Ranked 13th in the UK for statistics and operational research (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025), this degree will give you an excellent understanding led by academics at the forefront of their fields.
Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics (MORSE) is a broad, business-oriented mathematics degree. It's ideal if you're thinking of a career as a professional mathematician, researcher, statistician or economist.
Our 3-year programme will give you a foundation in the main areas of mathematics, including, algebra, calculus and differential equations while operational research modules will show you how to use maths to model and solve practical problems and statistics modules explain how to analyse uncertain data. Alongside this with economics modules you’ll learn how to create models of the complex interactions in an economic system.
This course will develop your abilities in:
Problem-solving
Logical argument
Deductive reasoning
Abstraction
Generalisation
As part of this course you can:
Choose from a range of optional modules to follow your interests
Discover a range of mathematical techniques, such as graphical networks, cost models, decision processes and statistical modelling
Solve real-world problems using mathematics and other skills
Use our student centre, a dedicated learning and social space, exclusively for maths students
Explore mathematical and computational packages such as Python and the statistics package 'R'
We'll teach you through a combination of lectures and workshops. Our staff are leading researchers in fields like game theory, healthcare modelling and experiment design.
Southampton mathematics graduates are in great demand. Many employers look for graduates with strong problem-solving skills who can develop sound analytical arguments. Depending on your degree specialism, a wide range of career destinations are available including mathematician, statistician, actuary and financial analyst.
Our graduates are employed by organisations including Deloitte, British Airways, IBM, Amazon UK and Formula 1 racing teams and earn on average £36,700 with over 97% in employment or further study within 15 months of graduating (Graduate Outcomes 2022-23, published 2025)."
You will study a wide range of modules from Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics, Economics and Business.
There is enough flexibility in the programme structure to allow you to focus on one of these areas or develop your skills in many.
Please see the course page online for a list of core and optional modules: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/mathematics-operational-research-statistics-economics-degree-bsc
You will be assessed in a variety of ways such as coursework, tests and exams, enabling you to demonstrate your strengths and show what you have learnt.
This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2026.
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
University of Southampton has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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The following entry points are available for this course:
We welcome applicants with other qualifications eg. European Baccalaureate. You will be expected to attain an equivalent standard to the A level applicant. As A level Mathematics is required for this programme, all equivalent qualifications also need an equivalent of A level Mathematics, grade A.
For more details on the suitability of your qualifications please contact the Admissions Team at AdmissionsUG.SS@soton.ac.uk
Find out more about qualification requirements for this course.
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
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| IELTS (Academic) | 6.5 | with no component below 6.0 |
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Most of the students who enrolled on this course in previous years met their offer conditions at our published entry criteria, securing their place on their chosen course.
We encourage all applicants with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, to apply to study with us. Applicants who qualify for contextual admissions will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme.
This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).
It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.
We are unable to show previous accepted grades for this course. This could be because the course is new, it's a postgraduate course, there isn't enough historical data, or the provider has opted out of sharing their entry grades data for this course - learn more.
This report uses your grades to show how students with similar results have done when applying to this course in the past. Sometimes, there isn’t data for every possible set of grades. When that happens, universities and colleges occasionally fill in the gaps for sets of grades that are typically accepted.
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