Research
At the OMI we produce cutting-edge research in quantitative finance. We look for innovative ideas to provide new insights into how markets work, and to develop new tools for financial decision making; see Director’s vision and research overview.
*New vacancy: Faculty position in the Mathematical Institute and Oxford-Man Institute, University of Oxford
The Mathematical Institute and the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance are collectively seeking to appoint a newly-created, permanent, full-time Senior Research Fellow position from 1st October 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter. Whilst this appointment is formally employed with the Mathematical Institute, the expectation is that the postholder will divide their time 40/60 between the two respective departments.
This is a permanent position comparable in status with an Associate Professorship in US universities. Applicants should note the possibility for MPLS Division to confer the title of Associate Professor on appointment, should the successful candidate meet the University’s criteria. Please follow the link to apply:
https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_details_form.jobspec?p_id=161548
Scholarships for graduate studies
OMI aims at sponsoring students to do research in various fields of quantitative finance. The OMI offers a very limited number of scholarships for graduate study at various departments of the University of Oxford (e.g. Statistics, Information Engineering, Mathematics).
Self-funding
Self-funded students are welcome and encouraged to apply.
Application pathways
Applications must be submitted via the University application website. The OMI cannot accept direct applications, nor can the individual faculty members in the OMI.
The following three Centres for Doctoral Training offer four-year programmes (one taught and DPhil)
StatML at the Department of Statistics, Oxford.
Mathematics of Random Systems at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford and the Mathematical and Computational Finance Group.
Autonomous Intelligent Machines and Systems (AIMS), Departments of Engineering Science and Computer Science
DPhil (PhD)
Statistics, DPhil admissions
Mathematical Institute, DPhil admissions
Information Engineering, DPhil admissions
See also
The Grand Union: Excellence and Innovation in Social Science Research Training https://www.granduniondtp.ac.uk
Funding
Most faculty have a very limited budget for postgraduate student funding, but some departmental and university funding is available. The OMI itself also offers a small number of funded studentships each year (typically two). Please note that the award of any funding is not decided by individual faculty. Please also note that even if you have your own funding the procedure for application is the same. Acceptance and funding are separated and funding alone will not guarantee acceptance.
For more information email: enquiries@oxford-man.ox.ac.uk