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Applied category theory featured in Quanta Magazine

19 March, 2026Outreach Staff success Sustainability

John Baez, Maxwell Fellow in Public Engagement, and Tom Leinster, Professor of Category Theory,…

£20 million investment in Quantum Software Lab

17 March, 2026Energy Staff success

This UK Government funding will accelerate the development of quantum software.

Researchers tackling extreme weather risk meet with industry leaders

10 March, 2026AI Statistics Sustainability

Last week, the School hosted an academic-industry event, 'Modelling the Unprecedented:…

Potential new MSc in Statistics with Artificial Intelligence

17 February, 2026AI Statistics

We would like to hear your views on a potential new postgraduate opportunity in Statistics with…

Health Data Hackathon with Public Health Scotland

05 February, 2026Health Industry and Impact

Yesterday we hosted a one-day Health Data Hackathon in collaboration with Public Health Scotland,…

Four SoM professors elected Fellows of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences

29 January, 2026Staff success

Professors Miguel Anjos, Chris Dent, Minhyong Kim and Ruth King are amongst the inaugural cohort of…

EPSRC IAA Seed Funding success with ENODA

07 January, 2026Energy Industry and Impact Data and Decisions Statistics Sustainability

A new academic-industry project with Professor Miguel Anjos, Dr Zeynep Suvak, Dr Burak Buke, and…

School secures £2.4 million from XTX Markets to boost pure mathematics research

04 December, 2025Alumni Structure and Symmetry

The School of Mathematics has received a major philanthropic gift of £2.4 million from XTX Markets…

University of Edinburgh Ranked 4th Globally for Sustainability

24 November, 2025Sustainability

The University of Edinburgh has been ranked 4th in the world, 3rd in Europe and 2nd in the UK in…

MAC-MIGS PhD Students Win First Place at International Cryptocurrency Forecasting Competition

19 November, 2025AI PhD

PhD students in the MAC-MIGS Centre for Doctoral Training, secured First Place at the ACM ICAIF…