Mathematics with Finance and Investment Banking with a Placement Year

Study a wide range of topics from statistics to foreign exchange, and experience the thrill of live markets. This flexible degree will help you to develop your skills - including how to code.

Choose mathematics at Reading

You will study mathematics for approximately two thirds of the course.

Join the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and become a part of a supportive, interactive and accomplished learning community.

Taught by expert staff with extensive teaching and research experience, you'll work collaboratively across a range of topics in pure and applied mathematics. Modules are informed by our world-leading research, and include areas such as:

• calculus
• numerical analysis
• linear algebra
• differential equations
• statistics.

Your second year will feature a skills module, designed to improve your transferrable skills and enhance your employability. In your final year, you will produce a report and do a presentation on a mathematical project.

This course meets the educational requirements of the Chartered Mathematician designation when followed by subsequent training and experience.

Finance and investment banking

Finance and investment banking will make up the remaining third of your degree.

Guided by the triple-accredited Henley Business School, you will have access to the latest investment management technology, including our three dealing rooms, equipped with Bloomberg and Thomsen Reuters Eikon terminals.

You will have the opportunity to manage the risk of a $50-100 million trading book, quote two-way prices, take positions, and immerse yourself in the financial industry.

We pride ourselves in our high-quality teaching, which will be delivered through a wide range of approaches, such as:

• lectures
• group tutorials
• group presentations
• open debate.

Placement Year

This degree includes an integrated, year-long, paid industrial placement between your second and your final year.

You could undertake a placement in the finance, logistics or technology sectors, at a range of national and international organisations such as Microsoft, IBM, SAP, and the NHS.

Our dedicated placements officer can provide advice and support to help you find your ideal placement, as well as developing your CV and interview skills.

You can also undertake summer placements throughout your degree if you wish to.

Visit the Important Information page for more details on securing and completing a placement year.

You can apply online for all of our courses, including courses with an Integrated Foundation Year, via the national admissions service, UCAS. You can choose to apply for up to five courses in total, including more than one course at the same institution.

Begin your application

Register at UCAS and complete the application pages online, using the UCAS codes on our course pages. 

Our UCAS code is R12. The University does not have a campus code. 

Write your personal statement

As part of your application, you'll be asked to submit a personal statement to support your application. This is your opportunity to tell us more about why you want to study the course and what interests, skills and experience you have that demonstrate your passion for the subject.

Submit your application

When you're happy with your application and have added the required information such as qualifications, personal statement and reference, you can submit your application. 

A small charge is made by UCAS for applying to university. The application fee for 2022 entry was £22 to apply for a single course and £26.50 for multiple courses (and for applications submitted after 30 June).

Make sure to check the UCAS website for the most up-to-date application deadlines. If you have missed the January deadline, there is still the opportunity to apply (via UCAS), and we are happy to consider late applications until 30 June 2022 (all applications received after 30 June are entered into Clearing). Please be aware that some of our courses may be full after the January UCAS deadline, so we recommend early applications where possible.