Careers
A degree from Exeter is highly valued by employers. Management and personal skills are built into our programmes and our students take advantage of the wide range of extracurricular and personal development opportunities offered by the University, from study abroad (for certain programmes) to volunteering and playing an active role in student societies.
We have excellent links with employers and can provide assistance in finding suitable employment. Our Employability Officer is active in developing aspects of our programmes and services that improve the employability of our students. We also have a dedicated Careers Adviser who provides specific services such as careers workshops tailored to careers in mathematics and support in matters such as applications and job interview skills. The Employability Service run several careers fairs throughout the year and these have been particularly successful in putting major UK employers in touch with Exeter students. Relevant employers visit the department from the first year to meet with students, with the aim of helping them to develop their career ideas at an early enough stage to help with module choices and placement decisions.
Many students from the department take part in the Exeter Award and the Exeter Leaders Award. These schemes encourage you to participate in employability related workshops, skills events, volunteering and employment which will contribute to your career decision making skills and success in the employment market.
Each year a number of our graduating students choose to undertake further study and there is a fast track application process for Exeter students to our postgraduate programmes. Of those choosing the postgraduate route, around half choose to remain at Exeter, which reflects well on their satisfaction with the University and the range of courses available. Nevertheless the majority of students move straight into employment.
A wide range of employers from industries as diverse as banking, insurance, medical, transport, power generation, software, and the armed forces, know the department as a provider of excellent graduates who are able to apply their problem solving and analytical skills in the real world.
Here are just a few examples of the destinations of our recent graduates:
Occupations
Investment Analyst
Assistant Accountant
Actuarial Analyst
Finance Administrator
Satellite Applications Research Scientist
Trainee Quantity Surveyor
Software Engineer
Employers
HSBC
Baker Tilly
Old Mill Accountancy LLP
QinetiQ
Ernst & Young
The Met Office
Examples of further study followed by our graduates in Mathematics are:
MSc Environmental Economics, University College London
MSc Modern Applications of Mathematics, University of Bath
MSc Computational Science and Modelling, University of Exeter
PGCE Primary Mathematics, University of Exeter
PhD Mathematics and Plant Science, University of Nottingham
PGCE Secondary Mathematics, Oxford Brookes University
MSc Economics, University of Exeter
Find out more about the Destinations of Mathematics Graduates on our Employability site.
