In today’s data-driven world, optimisation plays a critical role across industries—from machine learning and artificial intelligence to supply chain management, finance, healthcare, energy and beyond.
Develop the mathematical expertise and analytical tools to tackle real-world challenges, enabling you to optimise decision-making, improve efficiency and solve intricate problems such as financial planning, resource allocation and logistics.
This major bridges deep theoretical foundations with hands-on skills in programming and practical applications, preparing you for a dynamic career in research or industry.
Choose to combine your major with a minor in bioinformatics, computational science, computer science, physics, science communication or statistics.
Whether your passion lies in advancing predictive models, designing smarter networks or driving resource innovation, you'll graduate with the specialised knowledge and versatility needed to stand out in the fields of science, engineering and beyond.
Career possibilities
Our programs prepare you for your first job and beyond. Here are some of the careers you could be on your way to:
- Data scientist
- Financial analyst
- Operations manager
- Supply chain analyst
- Bioinformatics researcher
- Quantitative analyst
- Network and systems engineer
- Biostatistician
- Risk analyst
- Strategic planner
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Next steps after graduation
The Bachelor of Mathematics provides quantitative training that will set you apart in the job market and see you excel in mathematics or one of the many disciplines it influences.
With a degree in mathematics, you will be sought by industry for your excellent quantitative and problem-solving abilities, and gain a wide range of rewarding positions in the public and private sectors. This includes roles in:
- finance
- economics
- mathematical research
- statistics
- actuarial studies
- quantitative finance
- meteorology
- information technology
- data science
- AI research
- teaching.
The problem-solving skills I developed during my mathematics degree have been so widely applicable to the range of projects I have worked on in my undergraduate research and in my role as a Data Analyst Consultant.
Mathematics is a broad field of study, and I enjoy being exposed to its many sub-fields and being able to work out mathematical solutions with my classmates to problems I've grappled with for hours or days.
The problem-solving skills I developed during my mathematics degree have been so widely applicable to the range of projects I have worked on in my undergraduate research and in my role as a Data Analyst Consultant.
Mathematics is a broad field of study, and I enjoy being exposed to its many sub-fields and being able to work out mathematical solutions with my classmates to problems I've grappled with for hours or days.
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How you'll learn
Your learning experiences are designed to best suit the learning outcomes of the courses you choose.
- Lectures
- Tutorials
- Work placements
- Research experience
- Seminars
- Workshops
What you'll study
At UQ, subjects are called 'courses'. Here's a sample of the courses you could study:
- Optimisation Theory
- Numerical Linear Algebra and Optimisation
- Operations Research & Mathematical Planning
- High-Performance Computing
- Probability Models & Stochastic Processes
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