Maths Week Ireland is an all-island initiative promoting positive attitudes towards maths and highlighting the importance of maths in our lives since 2006. This annual festival is a collaborative partnership of organisations including all the universities, institutes of technology, professional bodies, visitor centres and more.

Maths Week is one of four national STEM festivals: it engaged directly with over 520,000 people in 2024, making it the world’s largest maths festival.

“Maths Week is an important way to help learners, of all ages, enjoy maths and to highlight the creativity of the subject.” Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin, assistant professor atUCD and science communicator.

Maths at Work

Through ‘Maths at Work’ we are hoping to shine a light on the wide range of careers that use Maths on a day to day basis. Maths is everywhere and often we treat the maths we can do as common sense, and the ones we can’t do as mathematics.

Encourage and inspire young people by becoming a role model! Help them to see the usefulness of Maths and recognise its impact on all careers and everyday life.

Maths & Success

Maths Week has been a successful model evidenced by growing participation rates and positive outcomes/impacts over a series of evaluations. 85% of teachers felt participation in a Maths Week event improved their pupils’ attitude towards maths. In the SFI Science in Ireland report (2015) respondents showed Maths Week with highest participation and third highest recognition (after BT Young Scientist and SFI’s Science Week).