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Mathematics with Finance and Investment Banking with a Placement Year

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2026-2027
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Course summary

Expand your mathematical knowledge, gain practical experience, and help prepare yourself for a professional career on our BSc Mathematics with Finance and Investment Banking with a Placement Year course.

Study a wide range of topics, from statistics to foreign exchange, and experience the thrill of live markets. This four-year degree includes an integrated, year-long, paid industrial placement between your second and final year, allowing you to graduate with experience in the industry.

This course meets the educational requirements of the Chartered Mathematician designation, awarded by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, when followed by subsequent training and experience in employment in order to obtain equivalent competences to those specified by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) for taught master's degrees.

For more information, please visit the programme page: https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/subject-area/mathematics-ug/bsc-mathematics-with-finance-and-investment-banking-with-a-placement-year

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Study options

  • BSc (Hons) • Full-time • 4 Years

Start dates

  • 10/2026

Application codes

Course code:
G1N4
Institution code:
R12

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Application codes

Course code:
G1N4
Institution code:
R12

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Historical entry grades data BETA

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This course and 14 other mathematics courses
Date range:
2022-2024

Grades held by accepted students

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BBB Most common
  1. AAA
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  3. CCC
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98% Students aged 17/18 who applied to this course were offered a place.

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50 Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)

95 Go onto work and study

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