Mathematics
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What career will I have?
Studying mathematics is about much more than numbers and equations.
More and more companies are employing mathematics graduates not just for their knowledge of maths, but the analytical, quantitative and project management skills they develop while studying.
Studying mathematics is about opening doors to opportunity and gaining highly desirable skills which are not too common in the job market.
Mathematics is about looking at the underlying structures of things, trying to understand how they work, what they do, what’s essential and how we can model them to gain understanding and improvement and how we can then use these processes in other fields.
There is a general drought of mathematicians around the world at the moment. Because of this you can command a great salary. It’s not just about pure science either – mathematicians are sought-after in all sorts of industries. International studies consistently show that mathematicians enjoy the greatest job satisfaction and opportunities.
Some examples of the jobs available include:
- Actuary (someone who deals with the financial impact of risk and uncertainty)
- computer science and information systems
- cryptanalysis (kind of like code-breaking, it’s the study of methods for obtaining the meaning of encrypted information).
- engineering
- operations research analysis
- research
- statistics
- finance
Mathematicians work in industry for manufacturers, insurance companies, finance companies (Wall Street has been hiring highly skilled mathematicians for decades), banks, market research companies, and as public and private consultants.
If you are really keen on making your own discoveries, there is increasing demand for researchers in the area of mathematics too.
Examples of applications of mathematics which are currently being researched at Massey University include the modelling of geothermal processes, molecular dynamics, epidemiology, cell growth, celestial mechanics, neuroscience, phylogenetics and evolutionary trees, and the optimal decompositions of information systems. These show the generality, versatility, and variety of problems offered to mathematically-skilled scientists.
What career will I have?
Studying mathematics is about much more than numbers and equations.
More and more companies are employing mathematics graduates not just for their knowledge of maths, but the analytical, quantitative and project management skills they develop while studying.
Studying mathematics is about opening doors to opportunity and gaining highly desirable skills which are not too common in the job market.
Mathematics is about looking at the underlying structures of things, trying to understand how they work, what they do, what’s essential and how we can model them to gain understanding and improvement and how we can then use these processes in other fields.
There is a general drought of mathematicians around the world at the moment. Because of this you can command a great salary. It’s not just about pure science either - mathematicians are sought-after in all sorts of industries. International studies consistently show that mathematicians enjoy the greatest job satisfaction and opportunities.
Some examples of the jobs available include:
- Actuary (someone who deals with the financial impact of risk and uncertainty)
- computer science and information systems
- cryptanalysis (kind of like code-breaking, it’s the study of methods for obtaining the meaning of encrypted information).
- engineering
- operations research analysis
- research
- statistics
- finance
Mathematicians work in industry for manufacturers, insurance companies, finance companies (Wall Street has been hiring highly skilled mathematicians for decades), banks, market research companies, and as public and private consultants.
If you are really keen on making your own discoveries, there is increasing demand for researchers in the area of mathematics too.
Examples of applications of mathematics which are currently being researched at Massey University include the modelling of geothermal processes, molecular dynamics, epidemiology, cell growth, celestial mechanics, neuroscience, phylogenetics and evolutionary trees, and the optimal decompositions of information systems. These show the generality, versatility, and variety of problems offered to mathematically-skilled scientists.