Financial Mathematics BSc

at University of Sheffield

First year

As well as maths modules, student choose either an economics pathway or a management pathway.

Core modules:

• Mathematics Core
• Foundations of Pure Mathematics
• Probability and Data Science

Economics pathway:

• Economic Analysis and Policy

Management pathway:

• Introduction to Financial Accounting
• Foundations in Financial Management

Second year
In the second year, you’ll continue to build a powerful toolbox of mathematical techniques which you can apply to increasingly complex problems. You’ll be able to examine more advanced topics in finance too such as microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics and corporate finance.

Third year

As well as maths modules, student choose either an economics pathway or a management pathway.

Core modules:

• Stochastic Processes and Finance
• Financial Mathematics
• Metric Spaces

The A Level entry requirements for this course are:
AAB including A in Maths

A Levels + additional qualifications ABB, including A in Maths + B in a relevant EPQ; ABB, including A in Maths + B in A Level Further Maths

International Baccalaureate 34, with 6 in Higher Level Maths (Analysis and Approaches)

BTEC Extended Diploma DDD in a relevant subject with Distinctions in all Maths units

BTEC Diploma DD + A in A Level Maths

Scottish Highers + 1 Advanced Higher AAABB + A in Maths

Welsh Baccalaureate + 2 A Levels B + AA, including Maths

Access to HE Diploma Award of Access to HE Diploma in a relevant subject, with 45 credits at Level 3, including 36 at Distinction (to include Maths units) and 9 at Merit

Other requirements

• We will give your application additional consideration if you have passed the Sixth Term Examination Paper (STEP) at grade 3 or above or the Test of Mathematics for University Admissions (TMUA) at grade 5 or above

English language requirements | 

You must demonstrate that your English is good enough for you to successfully complete your course. For this course we require: GCSE English Language at grade 4/C; IELTS grade of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component; or an alternative acceptable English language qualification

Home students
£9,250 annual tuition fee

Overseas students
£22,520 annual tuition fee

Additional costs
The annual fee for your course includes a number of items in addition to your tuition. If an item or activity is classed as a compulsory element for your course, it will normally be included in your tuition fee. There are also other costs which you may need to consider.

Smartphones, tablets, social networks and streaming services all use software and algorithms that need mathematical brains behind them. In the age of ‘big data’, everyone from rideshare apps to high street shops is gathering information that maths graduates can organise, analyse and interpret. The same technological advances have created new challenges and opportunities in cybersecurity and cryptography.

If the maths itself is what interests you, a PhD can lead to a career in research. Mathematicians working in universities and research institutes are trying to find rigorous proofs for conjectures that have challenged pure mathematicians for decades, or are doing the calculations behind major experiments, like the ones running on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.