Finance & Mathematics

Finance and mathematics together address two disciplines that have become inseparable in modern financial practice. Finance is the study of how decisions are made about money and capital, how financial assets are priced, how risk is measured and managed, and how financial institutions and markets operate. Mathematics provides the formal language in which these questions are formulated and the tools through which they are answered: calculus, linear algebra, probability, statistics, and the mathematical techniques that underpin quantitative finance.

At Glasgow, this four-year full-time programme combines finance, which examines the theory and practice of financial decision-making, with mathematics, which incorporates the successful exploration of numerical, geometrical, and logical relationships. You will develop a genuine command of both disciplines, building the quantitative rigour and financial understanding that careers in financial services, asset management, and quantitative research demand. The programme includes a year abroad, giving you the opportunity to study at a partner institution and to experience these disciplines in a different academic and cultural environment.

The typical entry tariff is 232 points.

Graduates of finance and mathematics programmes are among the most sought-after in the financial sector. Quantitative roles in investment banking, asset management, risk management, financial technology, and academic finance are natural directions, as are roles in economic consultancy, actuarial science, and data science. The depth of mathematical training combined with finance knowledge makes graduates particularly well suited to roles that involve financial modelling, derivatives pricing, portfolio optimisation, and algorithmic trading.

Many go on to postgraduate study in mathematical finance, financial economics, or statistics.