Imperial Maths School Research Projects

What would the project involve?

We are looking for mentors either working in business or industry, or academic mentors at PhD level and above to work with a small group of students on a research project. We are looking for a broad range of topics for projects but each should involve some application or use of mathematics. This role will involve:

Setting an interesting project on a topic of your choice in your area of expertise for students to research.
Providing guidance, mathematical support and sources in online meetings and via email.
A 10-15 hour voluntary commitment between September 2025 and March 2026.

Students will produce a poster and report on their topic, and mentors will provide feedback on draft copies. Additionally, students will give a 10 minute presentation at Imperial at the end of the project, which their mentors as well as friends and family are welcome to attend. We are open to any topic with a mathematical aspect that can be studied at a level appropriate for high achieving early A level students.

Where can I see examples from previous years?

Some example topics from the last cohort of students include Period Doubling and Chaos in Nonlinear Maps, Investigating the Genus of Topological Manifolds, Galaxy Rotation Curves and Dark Matter, and Associativity of Floating-Point Arithmetic.

Mentors come from a variety of disciplines and levels of academia, with all selected individuals teaching or conducting research at Imperial.

Feel free to browse information about 2024's projects and mentors, and photos of the presentation day held at Imperial.

If you have any questions, or are interested in being involved in any other Imperial Maths School outreach activities, please contact the headteacher of the school David Lee (dlee@imperialmathsschool.ac.uk) copying in Savannah Hersov (Imperial Outreach Team - s.hersov@imperial.ac.uk).

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