Mathematics with a Year in Industry

If you love the beauty, precision, complexity and simplicity of mathematics, and like being challenged, then the Mathematics degree at Swansea University is the course for you.

Mathematics at Swansea University is a highly regarded degree which draws students from far and wide. Your learning will be shaped by inspirational and internationally-renowned academics who have expertise in a range of topics in pure and applied mathematics.

Why Mathematics at Swansea?

Our Mathematics Department is right next to the beautiful Swansea Bay beachfront and can be found in the Computational Foundry building at our Bay Campus, which provides students access to bespoke study and teaching spaces designed by and for mathematicians, as well as housing a departmental library of resources for study and research.

• 13th in the UK (Guardian University 2026)

• Top 201-250 in the world (QS World University Rankings 2025)

• 20th in the UK for Overall Positivity (NSS 2025)*

*Based on the overall positivity score for questions 1 -26 in the NSS 2025, when ranked against universities as featured in the Times Good University Guide.

You will master the ideas and logic of mathematics and their applications, and acquire a highly desirable set of transferable skills that will set you apart in the employment marketplace.

In Year 1, you will typically study areas including: Geometry: Mathematics, Logic and Communication, Introduction to Modelling and Simulation, Introduction to Analysis, Foundations of Algebra, Introductory Linear Algebra, Mechanics and Dynamics, Introduction to Biomathematics or Probability and Statistics.

In Year 2, you will typically study areas including: Professional Development and Career Planning, Differential Equations, Multi-variable analysis, Metric spaces and measure theory, Vector Spaces, Groups and Rings, Projective Geometry: theory and applications, Probability Theory, Mathematical Modelling: Theory and Practice, Credibility, Liability and Ruin, Game Theory and Optimization or Statistical Data Analysis.

You will spend Year 3 on an industrial placement, putting your skills into practice and greatly enhancing your employability. This can be taken locally, nationally or overseas.

In Year 4, you will typically study areas including: Higher Algebra, Complex Analysis, Partial Differential Equations, Applied Algebra: Coding Theory, Cashflows and Interest Rates, Financial Mathematics in Discrete Time and others. You will also undertake a project.

You will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutor-led tutorials and regular (non-assessed) coursework. The final year modules are more student-centred, to reflect a progression in teaching methods appropriate to the subjects taught. Throughout, the learner is encouraged to undertake independent reading both to supplement and consolidate what is being taught/learnt and to broaden knowledge and understanding of the subject. You will be assessed through a combination of unseen written examinations, set assignments, presentations and a dissertation.