As a graduate with a degree in mathematics, your career prospects will be exciting and wide-ranging. You'll also get access to superb careers support throughout your time with us, which will help you make the most of the skills you'll be building as part of your studies and assist you in taking the next steps towards your dream career.

What careers support is available for Warwick maths students?

There is a wealth of information and advice available to you as part of our department, and the best place to start is to meet with our dedicated careers consultant, Ray Ryan.

What can you do with a maths degree?

The short answer is a lot!

As a maths student you will be developing a range of key employability skills – transferrable skills that employers look for in their new hires. For example, you would probably expect maths students to have superb analytical, information literacy, and problem solving skills, but your busy schedule, group work and certain modules will also develop your professionalism – including time management and attention to detail – as well as your communication and digital literacy skills.

Take a look at some examples of career paths that recent Warwick maths graduates have taken, along with the skills you'll need to follow in their footsteps.

Developing your employability skills with the Warwick Award

If you’re interested in developing your employability skills during your time at Warwick, make sure you register for the Warwick Award.

The Award is the University’s free skills development programme that is available to all undergraduate and taught Master’s students. It is a points-based programme that showcases the skills you’re developing from your academic modules, as well as anything else you get involved with - such as societies, sports teams, volunteering, internships, placements, or even part-time work – and can help set you up for a fantastic start to life after graduation.

Find out more about the Warwick Award.

Discover our alumni stories

Graduating from Warwick with a degree in mathematics will put you in a great position for a wide range of career opportunities; so many of the skills you will develop during your studies are transferable, which is exactly what employers are looking for.

To give you a flavour of some of the roles recent Warwick maths graduates have gone into since completing their studies with us, we’ve compiled a selection of alumni case studies for you to explore.

Actuarial exemptions

If you're interested in becoming an actuary after graduation, there is some important information to note. There are only a few specific accredited degrees at Warwick where there is an existing exemption agreement and, unfortunately, Maths BSc is not currently one of these. You can see which Warwick degree courses might lead to a recommendation for some or all of the exams actuaries have to take on the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries website.

You can still independently apply for exemptions if you have taken accredited modules as part of your degree and there is information on how to check whether a module you have taken is eligible on the IFoA accredited degree modules webpageLink opens in a new window.

We recommend you contact the IFoA directly if you need further advice. Their contact details can be found at the bottom of their web pages.