Financial Mathematics Brunel University of London

Overview

This Financial Mathematics degree course delivered by Brunel University of London, 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.

Two thirds of the course content focuses on developing your mathematical knowledge and skills. The rest of the course covers financial markets, corporate investment and finance.

Careers and your future

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 University of London's Financial Mathematics 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.