Mathematics and Statistics
Useful Careers Resources
Prospects: What can I do with my degree? Mathematics
Jobs directly related to your degree:
Acoustic consultant
Actuarial analyst
Actuary
Astronomer
Chartered accountant
Chartered certified accountant
Data analyst
Data scientist
Investment analyst
Research scientist (maths)
Secondary school teacher
Software engineer
Sound engineer
Statistician
Jobs where your degree would be useful:
Academic researcher
CAD technician
Financial manager
Financial trader
Game designer
Insurance underwriter
Machine learning engineer
Management consultant
Meteorologist
Operational researcher
Palaeontologist
Private tutor
Quantity surveyor
Radiation protection practitioner
Software tester
Maths Careers - Career options with a maths degree. Very useful site which features profiles of maths graduates and an extensive list of leading employers of mathematicians
Bright Network - Careers with a Maths degree
New Scientist Jobs Includes maths and stats opportunities and a careers advice page
What do graduates do? 2024-25 Survey UK graduate destinations by subject
Prospect Job Profiles A-Z
Prospects Job Profiles by Sector
Prospects Job Sectors
BrightNetwork - Career Path Guides – for example, Consulting, Investment Banking and Technology Careers: IT & Software development
Insurance careers
efinancialcareers.co.uk - Graduate guide
Civil Service Careers
Fast Stream entry to the Civil Service 17 specialist development schemes
Office for National Statistics Careers
Government Operational Research Service
Government Analysis Function pages
Get into Teaching (government website) Information about teaching as a career
IMA: Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
RSS: Royal Statistical Society
The Operational Research Society
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
ICAEW: Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (careers pages)
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy
Chartered Insurance Institute
The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers
Surrey Pathfinder – Graduate Jobs, placements and summer internships for Surrey students & graduates
Gradcracker - Jobs and placements in STEM subjects
STEM Graduates
Targetjobs - Graduate and Internship opportunities
Brightnetwork - Internships, Placements and Graduate jobs
Bright Network: Graduate Application Scheme deadlines
Prospects - Graduate Jobs and Prospects – Work Experience and Internships
HigherIn – UK internships, placements and graduate jobs.
Inside Careers - Specialist jobs boards offering adverts for Internships, placements and graduate roles across a wide range of numerate sectors, including:
accountancy, pensions, actuarial, insurance, and intellectual property and patents
The Guardian jobs pages
Research, science, academic, teaching and management jobs and studentships in the public and private sector
Civil Service Fast Stream – 17 different schemes for finalists and graduates including Science & Engineering, Digital, Data, Technology & Cyber Security, Finance, Statistics and Risk Management.
6-8 weeks Summer Internship Programme – for students in their final 2 years at university
GCHQ Graduate Schemes
MI5 Graduate development programme
KPMG Careers – Graduates
Deloitte Early Careers
Postgraduate Course Search (Prospects) - Searchable database of course programmes as well as information on funding
Find a PhD
Find a Masters
UCAS pages for applying to teacher training (in all UK home nations)
Academic jobs
Postgraduate Studentships - Funded opportunities for postgraduate study
Fulbright Commission Postgraduate study and research opportunities in the USA
EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Innovate UK - Knowledge Transfer Partnership Graduate Opportunities
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