Mathematics with Finance

About this course

Mathematics with finance is a degree that responds to the escalating need for graduates with a robust mathematical background and a keen understanding of the intricacies inherent in financial markets, financial modelling, and corporate finance. Modern finance is a mathematically demanding field, drawing on probability theory, stochastic calculus, optimisation, statistics, and numerical methods to price assets, manage risk, and make investment decisions. This programme combines a rigorous education in mathematical theory and practice, developing expertise across pure and applied mathematics, statistics, and computational mathematics, with courses in all the key areas of modern finance taught by discipline experts. At Heriot-Watt University, this four-year full-time BSc is taught within Edinburgh Business School and the Department of Mathematics, two strong departments whose expertise is

Where its graduates go

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• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 25% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 20% of graduatescards →

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