School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research

School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research

The School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research is home to mathematics, the world’s oldest continuously-studied academic discipline. All the subjects we teach have an important history and exciting future.


Our students engage with ideas at the frontiers of pure and applied mathematics, logic and stochastic processes, led by the School’s world-class academic staff.


We collaborate widely, partnering with researchers in many disciplines including ecology, geophysics, linguistics, music and psychology.


More>>

Coming Events

There are currently no scheduled seminars

More events»

Latest News

11 May 2012 - 11:31Fulbright Travel Award
Congratulations to Dr Peter Nelson who will be a post doctoral fellow in the School (under the supervision of Professor Geoff Whittle) who has been awarded a Fulbright Travel Award for a visit to the USA ... More »

More news»

VUW student wins Sacks Prize


Adam Day The Sacks Prize for the best PhD thesis in logic worldwide in 2011 has been won by Dr Adam Day. More »

New MSOR Books

Two new books have been published recently, authored by members of the school, Prof Robert Goldblatt and Prof Rod Downey. More »