Farhad

Farhad specialises in university admissions support across mathematics and the STEM sciences, with a particular focus on postgraduate applications at master’s and doctoral level, including to Oxford and Cambridge. He also guides undergraduate applicants, supports students preparing for independent school entrance, and helps candidates approaching demanding mathematics interviews.

Farhad is a doctoral researcher in Mathematics at the University of Oxford, where he teaches undergraduate classes including Topology and Groups and Functional Analysis. His particular strength lies in guiding ambitious students through the admissions process itself. Having recently navigated some of the most competitive applications in the country, from independent school entrance in London through to doctoral offers at Oxford, he understands closely what these processes demand, not only academically but in terms of strategy, timing and mental preparation. He is especially well placed to advise applicants to graduate mathematics and STEM programmes, an area in which specialist guidance is genuinely rare.

Farhad’s approach rests on the belief that success in competitive applications depends as much on preparation and mindset as on raw knowledge. He helps students plan well in advance, particularly for graduate applications, where references, research projects and timing all matter, and he works with them iteratively on their personal statements rather than relying on formulaic templates. For interview preparation, he concentrates on building real confidence and composure alongside technical fluency, drawing directly on his own experience of what works and what does not.

Farhad is studying for a DPhil in Mathematics at the University of Oxford, with research spanning geometry, three-manifolds and mathematical physics. He holds an MSc in Mathematics and an MSc in Mathematical Finance from Imperial College London, where he was awarded the Imperial Excellence Scholarship as the top admitted applicant, achieved a distinction in every module, and won the departmental prize for the best research project. He also finished top of his year in several advanced mathematics modules.

The combination of genuine research expertise, hands-on university teaching and a first-hand understanding of competitive admissions makes Farhad especially effective with ambitious students aiming for places on leading mathematics and STEM courses, from school entrance through to doctoral study.