Play a crucial role in helping businesses to succeed using mathematical knowledge. With a blend of business analytics and optimisation, you'll learn how to help companies improve and become more efficient. Our multidisciplinary courses cover mathematical optimisation techniques, operational research methods, programming, and statistics.
With hands-on projects, we will prepare you to apply mathematical optimisation and statistics in areas such as engineering, healthcare, finance and economics.
The professors are so engaging, and very insightful regarding application of what we were studying in the real world and the School of Mathematics careers events – they were a great opportunity for us to learn about various roles that we could venture into, when entering the job market.
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Course structure Join our 1 year full-time MSc programme comprising of taught modules during terms 1 and 2 followed by a Summer Dissertation. You'll be assessed using a combination of coursework and end of year examinations for taught modules.
You'll take 60 credits of compulsory/optional modules across various areas of Management Mathematics and Statistics. All examinations will take place during the May/June main examination period.
You'll attend 2 weekly lectures and 1 fortnightly guided study session for each 10 credit module equivalent. There are also regular MSc group tutorial meetings.
This term follows the same format as the autumn term with you taking a combination of 60 credits of compulsory/optional modules across various areas of Management Mathematics and Statistics.
All examinations will take place during the May/June main examination period.
During this term you'll be focussed on completing your 60 credit MSc Dissertation. You'll be assigned a personal supervisor to support your research on a topic of your choice in Management Mathematics and Statistics.
Your Dissertation will involve both written submissions and an oral presentation. Supplementary examinations will take place as required in August.
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To gain a place at Birmingham you will need to meet our general entry requirements, as well as those specific to your course. Your application will be reviewed by the course’s Admissions Tutor, who will decide whether your application should receive an offer.
If you are unsure if you meet our entry requirements, you can also contact the admissions department to discuss whether your application would be considered.
English language requirements If you are an international student, you will need to demonstrate you have a suitable level of English proficiency, usually through the form of an IELTS or equivalent qualification or a Presessional English course.
For this course we require IELTS 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in any band, which is equivalent to:
If you have a conditional offer for Birmingham where English is a requirement, you can take a Presessional English course as an alternative to retaking IELTS or a similar qualification. We offer on-campus courses all year round starting from September including additional online courses in the summer term. Teaching takes place in small classes with no more than 18 students to maximise class participation.