BSc Mathematics with Finance and Investment Banking with a Placement Year

Expand your mathematical knowledge, gain practical experience, and help prepare yourself for a professional career on our BSc Mathematics with Finance and Investment Banking with a Placement Year course.
Study a wide range of topics from statistics to foreign exchange and experience the thrill of live markets. This flexible degree will help you to develop your skills - including how to code.
Choose BSc Mathematics with Finance and Investment Banking with a Placement YearEnjoy an enviable staff to student ratio, with a personalised focus on your education.Overall, 98% of our students said teaching staff are good at explaining things (National Student Survey 2025, 98% of responders from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics). 98% of our mathematical research is world leading or internationally excellent and 100% of our research impact has been classed outstanding or very considerable (Research Excellence Foundation 2021, combining 4 and 3 submissions – Mathematical Sciences). Top 125 in the world for Physical Sciences (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026, by Subject).13th in the UK for graduate prospects in Accounting and Finance in the Complete University Guide 2026.Your study will take place on our parkland campus at Whiteknights, which has been voted among the best and most popular green spaces in the UK for 15 consecutive years in the Green Flag Awards. Moreover, here at Reading we're taking action to build a better global future for everyone and are 4th in the UK for environmental and ethical performance (People and Planet University League, 202526).

Typical offer

ABB with an A in Maths, and if you place us as your Firm choice we will accept you with one grade lower than this, including accepting a B in Maths at A level (e.g BBB with Maths at B or ABC with Maths at either A or B).

If you are studying an Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) in addition to your A levels and achieve a B in the EPQ we will accept ABC at A level with an A in Mathematics. If you place us as Firm choice we will accept BBC with a B in Mathematics alongside a B in the EPQ.

International Baccalaureate

32 points overall including 6 in Maths at higher level. If you place us as your firm choice we will accept you with 30 points overall including 5 in Maths at higher level.

Extended Project Qualification

In recognition of the excellent preparation that the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) provides to students for University study, we can now include achievement in the EPQ as part of a formal offer.