Financial Mathematics with a Professional Placement Year
Cardiff University
Program description
Financial Mathematics with a Professional Placement Year
This four-year programme features an employability-enhancing paid placement at an organisation of your choice, providing the ideal preparation for a career in finance.
To manage the complex financial sector, banks and financial institutions need talented mathematicians who are fluent in the language of finance.
This course will provide you with a solid foundation in mathematics, whilst also developing knowledge and skills that are essential for jobs in the finance industry, including an understanding of modern financial markets, institutions, investments and policies. You will focus on issues and topics relevant to the computational and market design side of contemporary finance, such as:
- Complex Systems
- Trading (in particular high-frequency trading)
- Fund Management
- Analytics
This four-year version of the degree includes a year of paid work in a mathematician and/or statistician role during year three. You will return to Cardiff following the successful completion of your work placement at the start of the autumn semester ready for your final year of studies.
In a competitive graduate job market, a placement can help you gain extra skills and experience to make you stand out from the crowd. It could help you secure a permanent role after you graduate, as well as providing real-world context to support your studies. If you're not sure what career path to follow, it's a great opportunity to explore your options and might even help you make those all-important decisions about your future.
Admission requirements
Typical A level offer
AAB-ABB including Grade A in Maths. Please note that General Studies is not accepted for entry.
Extended Project Qualification: Applicants with grade A in the EPQ will typically receive an offer one grade lower than the standard A level offer. Please note that any subject specific requirements must still be met.
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the university website.
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Learn moreProgram content
- Elementary Differential Equations
- Foundations of Mathematics
- Foundations of Mathematics II
- Linear Algebra I
- Introduction to Probability Theory
- Statistical Inference
- Computing for Mathematics
- Economics for Financial Mathematics
- Finance I: Financial Markets and Corporate Financial Management
- Fundamental skills for University and Beyond
- Operational Research
- Calculus of Several Variables
- Series and Transforms
- Linear Algebra II
- Foundations of Probability and Statistics
- Finance II: Investment Management
- Econometrics for Financial Mathematics
- Modelling with Differential Equations
- Complex Analysis
- Real Analysis
- Programming and Statistics
- Mathematical Investigations with Python
- Problem Solving
- Industrial Training
- Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
- Project
- Project (Half)
- Complex Function Theory
- Combinatorics
- Coding Theory
- Theoretical and Computational Partial Differential Equations
- Methods of Applied Mathematics
- Regression Analysis and Experimental Design
- Stochastic Processes for Finance and Insurance
- Official Statistics
- Multivariate Data Analysis
- Algorithms and Heuristics
- Optimisation
- Game Theory
- Stochastic OR Models
- Mathematical Methods for Data Mining
- Behavioural Finance
- Market Microstructure and Trading Theory
- Trading, Market Design and Applications
- Cyflwyniad i addysgu Mathemateg mewn ysgol uwchradd
- Introduction to Secondary School Mathematics Teaching
Scholarships & funding
For more information about scholarships, please visit the university website.
Tuition fees
The full tuition fees for UK and EU Students is £9,000.The tuition fees for Students from outside the EU is £21,950
Qualification
What skills will I practise and develop?
You will acquire and develop a range of valuable skills, both discipline specific and more generic employability skills. You will:
- Develop your knowledge of core mathematics including calculus, algebra, analysis and complex variable theory;
- Enhance your understanding of the principles and some of the techniques of proof;
- Develop the skills needed in mathematical reasoning and manipulation;
- Learn how to apply the principles and techniques of mathematical/statistical modelling and formulate and solve mathematical problems;
- Enhance your ability to perform mathematical calculations with attention to precision and logic;
- Develop your self-management and organisational skills;
- Develop your time management and presentational skills through independent and group working.
Career opportunities
You can use your BSc in Financial Mathematics as a pathway to the workforce where you may meet our alumni working in finance, government, marketing or even agriculture. Or, you might choose to widen your career options to include a range of related fields by completing postgraduate studies in mathematics, the science, computing or engineering.
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Cardiff University
Founded in 1883, Cardiff University combines a prestigious heritage with impressive modern facilities, on one of the most beautiful campuses in the UK. As part of the Russell Group, our students benefit from our outstanding research quality and reputation, while...
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