Department of Mathematics
A Mathematics degree will enhance your ability to think clearly, learn new ideas quickly, manipulate precise and intricate concepts, follow complex reasoning, construct logical arguments and expose illogical ones. These skills will prove invaluable in the rapidly changing modern world of employment.
Why Study Mathematics At Warwick?
National newspapers consistently rank us as one of the UK’s top mathematics departments.
Our undergraduate Mathematics programme is distinguished by its academic excellence, flexibility and choice. All courses contain the same basic core of Mathematics in the first year, allowing easy transfer between degree courses in the Mathematics Department at the end of the first year.
A wide range of optional subjects is also available from other departments. Our curriculum is broad, modern, and rigorous; and our degrees internationally recognised.
Warwick’s Mathematics Department is internationally renowned for the quality of its research. In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise, Warwick Pure Mathematics was ranked second highest in the UK. Warwick Applied Mathematics came equal first (with Oxford and Cambridge) for the proportion of its research that received the top ‘world‑leading’ rating.
The Mathematics Research Centre runs an extensive programme of symposia and workshops which bring to Warwick leading mathematicians from around the world. Our undergraduate degree courses are continually evolving in light of the latest research developments.
Student Profile: Rhiannon Tapper,
4th year, Mathematics
I considered Warwick because of the Mathematics Department’s impressive reputation. I worried about how I would cope with the new advanced materials, but my fears were soon resolved when I started the course and found how much support the Department offered to help students acclimatise. As well as regular tutorials with our personal tutors, we had supervisions with a 4th year to help with the development of university maths.
My favourite aspect of the course is the flexibility in choosing modules. There is a huge choice of maths modules, and also additional areas of study outside the subject. In the 3rd and 4th years I have 100% choice in the modules I take from a wide range of mathematical fields.
Our strong collaboration with Computer Science and Physics has been recognised by the creation of new Centres for Discrete Mathematics and Complexity Science, with Research Council support.
Our large Mathematics Department has specialists in almost all areas of mathematics.
Lectures are supported by supervisions (with graduates) and tutorials (with staff), giving a human face to a student’s university experience. Tutors monitor the students’ academic and personal development.
How Will I Be Taught?
A Mathematics module is usually taught in three one-hour lectures per week, and you typically study four or five modules per term. In the first year, you meet your supervisor twice a week to discuss the course material and go over submitted work. In the second and third years lecture modules are accompanied by weekly support classes. Your personal tutor provides a further layer of learning and pastoral support. Our approach to teaching is forward-looking and often innovative. The first Analysis module is taught through structured problem-solving in groups, easing the transition from school to University. The Maths by Computer module is taught at the computer terminal and introduces you to mathematical software, illustrating new concepts learnt in other modules. The Experimental Maths module uses practical investigations into coupled pendula, soap films and nonlinear oscillators.
How Will I Be Assessed?
Most modules are assessed by 15% coursework and 85% final exam or by 100% exam, with almost all exams taken in the third term. A few modules have a higher proportion of coursework; essays and projects, such as the final year MMath project, are assessed by coursework and by an oral presentation.
What Opportunities Are There To Study Abroad?
You could spend an extra year studying Maths at one of our 20 partner universities in Europe and receive the BSc ‘with Intercalated Year’, or spend there the third of the four years of your MMath degree and receive the ‘MMath with Study in Europe’.
What Careers Can A Warwick Degree In Mathematics Lead To?
Warwick Mathematics graduates are highly sought after for mathematical, scientific, financial, managerial, IT and many other careers.
DEGREES
Mathematics (MMath) G103 MMath/Math
Mathematics and Economics GL11 BSc/MEc
Mathematics and Business Studies G1NC BSc/MBS
Mathematics and Philosophy GV15 BSc/BA/MatPhi
MORSE (Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics) and MMORSE GLN0 BSc/MORSE G0L0 MMORSE (see MORSE)
Mathematics and Physics GF13 BSc/MathP FG31 MPhys/MP (see Physics)
Mathematics and Statistics GG13 BSc/MathS GGC3 MMathStat (see Statistics)
Discrete Mathematics G190 BSc/DM (see Computer Science)
FURTHER INFORMATION
Gap year: Applications for deferred entry welcomed, but applicants are strongly advised to maintain and sharpen their mathematical competence during their year out.
Interviews: Candidates returning to study and those with non-standard academic backgrounds may be interviewed.
Open days: All applicants made an offer will be invited to a Departmental Open Day in January, February or March.
Admissions: (024) 7652 3723
Email:
ugadmissions@warwick.ac.uk
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