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BSc Mathematics and Economics with a Placement Year

  • UCAS code
    GL12
  • Typical offer
    ABC
  • Year of entry
    2024/25 See 2023/24 entry
  • Course duration
    Full Time:  4 Years

Expand your knowledge across two complementary disciplines and develop in-demand skills on our BSc Mathematics and Economics with a Placement Year course.

This flexible course will prepare you for a multitude of careers in growing industries, allowing you to study to your strengths and discover new interests. You’ll develop your skills in mathematics and economics, as well as learn how to code.

This four-year degree includes an integrated, year-long work placement, allowing you to graduate with experience in the industry.

Grow in confidence as a mathematician

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, research, and consultancy 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
  • analysis
  • linear algebra
  • differential equations
  • numerical analysis.
Your second year will feature a skills module, which is designed to improve your transferrable skills and enhance your employability.

Exploring economics

Economics skills can help you progress into a range of sectors such as business, finance, and marketing.

With support from the Department of Economics, you will gain a thorough understanding of both microeconomics and macroeconomics, with a choice between econometrics or economic theory in your second year.

We pride ourselves in our high-quality teaching, which will be delivered in a range of approaches, including:
  • lectures
  • group tutorials
  • group presentations
  • open debate.

Choose economics at the University of Reading

  • Established for more than 50 years.
  • 100% of our research impact has been classed ‘outstanding’ or ‘very considerable’ (REF 2021, combining 4* and 3* submissions – Business and Management Studies, and Anthropology and Development Studies).
  • Ranked among the top 200 universities in the world for Economics (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023).
Placement Year

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

We offer a variety of placements in areas such as finance, logistics, and technology, and across 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 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 too.

Visit the Important Information page for more details on securing and completing a placement year.
Shaping your degree in BSc Mathematics and Economics

In the final year of your degree, you will be able to explore areas that interest you most in greater depth.

Alongside either an economics dissertation or a mathematical research project, you will choose from a range of optional modules, covering topics such as: business, financial forecasting, econometric methods and applied stochastic processes.

Support across your studies

Support for the transition to university-level mathematics will be provided through weekly drop-in sessions, and our peer-assisted learning scheme.

You will also be encouraged to get involved with the Department’s Staff Student Forums and the Student Teaching and Learning Group.

Study abroad

With support and guidance from the University, you can choose to spend two weeks, a term, or an academic year of your degree studying abroad.

Visit the Study Abroad website for more information about the possibilities and benefits of studying abroad.

New UK/Republic of Ireland students: £9,250

New international students: £27.650

UK/Republic of Ireland fee changes

UK/Republic of Ireland undergraduate tuition fees are regulated by the UK government. These fees are subject to parliamentary approval and any decision on raising the tuition fees cap for new UK students would require the formal approval of both Houses of Parliament before it becomes law.

EU student fees

With effect from 1 August 2021, new EU students will pay international tuition fees. For exceptions, please read the UK government’s guidance for EU students.

Additional costs

Some courses will require additional payments for field trips and extra resources. You will also need to budget for your accommodation and living costs. See our information on living costs for more details.

Placement year fees

If you spend a full year on placement, you will only pay 15% of your usual tuition fee for that year. For more information, please see our fees and funding pages or contact placements@reading.ac.uk.

Financial support for your studies

You may be eligible for a scholarship or bursary to help pay for your study. Students from the UK may also be eligible for a student loan to help cover these costs. See our fees and funding information for more information on what's available.

Career paths and support 

Your mathematical and economics knowledge combined with computing, teamwork, and presentation skills will make you highly desirable to a range of employers.

As a graduate, you could work in a mathematical or statistical role in the public or private sectors, such as: the Office for National Statistics; various health authorities; in commerce; or information technology.

Utilising your economics skills, you could potentially undertake a role with the Government Economic Service or in a consultancy such as PwC or KPMG.

You could move into other related careers, such as:

  • accountancy
  • financial analysis
  • engineering
  • modelling
  • actuarial work.

Alternatively, you can develop your skills further by moving into research, teaching training or postgraduate studies, or you can move into a range of other sectors, such as publishing, marketing, or PR.