The Financial Mathematics course is offered by Brunel University London.Ê
Two-thirds of this course consists of the compulsory parts of our wide-ranging Maths course and covers several application areas Ð finance, statistics, operational research (how maths can be applied to commercial and industrial problems) and numerical analysis. The remaining third covers the workings of financial markets, and corporate investment and finance.
Aims
Maths students at Brunel work with staff who are internationally recognised for their state-of-the-art subject knowledge.
Because Maths has links with many other subject areas, we offer an excitingly wide choice of courses, each with a different emphasis. These include modules in pure and applied mathematics, operational research, computer science, finance, information technology and management studies. This structure means that most individual subject modules are not unique to any particular degree.
What kind of careers?
The skyÕs the limit Ð career prospects for mathematicians are excellent. Maybe you want to pursue a career that specifically uses your mathematical or statistical skills? Or perhaps youÕd prefer a more general career Ð such as management or consultancy?
Either way you will possess key skills that are highly sought after by business Ð in fact any industry that uses modelling, simulation, cryptography, forecasting, statistics, risk analysis and probability.
These are some of the areas where a maths degree is highly valued:
- Finance: banking, accountancy, actuarial, tax, underwriter, pensions, insurance
- Medicine: medical statistics, medical and epidemiological research, pharmaceutical research
- Design: engineering design, computer games
- Science: biotechnology, meteorology, oceanography, pure and applied research and development
- Civil Service: scientists (ÔFast StreamÕ, DSTL, DESG), GCHQ, security service, statisticians
- Business: logistics, financial analysis, marketing, market research, sales oil industry, management consultancy, operational research
- IT: Systems analysis, research
- Engineering: aerospace, building design, transport planning, telecommunications, surveying.
