Careers and Employability

A maths degree is the gateway to a wide variety of careers, and our mathematics graduates are among the most highly sought-after at UEA.

Businesses and other organisations are keen to employ our mathematicians for their ability to analyse problems, formulate questions and find solutions, whether in research, business, industry or government.

The mathematics in our degrees (and the mathematicians' habit of asking questions) will not go out of date. The knowledge and mental disciplines that are the rewards from studying a Mathematics degree will last a lifetime: the qualification can support a job-change or a promotion much later in your working career.

Examples of areas in which UEA mathematicians find appointments include business, accountancy, banking and insurance, IT and the internet, management, government statistics, meteorology and environmental science, engineering design and teaching. There is also research: each year several of our undergraduate students stay in academia to study for a PhD research degree in mathematics.

Transferable skills development is embedded within our degrees, and the UEA Careers Service gives students the support they need to find out how their skills and qualifications can match potential jobs. They also give advice on finding vacancies, interview techniques and how you can write your curriculum vitae effectively in support of job or higher-degree applications.

The School of Mathematics organises regular career events, including recent graduates returning to talk about how their degrees have helped their careers, and the opportunity for mathematicians in their particular fields. Our Maths Employer Advisory Panel helps us identify the key skills that employers need from mathematics graduates, and ensure that our degree programmes equip our students with these skills.

Read about the careers of recent UEA Maths graduates