Mathematics with a Placement Year

Develop core skills and knowledge, and tailor your learning to the areas of maths you’re most passionate about with our flexible BSc Mathematics degree.

If you'd like to learn alongside enthusiastic, like-minded mathematicians, play to your strengths with a wide range of modules, and align your studies with your career aspirations, this could be your ideal course.

Join a University ranked 1st in the UK for environmental and ethical performance (People and Planet University League 2023/24) and the first-ever winner of the Times Higher Education (THE) award for Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Leadership in 2023.

Your degree will meet the educational requirements of the Chartered Mathematician designation, awarded by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications when followed by subsequent training and experience in employment to obtain equivalent competencies to those specified by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) for taught master's degrees.

Your first two years will cover the main aspects of mathematics and develop your knowledge in areas such as:

algebra analysis calculus differential equations. You'll also have the option to select modules from outside our Department. For example, you could opt for the Climate Change: Causes and Consequences module led by the Department of Meteorology or learn a language through the Institution-Wide Language Programme (IWLP).

For more information, please visit the programme page: https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/subject-area/mathematics-ug/bsc-mathematics.

This degree includes an integrated, year-long work placement between your second and final year. We offer a variety of placements – in areas such as finance, statistics or modelling – to provide you with valuable experience and insight into industry. Our dedicated placements officer can offer advice and support to find your ideal placement, as well as developing your CV and interview skills.

For more information, please visit the programme page: https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/subject-area/mathematics-ug/bsc-mathematics.