Finance and Mathematics with a Year in Business

Finance and mathematics is a combination that places quantitative rigour at the centre of the study of financial markets, institutions, and decision-making. Mathematics provides the logical foundations: analysis, probability, statistics, and optimisation, all of which are indispensable tools in modern finance. Finance applies those tools to questions about how capital is allocated, how risk is measured and managed, how asset prices are formed, and how financial institutions operate within the broader economy.

The combination produces graduates who are genuinely fluent in the language of quantitative finance, which is increasingly what employers in the financial sector are looking for.

The four-year full-time Finance and Mathematics with a Year in Business programme at Royal Holloway, University of London is taught by internationally recognised experts in both economics and mathematics. You will build a comprehensive foundation in financial theory and mathematical methods, developing analytical skills that allow you to engage with financial markets and industrial economics with real depth. The year in business gives you extended professional experience in a financial or commercially relevant organisation, which develops practical judgement and commercial awareness alongside your technical skills.

A year abroad is also part of the structure, broadening your international perspective at a stage when careers in finance increasingly benefit from global exposure.

With a typical entry tariff of 120 points, the programme offers access to a demanding and rewarding curriculum. Graduates are well placed for careers in investment banking, asset management, financial risk, quantitative analysis, actuarial work, financial consulting, and public sector roles in economic policy. Many also pursue postgraduate study in finance, financial mathematics, or economics.