PROMYS Europe

PROMYS Europe is a programme designed to encourage mathematically ambitious secondary school students to explore the creative world of mathematics. Competitively selected pre-university students from around Europe gather at Wadham College, Oxford for six weeks of rigorous mathematical activity.

PROMYS Europe is a partnership of PROMYS, Wadham College, the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford, and the Clay Mathematics Institute.

About PROMYS Europe

The aim of PROMYS Europe is to provide an environment for talented young people that will arouse their curiosity and encourage a deep personal involvement with the creative and collaborative elements of mathematics and science

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PROMYS Europe 2022 Applications are OPEN

Dates: 10 July - 20 Aug 2022
Location: University of Oxford
We are delighted to offer a 6 week in-person programme for 2022. Applications are now open. Learn more about cost, financial aid and how to apply.

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PROMYS Europe Programme Structure

In mathematics, maybe more than in any other science, research is an activity of the mind. The primary goal of the mathematician is to understand – to discover essential ingredients of complex systems in order to render them simple...

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A 3 minute Glimpse of the Programme

Reflections from PROMYS Europe Students, Counsellors, Faculty, and more

Comments from PROMYS Europe Students & Counsellors

PROMYS is all about exploration and learning through experimentation, building the tools to ask and then tackle progressively more difficult and interesting questions. This makes the work deeply satisfying, because the results one discovers not only feel but truly are deep and meaningful mathematics.

PROMYS Europe Participant

PROMYS Europe went above and beyond my expectations. In some ways, I had no idea that the course would be based so much around simulating research for students and all the challenges that that brings but, now that I’ve done that once, I could never imagine a maths camp being any other way…

PROMYS Europe Student

Another great thing is that people are not in any sort of competition and they are extremely helpful. I was really lucky to have so many smart people to to learn from and to have the opportunity to share my knowledge with students that were so interested in the subject.

PROMYS Europe Counsellor

The group of counsellors is a supportive one and…. I believe that coming from different backgrounds and having different interests was great, because we got to learn a lot from each other.

PROMYS Europe Counsellor

The guest lectures were an amazing opportunity to learn more about what mathematicians do and it was great to be able to discuss with the lecturers afterwards. The lectures were easy to follow and I found out more about areas of Mathematics I didn’t really experience before.