Mathematics Master of Science - MSc (UG)

Build the foundations for a successful career by exploring the topics across pure mathematics, applied mathematics and statistics that align to your interests and goals.

Course description

Our one-year MSc Mathematics course gives you the freedom to choose from a variety of advanced modules across pure mathematics, applied mathematics and statistics.

Whether you want to advance your understanding of the topics you found most interesting during your undergraduate studies or gain the skills needed to achieve your goals, our range of optional modules allow you to focus on the topics that are most important to you. Through these modules, you’ll have the opportunity to explore topics spanning algebra, topology, financial mathematics, machine learning, mathematical biology, medical statistics and time series.

One of the biggest parts of your degree is your dissertation. You’ll investigate a real-world or pure maths problem of your choice, alongside an active researcher who is an expert in your chosen area. 

You’ll blend theoretical knowledge with practical skills, developing valuable project planning, data acquisition and analysis, problem-solving and software skills. You’ll also learn how to present mathematical, statistical and technical information, and gain experience communicating your findings verbally and in writing.

Examples of recent dissertation topics across mathematics and statistics include:

* Goedel’s incompleteness theorem

* Geometry of groups, amenability and the Banach-Tarski paradox

* Synchronised chaos

* Analysis of stochastic differential equations

* Spatio-temporal modelling of social phenomena

* Feature selection for high dimensional data

* Modelling sports results

* Neural networks with python

* Financial modelling with Lévy processes

Strong mathematical skills open all kinds of doors, and through this MSc you’ll develop the knowledge and experience needed for a variety of roles. This course is designed to help you build the foundations for a successful career, whether you want to work in research or apply your knowledge in fields spanning finance and consultancy, data science, healthcare, computing, and public administration.

Please see our University website for the most up-to-date course information.