• Wide selection of taught modules incorporating many areas of mathematics.
  • Exposure to state-of-the-art mathematical topics.
  • Opportunity for independent study in an area or application of interest through a minor thesis under the guidance of an individual supervisor.
  • Careers & Employability:

    • The MA in Mathematics will give you the opportunity to develop numeracy, organisation and problem-solving skills; which are required in areas such as the trading floor of an investment bank, the mathematics classroom, predicting the weather and in the insurance industry. Some of the careers chosen by our graduates include working as researchers in mathematics (both in academia and industry), actuarial consultants, risk analysts, meteorologists, IT consultants, second and third level teaching.
    • Prospective employers include Aquamarine Power, Alcatel-Lucent, Bureau Veritas, Campbell Scientific, IBM, IFSC, Intel, Google, Lloyds, Marine Institute, Met Eireann, Microsoft, Nokia, Norkom, Numerica Corporation, OpenHydro, Paddy Power, Phillips, RIM, Simula Research and the Tyndall Institute.