Mathematics and Philosophy The University of Manchester

Overview

Both disciplines are given equal weight and each offers a wide range of options. In your final year you do a substantial Philosophy dissertation and can choose to do a project on a mathematical topic, supervised by a member of staff. 

The content of the Mathematics and Philosophy course offered at The University of Manchester is closely linked with that of the two individual single-honours degrees, and so transfer to either of these Schools is possible at the end of the first year.

• to enable students to acquire a knowledge and understanding of mathematical ideas, including the concepts of rigorous argument and formal proof, and an appreciation of the power and generality of abstract formulation and the analytic method;
• to enable students to develop their capacity to learn and apply mathematical ideas and skills;
• to promote an understanding of the significance and power of mathematics as an intellectual and applicable discipline;
• to give students and knowledge and understanding of those mathematical topics which we believe that any employer would expect of our joint degree graduates;
• to give students experience (more limited than for single honours Mathematics programmes) of advanced mathematical results, methods, ideas and thinking;
• to give students a grounding in the significant topics, problems and issues in Philosophy today;
• to provide an enhancement of the student's capacity to evaluate critically and think through and develop for themselves philosophical arguments and positions.

Career opportunities

By studying a Mathematics degree with The University of Manchester, you will develop skills and knowledge that are of huge value in a wide variety of professions.

The main areas of employment that graduates enter are:

• Finance
• Industry
• Computing (including operational research)
• Management
• Administration
• Statistics
• Teaching (schools and colleges)
• Postgraduate study