Mathematics (Hons) University of St Andrews

Overview

Why study this course?

The MMath in Mathematics (Hons) from University of St Andrews will teach you to understand complex patterns and structures, and to develop the tools with which to analyse them. Whether these patterns relate to physical or biological phenomena or the structure of mathematics itself, the primary aim is to describe, categorise, and understand the processes involved. 

The MMath (Hons) in Mathematics is a five-year Integrated Masters course run by the School of Mathematics and Statistics. The course offers advanced study of mathematics at postgraduate level during your final years, allowing you to graduate with a Masters degree. 

In the first two years, you will develop and reinforce your basic mathematical skills and refresh familiar material (for example, complex numbers, matrices, vectors, differential equations) in preparation for more specialised study at Honours level. 

Alongside Mathematics, in the first year of your studies you will be required to study up to two additional subjects. From second year onwards, you will take only mathematics modules. Find out more about how academic years are organised. 

Careers

Demand for mathematically trained graduates vastly outstrips the supply, and hence career prospects are excellent in a variety of fields. 

Recruiters seek numerate graduates who are literate, think logically, write and present well, and can work with relevant technology – St Andrews degrees develop all of these skills. 

A mathematics degree is recognised as a substantial achievement in a demanding discipline. 

Around 30% of St Andrews graduates continue on to postgraduate study, either in mathematics or related disciplines such as computer science, finance, or physics. 

The majority of the remaining graduates gain employment in areas such as: 

• technology firms or computer consultancies 
• financial services organisations, for example, Goldman Sachs, KPMG and PwC  
• industry 
• insurance companies 
• merchant banks 
• the civil service 
• teaching