The Institute of Fundamental Sciences (IFS) runs
five Majors in the Bachelor of Science programme:
Nanoscience, Physics, Statistics, Mathematics and
Chemistry. The flexibility of our Majors does facilitate
studying for Double Majors, for example Mathematics
and Physics or Chemistry and Nanoscience. All of the
Majors run through to Honours Level.
Our Doctoral programmes build on these five Majors,
with the PhD in Nanoscience being a distinctive feature
of Massey University. The Major Leaders are: Mark
Waterland—Nanoscience, Bill
Williams—Physics, Martin
Hazelton—Statistics, Bruce
van Brunt—Mathematics and
Simon Hall—Chemistry.
Scholarship and Research within the Institute is
promoted and managed through three groups:
Members of these groups teach
into all five Majors. Chemistry and Biophysics is
concerned with experimental science; Mathematics
and Mathematical Physics and Statistics and Bioinformatics
are theoretical groups. The Chemistry and Biophysics
group has a focus on nanoscience and weak interactions
(supramolecular chemistry, soft matter) in general.
Statistics and Bioinformatics is expanding its activities
in biostatistics. Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
has traditionally been strong in applied mathematics.
The core sciences underpin all scientific endeavour,
which is reflected in the Institute's major involvement
with the transition into University from school. On
the research side, the core sciences increasingly
play crucial roles at the forefront of many and varied
branches of science from climate change to drug design
to renewable energy, as the need grows globally for
quantum steps rather than incremental progress. Some
of our latest papers are shown to the right, and précis
of selected papers appear below.
The first precis will appear shortly. IFS Intra site (For members of IFS only)
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