Mathematics is the science of quantity, space and spatial relations, change and structure. It employs theories and methods to discover patterns and formulate laws. Through abstraction and logical reasoning, mathematics is used for counting, calculations and measurements of any kind. This science is very frequently used in day to day life and is essential even for the activity of many other fields. Applied mathematics is focused on the use of mathematical knowledge in other fields like science and engineering, while pure mathematics is concerned with the filed itself. Statistics, game theory and computational mathematics are a few of the disciplines that have evolved from applied mathematics.
A student graduating from mathematics studies will have numeracy skills, knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, good grasp of mathematical concepts and strong deductive reasoning, just to name a few. The graduates can also dedicate themselves to a teaching oriented career, in which they have to combine the mathematics related knowledge with pedagogy skills and convey the knowledge further to students.
The programme provides a broad education and strong background in Mathematics; it enables students to proceed to the front of knowledge in one of the major fields of Mathematics.
This Master’s degree covers the whole chain of quantitative finance, from theoretical aspects to the application in a professional setting. This Master draws on the recognized excellence of our engineering school in quantitative finance, and makes great use of the collaborations with the Universities of Paris-Dauphine and Cergy-Pontoise.
This programme is aimed at students with a strong mathematical background and provides one of the most thorough and stimulating preparations for a career in finance available. By the end of it you will be uniquely well qualified to find employment in business or academia.
Quantitative financial methods are one of the fastest growing areas of the present day banking and corporate environments. The solution by Black, Scholes and Merton of the option pricing problem set off a revolution in finance resulting in the introduction of sophisticated mathematical techniques in the financial markets and corporate planning.
Logical thinking, sharp analysis and intensely pure reasoning. These are the characteristics of the true mathematician. This master´s programme in Mathematics offers you a thorough, theoretical education while maintaining a clear perspective on concrete applications.
The Masters Actuarial Science course has been designed to fit in well with study leave packages commonly offered by actuarial employers. Students will be expected to attend lectures on only one full day per week during term time over two academic years.
The Master Programme in Statistics at Uppsala University gives a solid foundation in statistical theory and a deeper knowledge in areas such as econometrics, psychometrics and biostatistics. This provides very good skills to critically analyze and interpret data from various application areas. With a degree from this programme you are well prepared and in demand for work in both the private and public sectors and for further studies in research education.
The course will provide training in techniques of applied mathematics, and will focus largely on mathematical models of real world processes, their formulation in terms of differential equations, and methods of solutions, both numerical and analytical, of the models.
The use of mathematical and statistical models and methods have facilitated tremendous advances in knowledge during the last few centuries. Still, it may be today that the growth in ways of applying mathematical sciences is at its greatest, as ever-increasing data-collection and computing possibilities make new application ideas feasible.
The MSc in Financial Mathematics gives you the tools necessary to undertake high quality research in both financial and academic institutions. This programme is rigorous with respect to the mathematics but also links the theory with real world developments.
Spend a year studying at your choice of seven world-class universities in the South of England that are at the forefront of pioneering research from nanoscales to cosmology, from experiments to theory. Then spend a year in research working with some of the finest minds in physics on groundbreaking research projects such as ATLAS and LOFAR that push the boundaries of science.
The programme results from an international advanced master degree (IAMD) created during an ESF research programme and EC FP6 network project.