Timetable
The timetable for confirmed 2026-27 modules is shown below. For details of room bookings for SMSTC lectures at your university, please contact your locate Postgraduate Coordinator. Deails of modules, including expected prior knowledge, can befound in our prospectus.
The Opening Symposium will be held in Perth on 29 - 30th September 2026 and will contain presentations on all Core modules and many of our Supplementary modules. Full details are available here
Semester 1
Monday 5th October - Thursday 10th December 2026
| Time slot | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
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09:00–11:00
Supplementary
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11:00–13:00
Supplementary
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Conformal Field Theory and Vertex Operator Algebras | Gravity & Holography |
Introduction to Algebraic K-Theory I
Mathematical Methods for Data Driven Modelling |
Hopf Algebras |
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13:00–15:00
Core
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Algebraic Geometry | Regression and Simulation Methods | Asymptotic and Analytical Methods | Differential Topology |
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15:30–17:30
Core
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Foundations of Probability | Dynamical Systems and Conservation Laws | Measure and Integration | Continuum Mechanics |
Semester 2
Monday 11th January - Thursday 18th March 2027
| Time slot | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
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09:00–11:00
Supplementary
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Class Field Theory | Quantum Gauge Theory (Focus: QFT for Mathematicians) | Integrable Systems | |
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11:00–13:00
Supplementary
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Calculus of Variations | Categories for Geometric Applications | Introduction to Algebraic K-Theory II | |
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13:00–15:00
Core
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Representation Theory | Modern Regression and Bayesian Methods | Numerical Methods | Algebraic Topology |
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15:30–17:30
Core
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Stochastic Processes | Elliptic and Parabolic PDEs | Functional Analysis | Mathematical Biology and Physiology |