Mathematics

Study programme

Dutch-taught Master of Mathematics: Fundamental Mathematics

Study programme

Dutch-taught Master of Mathematics: Fundamental Mathematics

2024-2025

Model Path over 2 years

Core courses

The student chooses 6 courses of the lists: 'core courses UA' and/or 'core courses VUB'

Core courses UA

Field Arithmetic
Course code:
2000WETTFA
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Integrable Hamiltonian Systems
Course code:
2600WETIHS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Algebraic Geometry
Course code:
2600WETAGE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Homological Algebra
Course code:
2600WETHOM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Global analysis and geometry
Course code:
2600WETGAM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Core courses VUB

Associative Algebra
Course code:
9600VUBASA
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Leandro Vendramin
Permutation Groups and Incident Geometry
Course code:
9001VUBPIM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • P. Cara
Functional Analysis
Course code:
9600VUBFAE
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Kenny De Commer
Foundations of Mathematics
Course code:
9001VUBGWI
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Specialisation courses

The student chooses 54 ECTS-credits from the list below.

Algebra

Algebraic Function Fields
Course code:
2000WETANT
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Antwerp Summer University ALGAR: Algebra and Arithmetic
Course code:
9001WETALG
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
25
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Faculty decision based on student file
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Possibility of resit:
No
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Quadratic Forms
Course code:
2000WETQUF
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Algebra, Geometry and Number Theory Seminar
Course code:
2000WETALS
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Category Theory
Course code:
9001VUBCAT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Ana Agore
Hopf Algebras and Quantumgroups
Course code:
9001VUBHAQ
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • S. Caenepeel
  • Joost Vercruysse
Knot Theory
Course code:
9001VUBKNT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Michel Van den Bergh
Non-commutative algebra
Course code:
9600VUBNCA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Leandro Vendramin
Representation theory of algebras
Course code:
9601VUBRTA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Leandro Vendramin
Topics in number theory
Course code:
9001VUBGCR
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Michel Van den Bergh
  • - NNB
Central Simple Algebras and Involutions
Course code:
2000WETALI
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Analysis and differential geometry

Analysis in Dynamics
Course code:
2600WETAND
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Clifford Algebras and Conformal Function Theory
Course code:
2600WETCAF
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Banach and C*-algebras
Course code:
9001VUBBCA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Kenny De Commer
Symplectic Geometry
Course code:
9600ULBGES
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
French
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Simone Gutt
Introduction to Integrable PDEs: the Korteweg-de Vries equation
Course code:
2600WETPDE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Analysis & Geometry Seminar I
Course code:
2001WETSMA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Analysis & Geometry Seminar II
Course code:
2600WETSMA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Selected topics in Analysis: Characteristic Classes
Course code:
2600WETSTA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Faculty decision based on student file
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Geometry

Course code:
2600WETALG
Semester:
1E SEM
Sequentiality:
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Stochastics

Causal machine learning
Course code:
2600WETROS
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Applied Mathematics

Finite Difference Methods and Financial Mathematics
Course code:
2001WETEDM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Mathematical Foundations of Reinforcement Learning
Course code:
2500WETMRL
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Computer Science
Lecturer(s):
Numerical Optimisation
Course code:
2600WETNOP
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Statistical Data Science
Course code:
2600WETSDS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Convex Analysis and Optimization
Course code:
2600WETCOO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Topology

Categoric Topology
Course code:
9001VUBCTO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Advanced Topology
Course code:
2001WETGTO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Seminar Analysis and Topology
Course code:
9001VUBSAT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Mark Sioen

Other

Academic Literacies for Scientists
Course code:
2000WETSEN
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
28
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Linguistics and Proficiency
Lecturer(s):
History of Science and Society
Course code:
2000WETHSS
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
History
Lecturer(s):
Mathematical Logic
Course code:
2001WETMAL
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Internship
Course code:
2600WETINT
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
180
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Master thesis

Master thesis Fundamental Mathematics incl. Internship
Course code:
2601WETMAP
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
30 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
840
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

2023-2024

Model Path over 2 years

Core courses

The student chooses 6 courses of the lists: 'core courses UA' and/or 'core courses VUB'

Core courses UA

Field Arithmetic
Course code:
2000WETTFA
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Integrable Hamiltonian Systems
Course code:
2600WETIHS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Algebraic Geometry
Course code:
2600WETAGE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Homological Algebra
Course code:
2600WETHOM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Core courses VUB

Associative Algebra
Course code:
9600VUBASA
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Leandro Vendramin
Advanced Calculation of Probability
Course code:
9001VUBGKR
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Uwe Einmahl
Functional Analysis
Course code:
9600VUBFAE
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Kenny De Commer
Foundations of Mathematics
Course code:
9001VUBGWI
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Specialisation courses

The student chooses 54 ECTS-credits from the list below.

Algebra

Algebraic Function Fields
Course code:
2000WETANT
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Antwerp Summer University ALGAR: Algebra and Arithmetic
Course code:
9001WETALG
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
25
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Faculty decision based on student file
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Possibility of resit:
No
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Quadratic Forms
Course code:
2000WETQUF
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Algebra Seminar
Course code:
2000WETALS
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • - NNB
Category Theory
Course code:
9001VUBCAT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Ana Agore
Hopf Algebras and Quantumgroups
Course code:
9001VUBHAQ
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • S. Caenepeel
  • Joost Vercruysse
Knot Theory
Course code:
9001VUBKNT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Michel Van den Bergh
Non-commutative algebra
Course code:
9600VUBNCA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Leandro Vendramin
Representation theory of algebras
Course code:
9601VUBRTA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Leandro Vendramin
Topics in number theory
Course code:
9001VUBGCR
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Michel Van den Bergh
  • - NNB
Central Simple Algebras and Involutions
Course code:
2000WETALI
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Analysis and differential geometry

Analysis in Dynamics
Course code:
2600WETAND
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Clifford Algebras and Conformal Function Theory
Course code:
2600WETCAF
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Banach and C*-algebras
Course code:
9001VUBBCA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Kenny De Commer
Symplectic Geometry
Course code:
9600ULBGES
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
French
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Simone Gutt
Introduction to Integrable PDEs: the Korteweg-de Vries equation
Course code:
2600WETPDE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Selected topics in differential geometry
Course code:
2600WETDGA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Analysis & Geometry Seminar I
Course code:
2001WETSMA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Analysis & Geometry Seminar II
Course code:
2600WETSMA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Selected topics in Analysis: Characteristic Classes
Course code:
2600WETSTA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Faculty decision based on student file
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Geometry

Seminar Algebraic Geometry
Course code:
2600WETSAM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • - NNB
Permutation Groups and Incident Geometry
Course code:
9001VUBPIM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • P. Cara

Stochastics

Lévy Processes and their Applications
Course code:
9001VUBLPA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Uwe Einmahl
Robust Statistics
Course code:
2600WETROS
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Applied Mathematics

Finite Difference Methods and Financial Mathematics
Course code:
2001WETEDM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Mathematical Foundations of Reinforcement Learning
Course code:
2500WETMRL
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Computer Science
Lecturer(s):
Numerical Optimisation
Course code:
2600WETNOP
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Statistical Data Science
Course code:
2600WETSDS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Convex Optimisation: theory and algorithms
Course code:
2600WETCOO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Topology

Categoric Topology
Course code:
9001VUBCTO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Advanced Topology
Course code:
2001WETGTO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Seminar Analysis and Topology
Course code:
9001VUBSAT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Mark Sioen

Other

Academic Literacies for Scientists
Course code:
2000WETSEN
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
28
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Linguistics and Proficiency
Lecturer(s):
History of Science and Society
Course code:
2000WETHSS
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
History
Lecturer(s):
Mathematical Logic
Course code:
2001WETMAL
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Master thesis

Master thesis Fundamental Mathematics incl. Internship
Course code:
2601WETMAP
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
30 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
840
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

2022-2023

Model Path over 2 years

Core courses

The student chooses 6 courses of the lists: 'core courses UA' and/or 'core courses VUB'

Core courses UA

Field Arithmetic
Course code:
2000WETTFA
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Integrable Hamiltonian systems
Course code:
2600WETIHS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Algebraic topology
Course code:
2000WETATO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Jens Hemelaer
Homological Algebra
Course code:
2600WETHOM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Core courses VUB

Associative algebra
Course code:
9600VUBASA
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Leandro Vendramin
Advanced calculation of probability
Course code:
9001VUBGKR
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Uwe Einmahl
Functional analysis
Course code:
9600VUBFAE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Kenny De Commer
Foundations of mathematics
Course code:
9001VUBGWI
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Specialisation courses

The student chooses 54 ECTS-credits from the list below.

Algebra

Algebraic function fields
Course code:
2000WETANT
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Antwerp Summer University ALGAR: Algebra and Arithmetic
Course code:
9001WETALG
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
25
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Faculty decision based on student file
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Possibility of resit:
No
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Quadratic forms
Course code:
2000WETQUF
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Algebra Seminar
Course code:
2000WETALS
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Jens Hemelaer
Category theory
Course code:
9001VUBCAT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Ana Agore
Hopf algebras and quantumgroups
Course code:
9001VUBHAQ
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • S. Caenepeel
  • Joost Vercruysse
Knot theory
Course code:
9001VUBKNT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Michel Van den Bergh
Non-commutative algebra
Course code:
9600VUBNCA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Leandro Vendramin
Representation theory of algebras
Course code:
9601VUBRTA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Leandro Vendramin
Seminar Homological Algebra
Course code:
2600WETSHA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Topics in number theory
Course code:
9001VUBGCR
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Michel Van den Bergh
  • - NNB
Central Simple Algebras and involutions
Course code:
2000WETALI
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Applied Mathematics

Finite difference methods and financial mathematics
Course code:
2001WETEDM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Mathematical Foundations of Reinforcement Learning
Course code:
2500WETMRL
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Computer Science
Lecturer(s):
Numerical Optimisation
Course code:
2600WETNOP
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Statistical Data Science
Course code:
2600WETSDS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Convex Optimisation: theory and algorithms
Course code:
2600WETCOO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Analysis and differential geometry

Analysis in Dynamics
Course code:
2600WETAND
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Clifford algebras and conformal function theory
Course code:
2600WETCAF
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Banach and C*-algebras
Course code:
9001VUBBCA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Kenny De Commer
Symplectic geometry
Course code:
9600ULBGES
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
French
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Simone Gutt
Introduction to Integrable PDEs: the Korteweg-de Vries equation
Course code:
2600WETPDE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Selected topics in differential geometry
Course code:
2600WETDGA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Analysis & Geometry Seminar I
Course code:
2001WETSMA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Analysis & Geometry Seminar II
Course code:
2600WETSMA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Topology

Selected topics in topology
Course code:
2001WETCTO
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Categoric topology
Course code:
9001VUBCTO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Advanced topology
Course code:
2001WETGTO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Seminar Analysis and Topology
Course code:
9001VUBSAT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Mark Sioen

Geometry

Algebraic Geometry
Course code:
9600VUBALM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • - NNB
Seminar Algebraic Geometry
Course code:
2600WETSAM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Jens Hemelaer
Permutation groups and incident geometry
Course code:
9001VUBPIM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • P. Cara
Simple groups
Course code:
2600WETSIG
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Stochastics

Lévy processes and their applications
Course code:
9001VUBLPA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Uwe Einmahl
Robust Statistics
Course code:
2600WETROS
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Other

Academic Literacies for Scientists
Course code:
2000WETSEN
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
28
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Linguistics and Proficiency
Lecturer(s):
History of science and society
Course code:
2000WETHSS
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
History
Lecturer(s):
Mathematical logic
Course code:
2001WETMAL
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Master thesis

Master thesis Fundamental Mathematics incl. Internship
Course code:
2601WETMAP
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
30 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
840
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

2021-2022

Model Path over 2 years

Core courses

The student chooses 6 courses of the lists: 'core courses UA' and/or 'core courses VUB'

Core courses UA

Field Arithmetic
Course code:
2000WETTFA
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Integrable Hamiltonian systems
Course code:
2600WETIHS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Algebraic topology
Course code:
2000WETATO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Jens Hemelaer
Homological Algebra
Course code:
2600WETHOM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Core courses VUB

Associative algebra
Course code:
9600VUBASA
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Leandro Vendramin
Advanced calculation of probability
Course code:
9001VUBGKR
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Uwe Einmahl
Functional analysis
Course code:
9600VUBFAE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Kenny De Commer
Foundations of mathematics
Course code:
9001VUBGWI
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Specialisation courses

The student chooses 54 ECTS-credits from the list below.

Algebra

Algebraic function fields
Course code:
2000WETANT
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Antwerp Summer University ALGAR: Algebra and Arithmetic
Course code:
9001WETALG
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
25
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Faculty decision based on student file
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Possibility of resit:
No
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Quadratic forms
Course code:
2000WETQUF
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Algebra Seminar
Course code:
2000WETALS
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Category theory
Course code:
9001VUBCAT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Ana Agore
Hopf algebras and quantumgroups
Course code:
9001VUBHAQ
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • S. Caenepeel
  • Joost Vercruysse
Knot theory
Course code:
9001VUBKNT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Michel Van den Bergh
Non-commutative algebra
Course code:
9600VUBNCA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Leandro Vendramin
Representation theory of algebras
Course code:
9601VUBRTA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Leandro Vendramin
Seminar Homological Algebra
Course code:
2600WETSHA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Topics in number theory
Course code:
9001VUBGCR
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Michel Van den Bergh
  • - NNB
Central Simple Algebras and involutions
Course code:
2000WETALI
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Applied Mathematics

Finite difference methods and financial mathematics
Course code:
2001WETEDM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Mathematical Foundations of Reinforcement Learning
Course code:
2500WETMRL
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Computer Science
Lecturer(s):
Numerical Optimisation
Course code:
2600WETNOP
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Course code:
2600WETSDS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Convex Optimisation: theory and algorithms
Course code:
2600WETCOO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Analysis and differential geometry

Analysis in Dynamics
Course code:
2600WETAND
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Clifford algebras and conformal function theory
Course code:
2600WETCAF
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Banach and C*-algebras
Course code:
9001VUBBCA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Kenny De Commer
Symplectic geometry
Course code:
9600ULBGES
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
French
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Simone Gutt
Introduction to Integrable PDEs: the Korteweg-de Vries equation
Course code:
2600WETPDE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Selected topics in differential geometry
Course code:
2600WETDGA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Analysis & Geometry Seminar I
Course code:
2001WETSMA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Analysis & Geometry Seminar II
Course code:
2600WETSMA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Topology

Selected topics in topology
Course code:
2001WETCTO
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Categoric topology
Course code:
9001VUBCTO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Advanced topology
Course code:
2001WETGTO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Seminar Analysis and Topology
Course code:
9001VUBSAT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Mark Sioen

Geometry

Algebraic Geometry
Course code:
9600VUBALM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • - NNB
Seminar Algebraic Geometry
Course code:
2600WETSAM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Advanced Algebraic Topology
Course code:
2000WETAAT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • - NNB
  • Boris Shoykhet
Non-commutative geometry
Course code:
2001WETNGQ
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • - NNB
Permutation groups and incident geometry
Course code:
9001VUBPIM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • P. Cara
Simple groups
Course code:
2600WETSIG
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Stochastics

Lévy processes and their applications
Course code:
9001VUBLPA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Uwe Einmahl
Robust Statistics
Course code:
2600WETROS
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Other

Academic Literacies for Scientists
Course code:
2000WETSEN
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
28
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Linguistics and Proficiency
Lecturer(s):
History of science and society
Course code:
2000WETHSS
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
History
Lecturer(s):
Mathematical logic
Course code:
2001WETMAL
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Master thesis

Master thesis Fundamental Mathematics incl. Internship
Course code:
2601WETMAP
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
30 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
840
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

2020-2021

Model Path over 2 years

Core courses

The student chooses 6 courses of the lists: 'core courses UA' and/or 'core courses VUB'

Core courses UA

Field Arithmetic
Course code:
2000WETTFA
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Integrable Hamiltonian systems
Course code:
2600WETIHS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Algebraic topology
Course code:
2000WETATO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Boris Shoykhet
Homological Algebra
Course code:
2600WETHOM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Core courses VUB

Associative algebra
Course code:
9001VUBASA
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Advanced calculation of probability
Course code:
9001VUBGKR
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Uwe Einmahl
Functional analysis
Course code:
9600VUBFAE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Kenny De Commer
Foundations of mathematics
Course code:
9001VUBGWI
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Specialisation courses

The student chooses 54 ECTS-credits from the list below.

Algebra

Algebraic function fields
Course code:
2000WETANT
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Antwerp Summer University ALGAR: Algebra and Arithmetic
Course code:
9001WETALG
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
25
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Faculty decision based on student file
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Possibility of resit:
No
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Quadratic forms
Course code:
2000WETQUF
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Algebra Seminar
Course code:
2000WETALS
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Central Simple Algebras and involutions
Course code:
2000WETALI
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Category theory
Course code:
9001VUBCAT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Ana Agore
Hopf algebras and quantumgroups
Course code:
9001VUBHAQ
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • S. Caenepeel
  • Joost Vercruysse
Knot theory
Course code:
9001VUBKNT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Michel Van den Bergh
Non-commutative algebra
Course code:
9001VUBNCA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • E. Jespers
Representation theory of algebras
Course code:
9600VUBRTA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • E. Jespers
Seminar Homological Algebra
Course code:
2600WETSHA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Topics in number theory
Course code:
9001VUBGCR
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Michel Van den Bergh
  • - NNB

Analysis, Differential Geometry and Applied Mathematics

Analysis in Dynamics
Course code:
2600WETAND
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Banach and C*-algebras
Course code:
9001VUBBCA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Kenny De Commer
Clifford algebras and conformal function theory
Course code:
2600WETCAF
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Finite difference methods and financial mathematics
Course code:
2001WETEDM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Symplectic geometry
Course code:
9600ULBGES
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
French
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Simone Gutt
Geometry and Dynamics of Hamiltonian Lie group actions
Course code:
2600WETGDH
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Marine Fontaine
Advanced numerical methods
Course code:
2001WETGNM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Numerical Optimisation
Course code:
2000WETNOP
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Analysis & Geometry Seminar I
Course code:
2001WETSMA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Analysis & Geometry Seminar II
Course code:
2600WETSMA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Selected topics in differential geometry and analysis
Course code:
2600WETDGA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Topology

Selected topics in topology
Course code:
2001WETCTO
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Categoric topology
Course code:
9001VUBCTO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Advanced topology
Course code:
2001WETGTO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Seminar Analysis and Topology
Course code:
9001VUBSAT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Mark Sioen

Geometry

Advanced Algebraic Topology
Course code:
2000WETAAT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Boris Shoykhet
Algebraic Geometry
Course code:
2001WETAAG
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Non-commutative geometry
Course code:
2001WETNGQ
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Boris Shoykhet
Permutation groups and incident geometry
Course code:
9001VUBPIM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • P. Cara
Seminar Algebraic Geometry
Course code:
2600WETSAM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Simple groups
Course code:
2600WETSIG
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Stochastics

Lévy processes and their applications
Course code:
9001VUBLPA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Uwe Einmahl
Robust Statistics
Course code:
2600WETROS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Other

Academic Literacies for Scientists
Course code:
2000WETSEN
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
28
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Linguistics and Proficiency
Lecturer(s):
History of science and society
Course code:
2000WETHSS
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
History
Lecturer(s):
Mathematical logic
Course code:
2001WETMAL
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Master thesis

Master thesis Fundamental Mathematics incl. Internship
Course code:
2601WETMAP
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
30 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
840
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • - NNB

2019-2020

Model Path over 2 years

Core courses

The student chooses 6 courses of the lists: 'core courses UA' and/or 'core courses VUB'

Core courses UA

Algebraic topology
Course code:
2000WETATO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Boris Shoykhet
Field Arithmetic
Course code:
2000WETTFA
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Homological methods
Course code:
2600WETHOM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Integrable Hamiltonian systems
Course code:
2600WETIHS
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Core courses VUB

Associative algebra
Course code:
9001VUBASA
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Functional analysis
Course code:
9600VUBFAE
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Kenny De Commer
Advanced calculation of probability
Course code:
9001VUBGKR
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Uwe Einmahl
Foundations of mathematics
Course code:
9001VUBGWI
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Specialisation courses

The student chooses 54 ECTS-credits from the list below.

Algebra

Algebraic function fields
Course code:
2000WETANT
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Algebra Seminar
Course code:
2000WETALS
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Algebras with involution
Course code:
2000WETALI
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Antwerp Summer University ALGAR: Algebra and Arithmetic
Course code:
9001WETALG
Contact hours:
25
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Faculty decision based on student file
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
continuous assessment
Possibility of resit:
No
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Category theory
Course code:
9001VUBCAT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Ana Agore
Hopf algebras and quantumgroups
Course code:
9001VUBHAQ
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • S. Caenepeel
  • Joost Vercruysse
Knot theory
Course code:
9001VUBKNT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Michel Van den Bergh
Non-commutative algebra
Course code:
9001VUBNCA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • E. Jespers
Quadratic forms
Course code:
2000WETQUF
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Representation theory of algebras
Course code:
9600VUBRTA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • E. Jespers
Seminar Homological Algebra
Course code:
2600WETSHA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Topics in number theory
Course code:
9001VUBGCR
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Michel Van den Bergh
  • - NNB

Analysis, Differential Geometry and Applied Mathematics

Analysis in Dynamics
Course code:
2600WETAND
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Joseph Palmer
Banach and C*-algebra
Course code:
9001VUBBCA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Kenny De Commer
Clifford algebras and conformal function theory
Course code:
2600WETCAF
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Finite difference methods and financial mathematics
Course code:
2001WETEDM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Symplectic geometry
Course code:
9600ULBGES
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
36
ECTS-credits:
5 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
140
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
French
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Simone Gutt
Geometry and Dynamics of Hamiltonian Lie group actions
Course code:
2600WETGDH
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Marine Fontaine
Advanced numerical methods
Course code:
2001WETGNM
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Numerical Optimisation
Course code:
2000WETNOP
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Analysis & Geometry Seminar I
Course code:
2001WETSMA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an odd year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Analysis & Geometry Seminar II
Course code:
2600WETSMA
Semester:
1E/2E SEM
Contact hours:
30
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Selected topics in differential geometry and analysis
Course code:
2600WETDGA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Topology

Selected topics in topology
Course code:
2001WETCTO
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Categoric topology
Course code:
9001VUBCTO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Advanced topology
Course code:
2001WETGTO
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Seminar Analysis and Topology
Course code:
9001VUBSAT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Mark Sioen

Geometry

Advanced Algebraic Topology
Course code:
2000WETAAT
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Boris Shoykhet
Algebraic Geometry
Course code:
2001WETAAG
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Non-commutative geometry
Course code:
2001WETNGQ
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Bi-annual course:
Taught in academic years starting in an even year
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Boris Shoykhet
Permutation groups and incident geometry
Course code:
9001VUBPIM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • P. Cara
Seminar Algebraic Geometry
Course code:
2600WETSAM
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
Simple groups
Course code:
2600WETSIG
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Stochastics

General theory of empirical processes
Course code:
9001VUBTEP
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Uwe Einmahl
Lévy processes and their applications
Course code:
9001VUBLPA
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st and/or 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • Tetyana Kadankova

Other

Academic Literacies for Scientists
Course code:
2000WETSEN
Semester:
1E SEM
Contact hours:
28
ECTS-credits:
3 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
84
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 1st semester
Study domain:
Linguistics and Proficiency
Lecturer(s):
History of science and society
Course code:
2000WETHSS
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
No contract restriction
Language of instruction:
English
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
History
Lecturer(s):
Mathematical logic
Course code:
2001WETMAL
Semester:
2E SEM
Contact hours:
60
ECTS-credits:
6 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
168
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):

Master thesis

Master thesis Fundamental Mathematics incl. Internship
Course code:
2601WETMAP
Semester:
2E SEM
ECTS-credits:
30 ECTS-credits
Study load (hours):
840
Contract restrictions:
Exam contract not possible
Language of instruction:
Dutch
Exam Period:
exam in the 2nd semester
Study domain:
Mathematics
Lecturer(s):
  • - NNB