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Mathematical Sciences

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Careers Network is here to support you by providing information, advice, guidance, events and opportunities to enable you to secure placements, work experience, self-employment and graduate careers.

Working closely with your academic school, our team of experts ensures that every student has access to careers advice.  As well as large careers fairs, we hold sector-specific events, involving employers and Loughborough alumni, to help you make valuable connections and secure high-quality placements and graduate roles. 

To find out more about what we do and how we can support you, visit Meet the teams. 

Details of the Placements Officers for your school can be found here.

We look forward to supporting you throughout your Loughborough journey.

Key skills developed during your degree

Subject-specific skills including:

  • designing and conducting observational and experimental studies
  • investigating, analysing and interpreting data, finding patterns and drawing conclusions
  • information technology
  • approaching problems in an analytical and rigorous way, formulating theories and applying them to solve problems
  • dealing with abstract concepts
  • presenting mathematical arguments and conclusions with accuracy and clarity
  • advanced numeracy and analysing large quantities of data
  • logical thinking.

Transferable skills including:

  • communication skills
  • time management
  • organisational skills and working methodically and accurately
  • decision-making skills
  • self-management
  • teamwork and the ability to work independently.

Career options

Jobs directly related to your degree:

Jobs where your degree would be useful:

Further study

Further study at Loughborough University:

With globally recognised research, the Mathematical Science department is home to staff and researchers who are committed to delivering master’s programmes and sharing their expert knowledge of mathematics. The department has a long history of innovation in teaching, and a firm research base with strengths in both pure and applied mathematics.

For more information, please visit the Department of Computer Science Postgraduate Study page.

Further study elsewhere:

Where do graduates go?

Graduates from this subject area have gone on to destinations where:

Employers included:

BUPA, HSBC, Bank of America, KPMG, Asda, Loughborough University, Collins Aerospace, Pepsico Bloomberg, Deloitte, HMRC, BP, Civil Service, The Army, Morgan Stanley, Rawlins Academy, St Gobain, Sky, Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity

Roles included:

Broker Support Executive, Senior Acquisitions Manager, Risk Analyst, Fintech Cass Administrator, Audit Associate, Management Consultant, Maths Teacher (secondary), Performance Analyst, Data Analyst, Trainee Auditor, Data Scientist, Financial Analyst, Investment Consultant, IT Consultant, Power BI Developer, Acquisitions Manager, DevOps Engineer.

Further study destinations included:

Loughborough University, Imperial College London, Nottingham University, Warwick University.

Further Information:

For more information on companies graduates work for, industry links and career opportunities, visit the subject area page of the University website.  You can also find out what our students say in our student stories of personal journeys through and beyond Loughborough and track the career journeys and Loughborough experiences of some of our alumni.

Resources to research career areas:

Websites:

Resources to find work experience, placements and graduate jobs

Students have the option of taking a year-long placement in industry which provides an invaluable opportunity to develop their professional and technical skills further. You will receive talks in your department and one-to-one appointments to help you with the recruitment process for this.

Additionally, we advertise many opportunities for summer internships and encourage students to gain experience valuable in the workplace through extra-curricular activities such as volunteering, committee memberships, work-shadowing and part-time work.

Find a selection of useful job sites below.

Professional bodies, sector and labour market information (LMI)

Professional bodies:

Sector and labour market information:

Target Connect
Target Connect for Graduates & Researchers

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