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The School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences has built an outstanding reputation for excellence in both teaching and research, primarily through our exceptional faculty members. To meet the growing need for professionals with strong quantitative and analytical abilities, we offer diverse, adaptable degree programs that allow students to customize their educational paths. Our School engages in numerous research fields, with mathematics, physics, and statistics teams securing funding from industry partners, prestigious Australian Research Council Grants, and various government agencies. Our faculty collaborates with four of the University's Priority Research Centers and hosts the Centre for Optimal Planning and Operations (C-OPT), which applies scientific and mathematical principles to inform decision-making across business, industry, and government sectors. The School's research outputs demonstrate significant influence through high citation rates, maintaining a particularly prominent national standing in mathematics. We possess globally recognized strengths in analysis, number theory, optimization, surface physics, plasma waves, and statistical research.