Careers Network is here to support you by providing information, advice, guidance, events and opportunities to enable you to secure placements, work experience, self-employment and graduate careers.

Working closely with your academic school, our team of experts ensures that every student has access to careers advice.  As well as large careers fairs, we hold sector-specific events, involving employers and Loughborough alumni, to help you make valuable connections and secure high-quality placements and graduate roles. 

To find out more about what we do and how we can support you, visit Meet the teams. 

Details of the Placements Officers for your school can be found here.

We look forward to supporting throughout your Loughborough journey.

• Advanced IT skills through the use of computer applications.
• An ability to present mathematical arguments and draw conclusions.
• An analytical approach to problem solving and the ability to formulate theories and apply them appropriately.
• High level numeracy skills and the ability to handle and analyse large quantities of data.
• Logical, clear thinking.

Careers directly related to Mathematics:

• Actuary
• Business Analyst
• Engineer
• Operational Researcher
• Statistician
• Teaching

Careers where your degree would be useful:

• Civil Service
• Finance
• Management consultancy
• Technology

Further study at Loughborough University:

The Department of Mathematical Sciences attracts staff and students from all over the world, making it a diverse and stimulating environment in which to study. Active in high quality research across the broad spectrum of mathematics, the Department has an international reputation, with four fifths of research rated internationally-leading (or better) in REF 2014.

The Department undertakes research in both pure and applied mathematics and is located in the newly-refurbished Schofield Building. It consists of around 35 members of staff and 50 PhD students from all over the world.

For more information please visit the Department of Mathematical Sciences Postgraduate study page

Further study elsewhere:

Find a Masters in Mathematics across the UK and Europe

Find a PhD across the world

Popular areas of further study:

This is according to Loughborough University’s most recent 2017 DLHE Statistics:

• MSc Risk Management and Financial Engineering
• PGCE Maths
• MA Maths
• MSc Statistics
• MSc Industrial Mathematical Modelling
• MSc Business Analytics
• Actuarial Associateship Exams
• PhD Applied Mathematics

What do Loughborough Mathematics graduates do?

Graduates from this subject area have gone on to destinations where:

Employers included:

Acturis, Bet Digital, Hawk Eye Innovations, KPMG, Kubrick Group (Client: The Guardian), Mercedes Benz, Morgan Stanley, NHS, Silicon Valley Bank, The Access Group, Tyler Capital.

Roles included:

Assistant Management Accountant, Associate Banker, Bespoke Master Data Manager, Data Analyst, Financial Analyst, Graduate Financial Analyst, Junior Mathematician, Junior Trading Analyst, Operations Engineer, System Operator, Technical Analyst, Trainee Actuary.

Further Study included:

Certificate in Education (Secondary), MA Mathematics, Maths PGCE, MSc Banking and Finance, MSc Business Analytics, MSc Industrial Mathematical Modelling, MSc Mathematical Finance, MSc in Mathematics Education, MSc Risk Management and Financial Engineering, MSc Sports Biomechanics, MSc Statistics (Financial Statistics), PhD Mathematics.

Further information:

For more information on companies graduates work for, industry links and career opportunities, visit the subject area page of the University website.  You can also find out what our students say in our student stories of personal journeys through and beyond Loughborough and track the career journeys and Loughborough experiences of some of our alumni.

Websites:

• Dolan Accountancy: How to become an accountant
• Learn About O.R.
• Maths Careers profiles
• Plus Magazine
• Prospects: What can I do with my degree
• Top Universities, What can you do with a Mathematics degree?
• The Science Council - Working towards becoming a Registered Scientist
• IMA - Real Life Applications of Maths

Videos:

• Interviews with Mathematicians
• Where can studying Mathematics take you?

Materials:

• IMA advice for mathematicians to advance their career

Students have the option of taking a year-long placement in industry which provides an invaluable opportunity to develop their professional and technical skills further. We will deliver talks in your department and offer one-to-one appointments to help you with the recruitment process for this.

Additionally, we advertise many opportunities for summer internships and encourage students to gain experience valuable in the workplace through extra-curricular activities such as volunteering, committee memberships, work-shadowing and part-time work.

• Target Connect - Our website for vacancies and opportunities and internally through your department.
• Year In Industry – This organisation can help match you to industrial placements. It's free to use for our students.           
• Gradcracker - Search for internships, placements and graduate opportunities.
• TargetJobs - Browse opportunities, career sectors, internships and careers advice.
• Prospects - Search for graduate jobs.
• Talentview Aviation and Talentview Construction industry related graduate jobs and opportunities listed here
• STEM Graduates - Search for STEM specific graduate jobs.
• Ask in your department.

Maths specific websites:

• IMA Jobs and research opportunities
• London Mathematical Society Careers
• Maths Careers
• Who employs mathematicians – links to companies, many have graduate schemes
• GradCracker – search under ‘Science/Maths’, then ‘maths’

Professional bodies:

• Institute of Mathematics
• The London Mathematical Society
• The Royal Statistical Society
• The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Sector and labour market information:

SIAM:

• Blog
• News
• STEMNET