Mathematical sciences degree courses

Learn to solve important, real-world problems and master modern mathematical techniques that will ensure you leave an industry-ready graduate
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  • ?78% of research outputs graded as ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (REF, 2021)

  • ?The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) accredited degrees

  • ?We support our students to master beautiful and challenging material

Mathematical Science student in Fluid Dynamics Lab
Mathematical Science students talking with academics
Mathematical Science student writing on whiteboard

BSc (Hons) Mathematics pathways allow you to tailor your degree to suit your interests and career goals

Dr Ben King teaching vector calculus and the evidence for dark matter
Time to develop your interests

As your knowledge and understanding deepen you may choose to continue along the core BSc (Hons) Mathematics pathway or select one of our specialist pathways – BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Education or BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Finance.
Mathematics with education students working on outreach as part of the Mathematics Enrichment Project
BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Education

Discover the formula for teaching mathematics. An ideal preparation for a career in mathematics teaching, this pathway will also prepare you for many careers where high-level mathematical skills and communication of ideas are essential.
Modelling financial data
BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Finance

Learn to understand the financial sector and model financial products. As well as thorough mathematical training, you will be introduced to the financial world through modules in accountancy, financial institutions and investment management.
 
 

Hear from our students and graduates

You gain experience in pure mathematics and hands-on applications of mathematics. Whether that be development of coding skills or research style investigations, these hands-on experiences are enjoyable as well as useful.

Joe, BSc (Hons) Mathematics student

Ultimately, it was a combination of factors: the supportive teaching style, the academics enthusiasm, the vibrant location, and the friendly atmosphere that made Plymouth feel like the right place for me.

Luxi, BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Finance graduate

The course was everything I was hoping it would be from the choice of modules and quality of teaching through to exposure to a wide range of excellent CV enhancing opportunities and experiences.

Sophie, BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Statistics graduate 
 
 
 
 

Facilities

The Maths Lab
Student study area equipped with whiteboards and a data projector. Located next to staff offices, as part of our 'open door' policy.
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Mathematics and statistics drop-in area in the library.
Modern IT facilities
PC-equipped tutorial rooms and PC- and Mac-equipped open-access labs, as well as WiFi access and license support for your devices.

Scientific software
Gain expertise in Python programming language, systems for symbolic manipulation and visualisation (Maple), as well as statistical computing and data analysis (R and Excel).
High performance computing for project work
For project students we can offer access to Lovelace System HPC , and, for interested advanced students, we support the use of modern scientific programming languages (Python, C, C++, R, Fortran and Open MPI). Students also have access to our GPU research centre for massively parallel processing.

Our research expertise

Research spans pure and applied mathematics, medical and financial statistics, theoretical physics and simulations using high performance computing.
Our research is supported by our own High Performance Computing facility. The supercomputer is a state-of-the-art cluster comprising more than 1000 cores using InfiniBand for fast communication.
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