MMath (Hons) Financial Mathematics with Placement

In this course, you’ll advance your problem solving skills, develop your reasoning and increase your analytical thinking. This is why mathematics forms a basis to so many careers. Yes – it is a discipline in its own right, but it is also the thinking behind countless commercial, industrial and technological activities. Mathematical models underpin engineering, the applied sciences, computing and many aspects of management today. With the Financial Mathematics MMath you’ll study for a further year and bring your BSc degree to master’s standard. This means you’ll be able to get that competitive edge when you apply for jobs without having to go through the application process again after Level 3. Two-thirds of your course is shared with the MMath in Mathematics. This covers several application areas – finance, statistics, operational research (i.e. how maths can be applied to commercial and industrial problems) and numerical analysis. The remaining third covers the key principles of finance. Follow the five-year ‘Professional Placement’ degree programme and you‘ll benefit from our extensive experience in helping students to find well-paid work placements with blue-chip companies. Our sandwich students find that their mathematical and transferable skills are in demand in many sectors, both in the UK and abroad. Areas recently offering placements include: accountancy, aviation, banking, defence, finance, insurance, IT (software development, network management and design), management (public and private sector), marketing and telecommunications. This programme will meet the educational requirements of the Chartered Mathematician designation, awarded by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, when it is followed by subsequent training and experience in employment to obtain equivalent competences to those specified by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) for taught master's degrees.

GCE A-level ABB-ABC, including grade A in Mathematics or Further Mathematics.

BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (RQF) / BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (QCF) DDM in any subject plus A-level Mathematics or Further Mathematics grade A.

BTEC Level 3 National Diploma DM in any subject with an A-level Mathematics or Further Mathematics at grade A.

BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate D in any subject with A-levels grades AC including grade A in Mathematics or Further Mathematics.

International Baccalaureate Diploma 30 points, including 6 in Higher Level Mathematics (Analysis and Approaches) or Mathematics (Applications and Interpretation).

Access to Higher Education Diploma Access courses are not accepted for MMaths entry. Access students are encouraged to apply for the BSc degree in this subject and if they achieve sufficient grades on year one of the course they can discuss transferring to the MMath.

T levels : not accepted.

Five GCSEs at grade C or grade 4 and above are also required, to include Maths and English Language.