Course summary

Put your numerical skills into practice in the real world, and build up more experience for your CV. Our students have worked in finance roles at major corporations and applied their analysis skills to data science jobs in the civil service as part of their degree. Advance your problem-solving skills, put them into practice in the real world and build unforgettable experience for your CV. Explore the field and test out possible career paths with this Mathematics with Placement Year BSc from Sheffield. This is a degree with so much flexibility, it’s yours to shape. Building on core topics in year one, you’ll go into your second year with a whole menu of optional modules – from differential equations, statistical modelling and computer simulations to the mechanics of motion in fluids and solids. Some module options include more project work. This gives you the chance to put your mathematics skills into practice in different contexts and scenarios that you might encounter when you start work after graduation. Your third year will be your placement year, where you can for example try out finance roles at major corporations, or apply your analysis skills to data science in the civil service. You’ll have plenty of support from your tutors all the way through, and you may come back with the offer of a job when you graduate. Back in Sheffield for your fourth year, you’ll have the skills, knowledge and experience to go in lots of different directions in mathematics. This final year is the perfect time to test what interests you the most – building on your placement experience to develop the first steps in your career. Why study this course?

• Tailor your degree - wide range of flexible module options to allow you to specialise in the areas of mathematics and statistics which you care about.

• Industry placement experience - spend a whole year in industry, gaining first-hand experience in applying mathematics and statistics in a real business situation.

• Real-world problem solving - research unanswered questions, from the most abstract research in areas like algebraic geometry and number theory, to the calculations behind animal movements and black holes.

• Everyone is welcome - there’s a place at Sheffield for everyone who enjoys mathematics. Find a warm welcome at our active student society (SUMS), regular maths challenges and a dedicated LGBT+ student group for maths students.

• Career success - careers and employability skills are built into our maths degree programmes, and major employers like Goldman Sachs, Unilever, and the NHS hire our graduates to solve problems.