Program Overview

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MSci Mathematics with Finance - 2026 entry

Overview

Taught in partnership between Exeter’s Mathematics department and The University of Exeter’s triple-accredited Business School, this program provides invaluable mathematics skills alongside a theoretical background in finance. It introduces advanced financial techniques such as derivatives pricing, risk management, and portfolio management, giving you an understanding of financial reporting and management accounting in a market economy.

Entry Requirements

• Typical offer: A levels: AAA, IB: 38/766, BTEC: DDD
• Contextual offers: A-Level: AAB, IB: 34/665, BTEC: DDD
• Required subjects: GCE AL Maths grade A, HL6 in Mathematics (Analysis and Approaches)
• GCSE: Grade 4/C in GCSE English language
• Access to HE: 30 L3 credits at Distinction Grade and 15 L3 credits at Merit Grade
• T-Level: Not accepted
• Other accepted qualifications: View other accepted qualifications
• English language requirements: International students need to show they have the required level of English language to study this course. The required test scores for this course fall under Profile B2.

Course Content

Year 1

• Compulsory modules:
  • MTH1000: Foundations
  • MTH1001: Mathematical Structures
  • MTH1002: Mathematical Methods
  • BEE1006: Introduction to Finance
  • BEE1036: Economics I
  • BEE1037: Economics II
  • Free Choice of Business School Module

Year 2

• Compulsory modules:
  • BEE2025: Microeconomics II
  • MTH2003: Differential Equations
  • BEE2027: Financial Markets and Decisions I
• Optional modules:
  • MTH2004: Vector Calculus and Applications
  • MTH2008: Real Analysis
  • MTH2009: Complex Analysis
  • MTH2010: Groups, Rings and Fields
  • MTH2011: Linear Algebra
  • Free Choice

Placement year (if taken)

• If you choose the ‘with a Year in Industry’ variant of this degree, your placement will take place in the third year of this five-year degree.

Year 3 (Year 4 if taking placement year)

• Compulsory modules:
  • MTHM036: Research in Mathematical Sciences
  • BEE3034: Financial Markets and Decisions 2
• Optional modules:
  • MTH3001: Theory of Weather and Climate
  • MTH3004: Number Theory
  • MTH3006: Mathematical Biology and Ecology
  • MTH3007: Fluid Dynamics
  • MTH3008: Partial Differential Equations
  • MTH3011: Nonlinear Systems and Control
  • MTH3013: Applied Differential Geometry
  • MTH3019: Mathematics: History and Culture
  • MTH3022: Graphs, Networks and Algorithms
  • MTH3026: Cryptography
  • MTH3030: Mathematics of Climate Change
  • MTH3038: Galois Theory
  • MTH3039: Computational Nonlinear Dynamics
  • MTH3040: Topology and Metric Spaces
  • MTH3042: Integral Equations
  • MTH3050: Functional Analysis
  • EMP3001: Commercial and Industrial Experience
  • Free Choice- Up to 30 Credits
  • NSC3009: Aerosols, Clouds and Climate

Final year

• Compulsory modules:
  • MTHM003: Analysis and Computation for Finance
  • MTHM006: Mathematical Theory of Option Pricing
  • MTHM032: Mathematics, Business and Finance Project
• Optional modules:
  • BEAM035: Derivatives Pricing
  • BEEM113: Advanced Econometrics
  • BEEM102: Quantitative Research Techniques I
  • Business School M-level module
  • MTHM001: Functional Analysis
  • MTHM004: Fractal Geometry
  • MTHM009: Advanced Topics in Mathematical & Computational Biology
  • MTHM014: Metric Number Theory and Diophantine Approximation
  • MTHM010: Representation Theory of Finite Groups
  • MTHM018: Dynamical Systems and Chaos
  • MTHM019: Fluid Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans
  • MTHM022: Dynamics and Evolution of Biological Systems
  • MTHM023: Modelling the Weather and Climate
  • MTHM024: Mathematical Analysis of Biological Systems
  • MTHM028: Algebraic Number Theory
  • MTHM029: Algebraic Curves
  • MTHM030: Waves, Instabilities and Turbulence
  • MTHM031: Magnetic Fields and Fluid Flows
  • MTHM041: Analytic Number Theory
  • MTHM045: Space Weather and Plasmas
  • MTHM048: Ergodic Theory
  • MTHM052: Mid-Latitude Weather Systems
  • MTHM062: Data-driven Analysis and Modelling of Dynamical Systems
  • MTHM063: Uncertainty Quantification
  • NSCM005: Mathematical Modelling in Biology and Medicine
  • Free Choice of level M Modules
  • Free choice of level 3 module

Course Variants

MSci Mathematics with Finance with a Year in Industry

• UCAS code: G2N3
• Duration: 5 years
• Entry year: 2026
• Campus: Streatham Campus
• Discipline: Mathematics
• Contact: Web: Enquire online, Phone: +44 (0)

Fees

• Please note: The fees for students starting in 2026 have yet to be set. The fees provided below are the fees for students starting in 2025 and are for guidance only.
• Tuition fees for 2025 entry:
  • UK students: £9,535 per year
  • International students: £29,800 per year

Scholarships

• The University of Exeter has many different scholarships available to support your education, including £5 million in scholarships for international students applying to study with us in the 2025/26 academic year, such as our Exeter Excellence Scholarships.
• Financial support is also available for students from disadvantaged backgrounds, lower income households and other under-represented groups to help them access, succeed and progress through higher education.

Learning and Teaching

• All our degrees involve a combination of teaching methods, including lectures, seminars, examples classes, workshops and tutorials.
• Most modules in mathematics involve three one-hour lectures per week, so you typically have 12 lectures per week.
• In the first year there are tutorial classes for each module every fortnight, except for modules involving computing or project work.
• Thus in the first year you would typically have around 16 contact hours per week.
• In the first term, the ‘Foundations’ module helps you with the transition from A level to university mathematics.

Private Study and Support

• In addition to lectures and seminars, you should spend about 20 hours per week in private study.
• Working through examples and solving problems is a vital part of learning mathematics, and we advise you attempt all coursework problems, whether formally assessed or not.
• You will be allocated a personal tutor who will be happy to advise or put you in touch with support services and you are encouraged to discuss mathematical problems or questions with tutors and lecturers who advertise regular office hours.
• Extra support is available, for example through lunchtime mathematics surgeries or our peer mentor scheme, and we have an active student-staff liaison committee.

Project and Computer Work

• There are modules at all levels that involve project work and report writing, and the final year project is a major piece of research and writing that allows you to go into depth for a specific area under the guidance of a member of academic staff.
• You can choose from wide range of possible project topics each year, or negotiate a topic/title with a member of academic staff.
• Several of the modules develop skills to use a range of modern computer tools for working with data, programming or symbolic algebra as well as typesetting and presentation.

Elective Modules

• Once you have mastered the foundations, our mathematics programmes offer in later years a wide range of options within the programme.
• In addition to the named degrees with study abroad, professional experience and year in industry, you can take optional (called elective) modules from all over the university in years 2 and 3.
• These options are subject to your availability, having the appropriate background (pre-requisites) and certain programme constraints.

A Research and Practice Led Culture

• You will benefit from teaching by academic staff comprising internationally-recognised mathematicians, scientists and practitioners active across a wide range of topics in pure and applied mathematics, statistics and applications.
• As you progress through your degree, you will hear about the latest mathematical research and have opportunities (for example, the independent research project) to become actively involved in a research project yourself.

Assessment

• Assessment for all degrees is through a combination of examinations and coursework.
• Examinations are the more important part of the process, but the coursework helps you to work steadily throughout your degree.
• This is particularly important in Mathematics where the subject matter develops logically as the degree progresses.
• Written examinations for mathematics modules are held in January and May/June of the first and second years and in May/June of each subsequent year.
• Some modules have tests, essays, presentations and/or project reports that contribute to the assessment.

Optional Modules Outside of This Course

• Each year, if you have optional modules available, you can take up to 30 credits in a subject outside of your course.
• This can increase your employability and widen your intellectual horizons.

Proficiency in a Second Subject

• If you complete 60 credits of modules in specified subjects, you may have the words 'with proficiency in’ added to your degree title when you graduate.

Your Future

• Exeter has an excellent reputation with graduate recruiters and a strong employment record.
• Our graduates excel in specialist mathematical fields and across a broad range of other sectors and have found employment with financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment and unit trusts, as well as stock-broking and financial advisory work.

Professional Experience

• As part of your degree, you can choose to take an optional ‘Commercial and Industrial Experience’ module during the vacation before your third year (fourth year for ‘with a Year in Industry’ students).
• This opportunity allows you to gain paid work experience in a commercial setting while earning credits towards your degree programme.
• Professional experience not only develops your CV but helps you to determine your career aspirations.

Career Paths

• The broad-based skills acquired during your degree will give you an excellent grounding for a wide variety of careers, not only those related to Mathematics but also in wider fields.
• Examples of roles recent graduates are now working as include:
  • Accountant
  • Actuary
  • Analyst Programmer
  • Business Analyst
  • Credit Risk Analyst
  • Data Science Developer
  • Investment Analyst
  • Software Engineer
  • Statistician
  • Tax Manager