1st for employability

Our graduates are ranked 1st in Australia and 4th globally for employability by the 2020 QS Graduate Employability Rankings

Work-ready graduates

With a broad range of flexible and dynamic career options, science graduates are in high demand across many industries

In our increasingly technological world the study of mathematics is vital to future developments and discoveries. A foundation in this area will enable you to apply logic and quantitative reasoning to a vast array of situations, changing the way you think about your surroundings and how things work.

The new Master of Mathematical Sciences degree was designed to give you thorough internationally competitive training in mathematics. It will also assist you if you wish to transition from undergraduate studies to research in mathematical sciences in the future.

The skills you will acquire while studying mathematics are highly transferable making you a desirable graduate with a plethora of career options. With your high-level cognition, you could work in areas like science, finance, engineering, medicine or technology.

Undergraduate students from the University of Sydney wishing to undertake the Master of Mathematical Sciences are expected to have studied a major in either mathematics, statistics, financial mathematics and statistics, or data science as part of their undergraduate degree.

Become a leader in the field of mathematics and statistics with the Master of Mathematical Sciences.

The degree will provide thorough training in the mathematical sciences for students who wish to transition from undergraduate studies to research in the mathematical sciences and provide a solid foundation for PhD studies.

Upon completion of the Master of Mathematical Sciences, a wide range of career options are available to you. You may wish to pursue a career in business as:

• financial analyst
• market analyst
• quantitative analyst in banking.

You could also pursue a career as a:

• game designer
• energy forecaster
• data scientist
• meteorologist
• economic modeller
• web analyst
• teacher.