Mathematics with Finance and Economics

Mathematics with finance and economics is a combination that reflects the central role of quantitative reasoning in modern financial and economic analysis. Mathematics provides the theoretical foundations, including calculus, linear algebra, probability, and statistics, that are essential for modelling financial instruments, understanding economic systems, and analysing the behaviour of markets. Finance applies these tools to questions of investment, risk, corporate financial management, and the pricing of assets.

Economics uses them to model the behaviour of individuals, firms, and governments and to evaluate the effects of policy.

At City St George's, University of London, this degree provides a strong foundation in mathematics alongside financial and economic expertise, a combination that is highly attractive to employers across a range of industries. You will study rigorous mathematics from the core areas of the discipline alongside financial theory, corporate finance, econometrics, and economic analysis, developing the quantitative and analytical skills that graduate employers in finance and related sectors specifically seek. The international businesses that recruit from this programme reflect the quality of its graduates.

The degree includes a sandwich placement year and a work placement, and runs over three years full-time.

Graduates of mathematics with finance and economics programmes go into investment banking, asset management, financial analysis, risk management, actuarial work, economic consultancy, and technology companies, among many other destinations. The combination of mathematical rigour and financial and economic knowledge is one of the most consistently valued in the graduate market. Many graduates also go on to postgraduate study in finance, economics, or mathematics, where the quantitative foundations developed at undergraduate level provide direct access to advanced programmes.