Mathematics

Pāngarau

  • Dr Rua Murray, Mathematics lecturer
    Dr Rua Murray, Associate Professor in Mathematics and Statistics, was recognised as one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s top tertiary teachers with an Ako Aotearoa national tertiary teaching excellence award in 2013. His research interests lie in pure and applied mathematics, with a focus on the behaviour of complex systems. He has taught thousands of students from foundation to graduate level.

Qualifications

Overview

Mathematics is at the forefront of breakthroughs in science, technology, and finance. It has been around for over 4,000 years and is still an innovative subject with new ideas, techniques, and theories constantly being created, tested, and explored.

Being a mathematician puts you one step ahead in preparing for the technological advances of the coming generation.

Contact us

Te Kura Pāngarau | School of Mathematics and Statistics

Phone +64 3 369 2233
Email MathStatsEnquiries@canterbury.ac.nz

Location
Level 4, Jack Erskine building – see campus maps

Postal address
Te Kaupeka Pūhanga | Faculty of Engineering
Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand

Browse related subjects to Mathematics

Choose an area that you are interested in and learn how UC's extensive range of study options can let you study what you want to.

Jenni Adams, Physics

Physics

Physics explores the behaviour between matter and energy — from subatomic particles to the scale of the universe.Technology and physics go hand-in-hand, and ...

Blurred photo of concourse in the Undercroft

Statistics

Statistics makes sense of data using mathematical modelling to explain what is observed and to predict what is yet unknown.There are many areas in which ...