Undergraduate courses

Mathematics BSc

This flexible course gives you the freedom to explore lots of different areas of maths or tailor your course to your own interests. Once you’ve mastered the essentials, you’ll be able to choose from a wide variety of options.

Mathematics MMath

Preparation for a career in research, whether you want to work on solutions to abstract mathematics problems or apply your problem solving skills to challenges in industry. In your final year, you’ll complete a major research project.

Mathematics with Placement Year BSc

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.

• Industry placement

Mathematics with Placement Year MMath

Put your numerical skills into practice in the real world, and build up skills and experience that you can apply to a career in research.

• Industry placement

Mathematics and Statistics BSc

Prepare for a role in the big data economy. You’ll cover the same essential topics as other maths students, but you’ll get training in a range of statistical techniques. You’ll use the tools and software professional statisticians use.

Mathematics and Statistics MMath

In a career as a statistics researcher, you can help solve problems in areas ranging from banking to healthcare. You’ll be trained to use the tools and software professional statisticians use and complete a major research project in your final year.

Mathematics and Statistics with Placement Year BSc

Put your statistics knowledge 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.

• Industry placement

Mathematics and Statistics with Placement Year MMath

Put your statistics knowledge into practice in the real world, and build up skills and experience that you can apply to a career in research.

• Industry placement

Financial Mathematics BSc

Get you the numerical skills and specialist knowledge you need to work in finance. You’ll learn about the tools, principles and practices of the finance industry, as well as the fundamental mathematics behind banking, insurance and accountancy.

Mathematics with French MMath

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.

• Foreign language study
• Study abroad

Mathematics with Spanish MMath

Spend a year of your degree at one of our partner universities in Spain, studying mathematics in Spanish. When you’re in Sheffield, you’ll spend two-thirds of your time studying mathematics and the rest of your time developing your Spanish language abilities.

• Foreign language study
• Study abroad

Mathematics with German MMath

Spend a year of your degree at one of our partner universities in Germany, studying mathematics in German. When you’re in Sheffield, you’ll spend two-thirds of your time studying mathematics and the rest of your time developing your German language abilities.

• Foreign language study
• Study abroad

Mathematics with Study in Europe MMath

Study maths in a European country not covered by our Mathematics with French, German or Spanish courses. You can choose a language to study from a much wider range – for example, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese or Swedish and spend your third year studying mathematics at a university where it’s spoken.

• Study abroad

Mathematics with a Year Abroad MMath

Spend a year studying maths at one of our partner universities in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore or the United States.

• Study abroad

Economics and Mathematics BSc

This dual honours degree combines advanced mathematical and technical skills with the opportunity to apply these to real-world economic policy.

• Dual honours
• Industry placement

Mathematics and Philosophy BSc

Learn to approach abstract problems in a reasoned, logical way. Choose from a huge range of options that introduce you to major thinkers and ask fundamental questions to challenge your understanding of the world.

• Dual honours