Our PhD Bioinformatics research in the Department of Mathematical Sciences focuses on the analysis of large functional genomics datasets. It involves close collaborations between our students and academics with backgrounds in any of bioinformatics, biological sciences, computer science, mathematics, physics, and statistics.

Our staff are strongly committed to research and teaching. They are world leaders in their individual specialisms, with their papers appearing in learned journals such as Briefings in Bioinformatics, PLoS One, BMC Bioinformatics, and Briefings in Functional Genomics.

Our Department of Mathematical Sciences is genuinely innovative, and student focused. Our research groups are working on a broad range of collaborative areas tackling real-world issues.

Your future

Many of our former PhD students have gone on to work as academics in prominent institutions across the world, such as the University of Cambridge, University of Nottingham, and many other international universities. Some have also remained at the University of Essex, working as postdoctoral research fellows, research impact officers, or lecturers.

Other graduates have joined organisations like the Met Office, the Ministry of Defence, and companies based in the City of London. There is a high demand for those with a numerate background in all sectors of the economy, so our graduates are sought after in the UK and abroad.