Mathematical sciences

Explore profound and beautiful ideas and understand how they can be applied to real world challenges.

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School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Which undergraduate course?

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</p><p>Mathematics,
the queen of the sciences, explores some of the most profound ideas developed by
humanity. The nautilus shell above is related to the golden ratio, which
appears in many areas of science. Mathematics is also extremely important for
many applications in the natural sciences and engineering, for example, weather
forecasting and cryptography.</p><p></p>

BSc (Hons) Mathematics

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</p><p>There are very many job opportunities for statisticians. Google’s Chief Economist said that “I keep saying the sexy job in the next ten years will be statisticians.“ Statistics is applicable to almost every field, which is why a famous statistician also said "The best thing about being a statistician is that you get to play in everyone's backyard."  </p>

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BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Statistics

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BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Education

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</p><p>Many of our
students go on to work in the City of London and other financial centres, including careers in accountancy, actuarial science (modelling risk), quantitative analysis as
well as in commercial and merchant banking.</p><p></p>

BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Finance

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BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Theoretical Physics

$<p> </p><div> Many objects in nature, from blood vessels in your body to flowers and vegetables, take on a fractal structure. These mathematical structures are investigated in your degree. </div><p></p>$

BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Foundation Year

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Centre for Mathematical Sciences

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Mathematical sciences staff directory

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Athena Swan Bronze

The School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics was awarded an Athena Swan Bronze award in October 2020 which demonstrates our ongoing commitment to advancing gender equality and success for all.