of Internet Studies. The Oxford Internet Institute is also housed within Balliol.
There is a flourishing undergraduate mathematical society, which helps introduce new mathematics students to the College and also organizes an annual dinner with a guest mathematical speaker.
Tutors
Keith Hannabuss (Applied Mathematics) has research interests in quantum field theory.
Frances Kirwan (pure mathematics) has research interests in algebraic geometry.
Tom Melham, the Computation Tutor, specializes in the construction of logical and mathematical proofs using computer software, and in the use of mathematical logic for modelling and analysing complex computing systems.