Mathematical sciences degree courses
Learn to solve important, real-world problems and master modern mathematical techniques that will ensure you leave an industry-ready graduate
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1st in the country for student satisfaction in the Complete University Guide
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2nd for satisfaction with teaching in the 2025 Guardian League Tables.
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?78% of research outputs graded as ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (REF, 2021)
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?The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) accredited degrees
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BSc (Hons) Mathematics pathways allow you to tailor your degree to suit your interests and career goals
Time to develop your interests
As your knowledge and understanding deepen you may choose to continue along the core BSc (Hons) Mathematics pathway or select one of our specialist pathways – BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Education or BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Finance.
BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Education
Discover the formula for teaching mathematics. An ideal preparation for a career in mathematics teaching, this pathway will also prepare you for many careers where high-level mathematical skills and communication of ideas are essential.
BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Finance
Learn to understand the financial sector and model financial products. As well as thorough mathematical training, you will be introduced to the financial world through modules in accountancy, financial institutions and investment management.
Hear from our students and graduates
You gain experience in pure mathematics and hands-on applications of mathematics. Whether that be development of coding skills or research style investigations, these hands-on experiences are enjoyable as well as useful.
Joe, BSc (Hons) Mathematics student
Ultimately, it was a combination of factors: the supportive teaching style, the academics enthusiasm, the vibrant location, and the friendly atmosphere that made Plymouth feel like the right place for me.
Luxi, BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Finance graduate
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The course was everything I was hoping it would be from the choice of modules and quality of teaching through to exposure to a wide range of excellent CV enhancing opportunities and experiences.
Sophie, BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Statistics graduate
Facilities
The Maths Lab
Student study area equipped with whiteboards and a data projector. Located next to staff offices, as part of our 'open door' policy.
Student study area equipped with whiteboards and a data projector. Located next to staff offices, as part of our 'open door' policy.
Mathematics and statistics drop-in area in the library.
Modern IT facilities
PC-equipped tutorial rooms and PC- and Mac-equipped open-access labs, as well as WiFi access and license support for your devices.
PC-equipped tutorial rooms and PC- and Mac-equipped open-access labs, as well as WiFi access and license support for your devices.
Scientific software
Gain expertise in Python programming language, systems for symbolic manipulation and visualisation (Maple), as well as statistical computing and data analysis (R and Excel).
Gain expertise in Python programming language, systems for symbolic manipulation and visualisation (Maple), as well as statistical computing and data analysis (R and Excel).
High Performance Computing for project work
For project students we can offer access to
High Performance Computing
, and, for interested advanced students we support the use of modern scientific programming languages (Python, C, C++, R, Fortran and Open MPI). Students also have access to our GPU research centre for massively parallel processing.
For project students we can offer access to
Our research expertise
Research spans pure and applied mathematics, medical and financial statistics, theoretical physics and simulations using high performance computing.
Our research is supported by our own High Performance Computing facility. The supercomputer is a state-of-the-art cluster comprising more than 1000 cores using InfiniBand for fast communication.
