Course summary

Spend a year of your degree at one of our partner universities in France, studying mathematics in French. When you’re in Sheffield, you’ll spend two-thirds of your time studying mathematics and the rest of your time developing your French language abilities. Become fluent in French while grappling with some of the most complex maths problems, as you develop into a creative problem-solver. Why choose to study one subject, when you can follow your twin passions with this mathematics with French degree at the University of Sheffield. You’ll spend around two thirds of your time on maths, one third studying French language and culture. Beginning with the essentials you’ll need for the rest of your degree – including calculus, algebra and data science – you’ll go on to develop programming skills using Python and R, and learn to present your work as a professional mathematician using LaTeX. In your French studies, you’ll have seminars and weekly meetings with a native speaker, completing a project and presentation in French. Year two will see you taking on increasingly complex problems. You’ll choose whether you want to focus on pure maths, or applied topics that are useful in industries like finance. There is also time dedicated for you to prepare for your year abroad – which you’ll spend studying maths at one of our partner universities in France. When you return to Sheffield for your final year, you’ll have the skills, knowledge and experience to go in lots of different directions in mathematics. So a final research project is a good way to test what interests you the most. And you’ll be working closely with one of our staff to tackle a complex research question. Together, we’ll mould you into a candidate that would be prized in academia, or any graduate position you choose. Why study this course?

• Immersive French experience - full academic year at a French university, studying mathematics in French.

• Leading maths research - 96% of our research is rated as world-leading or internationally excellent, according to the Research Excellence Framework 2021.

• 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.

• Set up for a successful career - 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.

• Extended research projects - investigate a real-world problem of your choice in your final year research project, alongside an active researcher. This will also help you hone those software skills, so you’ll know how to present maths and statistics and other technical information.