Program Overview

Overview

Taught in partnership between Exeter’s Mathematics department and The University of Exeter’s triple-accredited Business School, this course is designed to equip you for a management career in industry, commerce or the public sector. You will gain invaluable mathematics skills alongside a detailed understanding of the relationship of management theories and practice to the functional areas of business.

Entry Requirements

• Qualification: Typical offer
  • A-Level: AAA-AAB
  • IB: 36/666-34/665
  • BTEC: DDD
  • GCSE: 4 or C in English language
  • Access to HE: 30 L3 credits at Distinction Grade and 15 L3 credits at Merit Grade
  • T-Level: Not accepted
• Contextual Offer:
  • A-Level: ABB-ABC
  • IB: 32/655-30/555
  • BTEC: DDM
• Specific subject requirements:
  • A-Level: GCE AL Maths grade A (Candidates may offer GCE AL Maths, Pure Maths or Further Maths)
  • IB: HL6 in Mathematics (Analysis and Approaches)
  • BTEC: Applicants studying a BTEC Extended Diploma are also required to achieve grade A at A' Level in Mathematics, Pure Mathematics or Further Mathematics
• 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
  • MTH1004: Probability, Statistics and Data
  • BEM1023: Discovering Management

Year 2

• Compulsory modules:
  • BEM2007: Operations Management
  • BEM2**: Choice of Management Module
• Optional modules:
  • MTH2003: Differential Equations
  • MTH2004: Vector Calculus and Applications
  • MTH2006: Statistical Modelling and Inference
  • MTH2008: Real Analysis
  • MTH2009: Complex Analysis
  • MTH2010: Groups, Rings and Fields
  • MTH2011: Linear Algebra
  • XXXXXXX: 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 four year degree.

Final year

• Compulsory modules:
  • BEM3065: Strategy
• Optional modules:
  • EMP3001: Commercial and Industrial Experience
  • MTH3035: Mathematics Group Project
  • 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
  • MTH3024: Stochastic Processes
  • MTH3026: Cryptography
  • MTH3028: Statistical Inference: Theory and Practice
  • MTH3030: Mathematics of Climate Change
  • MTH3038: Galois Theory
  • MTH3039: Computational Nonlinear Dynamics
  • MTH3040: Topology and Metric Spaces
  • MTH3041: Bayesian statistics, Philosophy and Practice
  • MTH3042: Integral Equations
  • MTH3044: Bayesian Data Modelling
  • MTH3045: Statistical Computing
  • MTH3050: Functional Analysis
  • XXXXXXX: Free Choice - upto 30 Credits
  • NSC3009: Aerosols, Clouds and Climate
  • BEM3046: Managing Human Resources: Advanced Issues
  • BEM3022: Purchasing and Supply Management
  • BEM3052: Managing Change and Crisis in Organisations
  • BEM3082: Building Resilient Leaders

Fees

• 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.

Learning and Teaching

• Assessment: All our degrees involve a combination of teaching methods, including lectures, seminars, examples classes, workshops and tutorials.
• Private study and support: You should spend about 20 hours per week in private study.
• Project and computer work: There are modules at all levels that involve project work and report writing.
• Elective modules: You can take optional (called elective) modules from all over the university in years 2 and 3.
• 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.

Your Future

• 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.
• Professional experience: You have the choice to take an optional ‘Commercial and Industrial Experience’ module during the vacation before your final year.