Mathematics

The Mathematics program at theUniversity of Essexprovides an exceptional range of knowledge and skills that are currently in demand in mathematically oriented employment; in business, commerce, industry, government service, education and in the wider economy.

Mathematics is the language that underpins the rest of science. Our interdisciplinary research recognises that mathematics, including what can be very abstract mathematics, is an essential part of research in many other disciplines.

As well as these mathematical topics, your degree will develop your programming skills in languages such as Python and SQL, and you will learn to solve sophisticated problems using computational toolkits such as Matlab, Maple and R.

Your future

Key employability skills you gain from this Mathematics program at the University of Essex include analytic reasoning, problem solving, techniques of discrete mathematics and an understanding of application areas of these techniques, algorithm design and implementation, and data analysis.

Our graduates are highly sought after by a range of employers and find employment in financial services, scientific computation, decision making support and government, risk assessment, statistics, education and other sectors.

Courses include:

• Abstract Algebra

• Numerical Methods

• Complex Variables

• Advanced Ordinary Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems

• Cryptography and Codes

• Commutative Algebra