Course Overview

Lancaster's degree in Financial Mathematics draws on world-leading research and expertise from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics - ranked third in the UK by The Guardian University Guide, 2001 - and the Accounting and Finance Department, which is part of the triple-accredited Lancaster University Management School (LUMS). 

This combined degree gives you the opportunity to understand the core elements of Finance as well as the Mathematics that underpin the operation of financial markets. Your core Finance courses will give you a thorough grounding in corporate finance, computing, quantitative methods and economics and will be complemented by your Mathematics studies.

You'll start your degree with modules including an Introduction to Accounting and Finance; Discrete Mathematics and Numbers and Relations. Your second-year subjects cover Advanced Principles of Finance; Introduction to Economics for Managers, and Real Analysis. In your final year, you'll be able to follow modules such as Corporate Finance; International Financial Management, and Financial Statement Analysis.

For a list of compulsory modules, please see the tab above.

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Career opportunities

Offering unique training in Mathematics and Finance, your degree opens up excellent employment opportunities in the finance sector. It also prepares you for a wide variety of careers in business.

Many of our graduates enter training contracts with professional accounting firms while others take up posts in industry or financial institutions. Our alumni have followed a wide variety of career paths, including banking, general and financial management and consulting.