Your first step towards Chartered Mathematician status, our degree entails applying mathematical methods to real industrial problems, paving the way for careers in fields from engineering to banking.Develop your knowledge of mathematical methods and techniques, applying your skills to real industrial problems. Our BSc (Hons) Mathematics will give you a head start in a range of careers from business and finance to engineering and teaching.Gain valuable practical experience by taking an optional industrial placement year.Draw on our partnerships with locally-based international companies, so you can link your learning to real-life scenarios.With its focus on the real-world applications of mathematics, this course is challenging, rewarding and opens doors to a wide range of career choices. While maths is one of the oldest subjects to study, it is constantly charting exciting new directions. Mathematics prepares you for a successful and satisfying academic career or for a non-academic career in areas such as industry, finance and business. Many employers value the problem-solving and independent thinking skills that mathematics graduates can offer, together with their analytical and numeric competence. Recent graduates have gone on to work in a variety of roles and organisations, including the London Stock Exchange, the Police and the Civil Service.After graduating, you will be accepted for associate membership of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. This is the first step towards becoming a Chartered Mathematician.Many of our BSc (Hons) Mathematics graduates enter the teaching profession, frequently enjoying rapid promotion. You can choose to continue your studies with a postgraduate course in education (PGCE) if you want to go into teaching.Three years or four years with placement year