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 Placement Year course.**<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>**Choose mathematics at Reading**<br/><br/>You will study mathematics for approximately two thirds of the course.<br/><br/>Join the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and become a part of a supportive, interactive and accomplished learning community.<br/><br/>Taught by expert staff with extensive teaching and research experience, youll work collaboratively across a range of topics in pure and applied mathematics. Modules are informed by our world-leading research, and include areas such as:<br/><br/><br/>- calculus<br/><br/><br/>- numerical analysis<br/><br/><br/>- linear algebra<br/><br/><br/>- differential equations<br/><br/><br/>- statistics.<br/><br/><br/>Your second year will feature a skills module, designed to improve your transferrable skills and enhance your employability. In your final year, you will produce a report and do a presentation on a mathematical project.<br/><br/>This course meets the educational requirements of the Chartered Mathematician designation when followed by subsequent training and experience.<br/><br/>**Finance and investment banking**<br/><br/>Finance and investment banking will make up the remaining third of your degree.<br/><br/>Guided by the triple-accredited Henley Business School, you will have access to the latest investment management technology, including our three dealing rooms, equipped with Bloomberg and Thomsen Reuters Eikon terminals.<br/><br/>You will have the opportunity to manage the risk of a $50-100 million trading book, quote two-way prices, take positions, and immerse yourself in the financial industry.<br/><br/>We pride ourselves in our high-quality teaching, which will be delivered through a wide range of approaches, such as:<br/><br/><br/>- lectures<br/><br/><br/>- group tutorials<br/><br/><br/>- group presentations<br/><br/><br/>- open debate.<br/><br/><br/>- placement Year<br/><br/><br/>This degree includes an integrated, year-long, paid industrial placement between your second and your final year.<br/><br/>You could undertake a placement in the finance, logistics or technology sectors, at a range of national and international organisations such as Microsoft, IBM, SAP, and the NHS.<br/><br/>Our dedicated placements officer can provide advice and support to help you find your ideal placement, as well as developing your CV and interview skills.<br/><br/>You can also undertake summer placements throughout your degree if you wish to.<br/><br/>Visit the Important Information page for more details on securing and completing a placement year.