The core offering of the BMS Phase I Program consists of Basic Courses, which are offered at least once a year. The Basic Courses include a two-semester or three-semester sequence in each of the eight Research Training Areas, plus one Additional Course in another field. These courses, whose content is fixed, are state-of-the-art introductions to knowledge and research in the respective areas, stressing interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary connections and applications, modern trends and current questions. Their aim is to provide solid foundations in the field, geared towards ambitious students headed into mathematical research.
The topics of the Basic Courses cover a broad range of both pure and applied mathematics, but they also reflect the particular strengths and interests of mathematics in Berlin.
Each BMS Basic Course meets for four hours per week for lectures plus an additional two hours per week for a tutorial session devoted to problem solving. Students are required to pass a final exam (oral or written) at the end of each semester course; the exam is designed to demonstrate the student's mastery of the contents of the course at a level that is appropriate for active research.
Each BMS Basic Course has well-defined contents, as listed in each of the Research Training Areas, specifying the knowledge and skills that any student pursuing advanced work in the corresponding area should have.
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Dragana from Serbia
Dragana Radojičić, BMS Alumna, MSc TU Berlin, Qualifying Exam BMS, BSc University of Belgrade

Alexander from the United Kingdom
Alexander Fairley, BMS Phase II student,Qualifying Exam BMS, BSc University of Glasgow

Efstathia from Greece
Efstathia Katsigianni, BMS Phase II Student, MSc HU Berlin, Qualifying Exam BMS, BSc University of Patras

Christoph from Germany
Christoph Gorgulla, BMS Alumnus, PhD completed in May 2018, MSc Freie Universität Berlin, BSc Freie Universität Berlin

Ignacio from Chile
Ignacio Barros, BMS Alumnus, PhD completed in June 2018, Qualifying Exam BMS, MSc Freie Universität Berlin, BSc Pontific...

Todor from Bulgaria
Todor Bilarev, BMS Phase II Student, Qualifying Exam BMS, MSc Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, BSc Jacobs University Brem...

Tanya from India
Tanya Kaushal Srivastava, Phase II student, MSc Indian Institute of Science and Education and research (IISER) Mohali, P...

Josué from Spain
Josué Tonelli Cueto, BMS Phase II Student, Qualifying Exam BMS, MSc Technische Universität Berlin, BSc University of the...

Hector from Mexico
Hector Andrade Loarca, BMS Phase I student, BSc National Autonomous University of Mexico
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