IELTS: 6 (min 5.5 in all areas)
Pearson: 59 (59 in all sub scores)
BrunELT: 58% (min 55% in all areas)
TOEFL: 77 (min R18, L17, S20, W17)
Mathematics is a fundamental subject that is critical to our understanding of the world. Through the study of mathematics 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.
Course code: GN1H, GN1J with placement
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Year 1
Compulsory
MA1611 - Calculus
MA1612 - Fundamentals of Mathematics
MA1620 - Linear Algebra
MA1664 - Elements of Applied Mathematics
MA1670 - Probability and Statistics I
MA1691 - Programming and Mathematical Projects
Year 2
Compulsory
MA2612 - Multivariable Calculus
MA2647 - Mathematics of Deep Learning
MA2668 - Elements of Investment Mathematics
MA2670 - Probability and Statistics II
MA2682 - Discrete Mathematics and Operational Research
MA2690 - Professional Development and Project Work
Year 3
Compulsory
MA3667 - Mathematical Finance
MA3686 - Risk and Optimisation for Financial Planning
MA3996 - Financial Mathematics Final Year Project
Optional
MA3610 - Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations
MA3650 - Numerical Methods for Differential Equations
MA3670 - Statistics III
MA3676 - Stochastic Models
Year 4
Compulsory
MA5614 - Probability and Stochastics
MA5624 - Option Pricing Theory
MA5640 - Research Methods and Case Studies
MA5691 - Advanced Project
Optional
MA5616 - Financial Computing I
MA5619 - Advanced Mathematical Methods
MA5621 - Interest Rate Theory
MA5663 - Fundamentals of Machine Learning
MA5665 - Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology
MA5675 - Network Models
MA5676 - Time Series Modelling.
With the Financial Mathematics MMath you’ll be one step ahead of your peers when it comes to applying for jobs. There is massive demand within financial institutions for mathematically trained graduates with an awareness of markets and their workings. The recent combination of financial deregulation, increased globalisation and technological advance has led to a huge increase in the nature and volume of financial derivatives contracts traded around the world.
As a Brunel Financial Maths graduate you will enjoy excellent employment prospects. Our combination of work experience and up-to-date teaching means that you will be well-equipped to follow the career you want after graduation.
Our combination of work experience and up-to-date teaching means that you will be well-equipped to follow the career you want after graduation.
These are some of the type of careers you could pursue:
Finance: banking, accountancy, actuarial, tax, underwriter, pensions, insurance
Medicine: medical statistics, medical and epidemiological research, pharmaceutical research
Design: engineering design, computer games
Science: biotechnology, meteorology, oceanography, pure and applied research and development
Civil Service: scientists (‘Fast Stream’, DSTL, DESG), GCHQ, security service, statisticians
Business: logistics, financial analysis, marketing, market research, sales oil industry, management consultancy, operational research
IT: Systems analysis, research
Engineering: aerospace, building design, transport planning, telecommunications, surveying.
Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year
