Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Annual meetings of the Faculties

Biology

The Chair of the Faculty Board of Biology gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, 13 November 2025 at Downing College.

The main business is to elect one member of the Faculty Board in class (c) in accordance with Regulation 1 of the General Regulations for the Constitution of the Faculty Boards (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 601) via a procedure approved by the Faculty by which one of those elected is nominated by the Department of Genetics to serve from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2029.

Nominations, for which the consent of the candidate must be obtained, signed by the proposer and seconder, together with notice of any other business, should be sent to the Secretary, Dr Fiona Russell, Faculty of Biology, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1RX, to arrive not later than 12 noon on Monday, 10 November 2025.

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Clinical Medicine

The Chair of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held from 1 p.m. to 1.15 p.m. on Monday, 17 November 2025, in the Committee Room, School of Clinical Medicine. The Annual Meeting will be followed by a Faculty Board meeting which will take place from 1.15 p.m. and is for members of Faculty Board and invited observers only.

The business of the Annual Meeting will include the election of members of the Faculty Board in class (c) in accordance with Regulation 1 of the General Regulations for the Constitution of the Faculty Boards (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 601) to fill two vacancies to 31 December 2029. One will be filled by the holder of an NHS appointment at Consultant level who is certified by the Faculty Board to be giving instruction to clinical medical students; one will be filled by a junior doctor who is certified by the Faculty Board to be giving instruction to clinical medical students.

Nominations for these elections, signed by the proposer, who must be a member of the relevant constituency mentioned above, and by the nominee indicating willingness to serve if elected; and notice of any other business, should be sent to the Secretary of the Faculty Board (email: FacultySec@medschl.cam.ac.uk), to arrive no later than 12 noon on Monday, 10 November 2025.

Members of the Faculty who are not members or observers at Faculty Board meetings should contact the Secretary of the Faculty Board for the papers and Zoom link for the Annual Meeting.

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Earth Sciences and Geography

The Chair of the Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Tuesday, 18 November 2025 at the Department of Geography. Interested members should contact facultyboardesg@admin.cam.ac.uk for agendas.

Notice of any business should reach the Secretary of the Faculty Board, Silvana Dean (email: facultyboardesg@admin.cam.ac.uk) no later than 9 a.m. on Tuesday, 11 November 2025.

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Law

The Chair of the Faculty Board of Law gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, 13 November 2025 and it will be possible to attend the meeting either in person or online.

The main item of business will be the election of three members of the Faculty Board in class (c) to serve from 1 January 2026, in accordance with Regulation 1 of the General Regulations for the Constitution of the Faculty Boards (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 601).

Nominations for election, confirmed by the proposer and seconder, for which the consent of the candidate must be obtained, and notice of any other business, should be received by Helen Waring (email: hw441@cam.ac.uk), not later than 12 noon on Monday, 3 November 2025.

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Physics and Chemistry

The Chair of the Faculty Board of Physics and Chemistry gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Friday, 14 November 2025 at the Institute of Astronomy. Interested members should contact facultyboardpc@admin.cam.ac.uk for agendas.

Notice of any business should reach the Secretary of the Faculty Board, Silvana Dean (email: facultyboardpc@admin.cam.ac.uk) no later than 9 a.m. on Friday, 7 November 2025.

Chemical Engineering Tripos, Part IIb, 2025–26: Correction

The Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Syndicate gives notice of the following amendments to modules in Part IIb of the Chemical Engineering Tripos published in the Notice on 21 May 2025 (Reporter, 6784, 2024–25, p. 559).

The mode of assessment of module B8 has changed to the following:

Number and title of module	Mode of assessment
B8: Adsorption and advanced nanoporous materials	Coursework

The following module in Group C will not be available for study in 2025–26:

Number and title of module	Mode of assessment
C9: Biotechnology of vaccines	Examination and coursework

Mathematical Tripos, Part III, 2025–26

The Faculty Board of Mathematics gives notice that there will be set in 2025­–26, if candidates desire to present themselves therein, a paper in each of the subjects in the following list. The duration of the paper is also shown.

Paper	Paper title	Examination duration
101	Commutative algebra	3 hours
102	Lie algebras and their representations	3 hours
105	Analysis of partial differential equations	3 hours
106	Functional analysis	3 hours
107	Elliptic partial differential equations	3 hours
122	Probabilistic combinatorics	3 hours
111	Coxeter groups	3 hours
112	Knots and knot concordances	3 hours
113	Algebraic geometry	3 hours
114	Algebraic topology	3 hours
115	Differential geometry	3 hours
118	Complex manifolds	3 hours
119	Category theory	3 hours
120	Logic and computability	3 hours
125	Elliptic curves	3 hours
128	Forcing and the continuum hypothesis	2 hours
130	Ramsey theory	2 hours
131	Riemannian geometry	3 hours
133	Geometric group theory	3 hours
136	Local fields	2 hours
139	Non-commutative Noetherian rings	3 hours
144	Model theory	2 hours
145	Algebraic methods in combinatorics	2 hours
150	Analytic number theory	3 hours
152	Toric geometry	3 hours
154	Introduction to nonlinear analysis	3 hours
166	Diophantine analysis	3 hours
168	Analysis of Boolean functions	2 hours
201	Advanced probability	3 hours
202	Stochastic calculus with applications to finance	3 hours
205	Modern statistical methods	3 hours
207	Statistics in medical practice	3 hours
208	Concentration inequalities	2 hours
210	Topics in statistical theory	2 hours
212	Random discrete structures	2 hours
215	Mixing times of Markov chains	2 hours
217	Gaussian processes and measures	2 hours
218	Statistical learning in practice	3 hours
219	Astrostatistics	3 hours
223	Robust statistics	2 hours
224	Information theory	2 hours
226	Random walks and phase transitions	2 hours
301	Quantum field theory	3 hours
302	Symmetries, fields and particles	3 hours
303	Statistical field theory	2 hours
304	Advanced quantum field theory	3 hours
305	The standard model	3 hours
306	String theory	3 hours
307	Supersymmetry	2 hours
309	General relativity	3 hours
310	Cosmology	3 hours
311	Black holes	3 hours
312	Field theory in cosmology	3 hours
313	Solitons, instantons and geometry	2 hours
314	Astrophysical fluid dynamics	3 hours
315	Extrasolar planets: Atmospheres and interiors	3 hours
316	Planetary system dynamics	3 hours
317	Structure and evolution of stars	3 hours
321	Dynamics of astrophysical discs	2 hours
323	Quantum information theory	2 hours
325	Quantum information, foundations and gravity	2 hours
327	Distribution theory and applications	2 hours
329	Slow viscous flow	3 hours
332	Fluid dynamics of the solid Earth	3 hours
333	Fluid dynamics of climate	3 hours
334	Biological flows	2 hours
336	Perturbation methods	2 hours
337	Applications of quantum field theory	2 hours
342	Topological quantum matter	2 hours
343	Quantum entanglement in many-body physics	2 hours
346	Formation of galaxies	3 hours
347	Astrophysical black holes	2 hours
352	Non-Newtonian fluid mechanics	3 hours
353	Noisy mechanics	3 hours
354	Gauge/gravity duality	2 hours
355	Biological physics	3 hours
357	Gravitational waves and numerical relativity	2 hours
358	Spectral computations in infinite dimensions	2 hours
359	Mathematical analysis of the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations	3 hours

The Faculty Board reminds candidates and Tutors that requests for papers to be set on additional subjects should be sent to the Secretary of the Faculty Board, c/o the Undergraduate Office, Faculty of Mathematics, Wilberforce Road (undergrad-office@maths.cam.ac.uk) not later than 9 November 2025.

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part III (Quantitative Climate and Environmental Science), 2025–26

The Chair of the Faculty Board of Mathematics gives notice that, in the 2025–26 academic year, the modules available for examination and their methods of assessment are as set out below.

Core modules

All candidates must take four core modules to be taught in the Michaelmas Term:

Title	Form of assessment
Fundamentals of environmental modelling	2-hour written examination
Atmosphere, ocean and cryosphere dynamics	3-hour written examination
Laboratory and numerical methods	Coursework
Environmental data acquisition and analysis	Coursework

Each core module counts as 10% towards the final course mark. Written examinations will take place in January before the start of the Lent Term.

Optional modules

Candidates must take three optional modules to be taught in the Lent Term:

Parent	Title	Form of assessment
Ma	Climate data analysis	Coursework
Ma	Fluid dynamics of solid earth	3-hour written examination
ES	Computational geoscience (O21)	2-hour written examination
ES	Topics in climate and environmental science (O28)	2-hour written examination and presentation
ES	The Earth system and climate change (IDP2)	2-hour written examination
ES	Nonlinear dynamical systems and chaos in geophysics (O25)	2-hour written examination and coursework
ES	Stable isotope geochemistry (O20)	2-hour written examination and presentation
Phy	Materials, electronics and renewable energy (IDP3)	2-hour written examination
ES	Geochemistry of mineral water interaction (O27)	2-hour written examination
ES	Energy transition and environment (O29)	2-hour written examination
Additional optional module available on petition
Eng	Electricity and environment (limited to 10 spaces)	Coursework

Optional modules count for 30% of the final course mark, 10% per module. Written examinations for the Lent Term modules will take place in the Easter Term. The four core modules and the three optional modules together count as 70% of the final course mark and class.

All candidates must submit a research project report and deliver an oral presentation which together count for 30% of the final course mark. The research project report will be no more than 10,000 words in length and will account for 90% of the research project mark. The oral presentation will account for 10% of the research project mark.

Quantitative Climate and Environmental Science for the M.Phil. Degree, 2025–26: Modules

The Degree Committee for the Faculty Board of Mathematics gives notice that, in the academic year 2025–26, the modules available for study for the examination in Quantitative Climate and Environmental Science for the degree of Master of Philosophy, and the form of the examination of each module, will be as stated below.

Core modules

All candidates must take four core modules to be taught in the Michaelmas Term:

Title	Form of assessment
Fundamentals of environmental modelling	2-hour written examination
Atmosphere, ocean and cryosphere dynamics	3-hour written examination
Laboratory and numerical methods	Coursework
Environmental data acquisition and analysis	Coursework

Each core module counts as 10% towards the final course mark. Written examinations will take place in January before the start of the Lent Term.

Optional modules

Candidates must take two optional modules to be taught in the Lent Term:

Parent	Title	Form of assessment
Ma	Climate data analysis	Coursework
Ma	Fluid dynamics of solid earth	3-hour written examination
ES	Computational geoscience (O21)	2-hour written examination
ES	Topics in climate and environmental science (O28)	2-hour written examination and presentation
ES	The Earth system and climate change (IDP2)	2-hour written examination
ES	Nonlinear dynamical systems and chaos in geophysics (O25)	2-hour written examination and coursework
ES	Stable isotope geochemistry (O20)	2-hour written examination and presentation
Phy	Materials, electronics and renewable energy (IDP3)	2-hour written examination
ES	Geochemistry of mineral water interaction (O27)	2-hour written examination
ES	Energy transition and environment (O29)	2-hour written examination
Additional optional module available on petition
Eng	Electricity and environment Limited to 10 spaces	Coursework

Options modules count for 20% of the final course mark, 10% per module. Written examinations for the Lent Term modules will take place in the Easter Term. The four core modules and the two optional modules together count as 60% of the final course mark.

All candidates must submit a research project report and deliver an oral presentation which together count for 40% of the final course mark. The research project report will be of no more than 10,000 words in length and will account for 90% of the research project mark. The oral presentation will account for 10% of the research project mark.