Program Overview

MSci Mathematics with Study Abroad in a Modern Language (G104)

2026 entry

Course summary

Join a University ranked in the UK top five for Maths research (analysis of REF 2021) with an excellent reputation for teaching and learning (UK top ten for Maths, QS World University Rankings by subject 2024).

If you're driven by intellectual curiosity and enjoy the satisfaction of cracking difficult puzzles, this course offers a rigorous foundation in mathematics that will help you stand out to top employers. Studying abroad in Europe fosters language skills and intellectual growth as well as developing your breadth of perspective.

As you progress through your degree, you will have increasing flexibility to shape it to your own interests and skills, whether they be in pure or applied mathematics, mathematical physics, statistics and probability, or a mixture.

Our lecturers are passionate about their subject, with modules informed by cutting-edge research. In your final year, there is the opportunity for project work supervised by one of our world-leading experts, which may inspire you to pursue postgraduate study.

A lot of support is available, academically through scheduled problem classes and informal drop-in sessions, and pastorally through our personal tutors and Senior Tutor team.

Think Big bursaries of £3,000 are available to support first-year international undergraduate students in this subject area.

Accreditations

Our Mathematics with Study Abroad in a Modern Language MSci is accredited by IFoA.

Overview

• Typical offer: A-level standard offer: AAA, A-level contextual offer: AAA
• Programme duration: 4 year(s) full-time. Part-time study is not available for this course
• Application method: UCAS (Code: G104)
• Location: Clifton campus, Placements
• Fees: £9,535 per year, home students, £30400 per year, international students

Course structure

The first two years of the course provide a broad background in mathematics, similar to our single honours mathematics degrees, and include relevant European language units.

Year one consists of compulsory topics. In your second year, you can start to shape your degree by choosing from an extensive range of topics that most interest you.

Provided you fulfil the progression requirements of the Study Abroad in a Modern Language degree, you will spend your third year abroad at one of our partner universities studying mathematics in a foreign language.

On returning to Bristol you will complete your final year, choosing from a wide range of units from our MSci Mathematics course, and benefiting from our pioneering research.

Entry requirements

• A-level standard offer: AAA including A* in Mathematics and A in another mathematics-related subject, or AAA including AA (in any order) in Mathematics and Further Mathematics
• A-level contextual offer: AAA including Mathematics and another mathematics-related subject, or AAB including AA in Mathematics and Further Mathematics
• BTEC: DDD in either Engineering BTEC National Level 3 Extended Diploma, plus A in Mathematics at A-level (or equivalent), or any Applied General BTEC National Level 3 Extended Diploma, plus A in Mathematics at A-level (or equivalent)
• International Baccalaureate Diploma: 40 points overall with 18 at Higher Level, including 7 at Higher Level in Mathematics (either Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretations) and 6 at Higher Level in another mathematics-related subject
• International Baccalaureate Diploma contextual offer: 36 points overall with 18 at Higher Level, including 6, 6 at Higher Level in Mathematics (either Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretations) and another mathematics-related subject
• European Baccalaureate: 90% overall, with 9.0 in Mathematics and 8.5 in another mathematics-related subject
• Scottish Qualifications Authority: Advanced Higher: AA in Mathematics and another mathematics-related subject (including Mathematics of Mechanics), and Standard Higher: AAAAA
• Access to HE Diploma: Access to HE Diploma in Engineering, Science, or Computing (or similar titles) with 30 credits at Distinction and 15 at Merit, and A in A-level Mathematics
• Welsh Baccalaureate: Requirements are as for A-levels, where you can substitute a non-subject specific grade for the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales or the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate at that grade
• Cambridge Pre-U: Requirements for principal subjects are as for A-level, where D1/D2 is A*, D3 is A, M1/M2 is B, and M3 is C
• International qualifications: The University of Bristol welcomes applications from international students, and we accept a wide range of qualifications for undergraduate and postgraduate study

Selection process

• Regulations and codes of conduct we abide by to create a positive environment for learning and achievement are found in the University admissions policies and procedures
• If applying with extenuating circumstances please see our policy
• Full information about our selection processes for Mathematics with Study Abroad in a Modern Language can be found in the Admissions Statement

Applicants must also meet these requirements

• GCSE profile requirements: Advanced Modern Language requirement in French, German or Spanish (7 or A at GCSE)
• English language requirements: If English is not your first language, you need to have one of the following: IELTS 6.5 overall with 6.0 in all skills, GCSE English Language grade C or 4, or an alternative qualification outlined in our Profile level E

Related courses

• MSci Mathematics with Study Abroad
• MSci Mathematics with Study Abroad in a Modern Language
• Engineering Mathematics
• Modern Languages

Next steps

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