If you would like to combine Mathematics with a foreign language, this three or four-year degree should interest you. There are excellent career opportunities in organisations with international interests. You can spend a year studying abroad during this programme which will greatly enhance your employability and intercultural skills.

Please note that we regularly review our teaching, so the choice of modules may change.

Programme in detail

After studying Mathematics (75%) and a language (25%), you will be well prepared for the third year spent at a university abroad should you wish. There, you will absorb the culture and experience living abroad and gain further fluency in the relevant language. The fourth year is spent back in Liverpool studying Mathematics and communication/translation skills. It is also possible to not take a year abroad should you wish.

At the University of Liverpool, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Chinese may be taken from A level or as a beginner’s language where no previous qualifications in the language are necessary. You can also take up Basque, Catalan or Portuguese from beginner level only.

In the first year our vibrant language modules at advanced level will both refresh and extend your knowledge of the target language. If you are a beginner, our fast-moving programme will quickly take you to A level standard during the course of your first year.

A mathematically-based degree opens up a wide range of career opportunities, including some of the most lucrative professions.

Typical types of work our graduates have gone onto include as an actuarial trainee analyst in the audit practice, a graduate management trainee risk analyst and as a trainee chartered accountant on a graduate business programme. Employers value mathematicians’ high level of numeracy and problem solving skills.

Financial rewards are impressive, research by Pricewaterhouse Coopers revealed that mathematical science graduates earn on average an extra £241,749 over their lifetime than those who leave school after A levels. This is the third highest ‘graduate premium’ of all subject areas