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Programme

The aims of the programme are:

• To open up advanced career opportunities for graduates of traditional mathematics courses
• To give specialists in other numerate disciplines (e.g. engineers, scientists or economists) the opportunity to deepen their understanding of mathematics and to master powerful modern mathematical techniques

To achieve these aims it is intended:

• To introduce relevant problems and to explain the context in which they arise.
• To formulate these problems in mathematical terms.
• To instruct students in modern mathematical methods powerful enough to deal with these problems.
• To develop the student's ability to solve problems, by reformulating the problem and adapting mathematical methods.

On completion of the programme, students will be competent:

• To recognise, through discussion with the in that field, the essential features of a given industrial process or economic situation.
• To assign variables and to formulate relationships in the form of mathematical equations.
• To solve equations by appropriate analytical, numerical or approximate methods.
• To interpret the mathematical solution in the idealised situation based on the essential features recognised above.
• To validate the model in the real situation.
• To make adjustments to the model in the event that it does not validate.
• To communicate the implications of the model and advise on its implementation.

Careers

The recent explosion of the derivative security market has created an unprecedented need for highly sophisticated mathematics within the banking sector.

Graduates with a wide spectrum of general methods and the ability to adapt them to new situations are infinitely more valuable to an employer.

Graduates are employed in quantitative roles in the Fin Tech, Financial Services and Banking industries. Typically working to determine price, analyse and manage risk and identify profitable opportunities.

Global career opportunities:

Non-EEA graduates (including those from Asia and the MiddleEast) are eligible to apply for the Third Level Graduate Programme to obtain a visa for up to two years, for the purpose of seeking employment. Numerous students from the MiddleEast, the Asian subcontinent and the Far East have completed this programme and returned to lucrative careers in their home countries.