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Careers Support for Undergraduates

 In the School of Mathematical Sciences we provide a programme of careers events for our undergraduates that run throughout the academic year so that you are well informed about what is available to you. We have had sessions from the Royal Meteorological Society on opportunities for mathematicians in meteorology and from Statisticians in Pharmaceuticals who highlighted the variety of areas in that industry where mathematicians and statisticians are vital. We work with a dedicated member of staff from the Careers Service on these activities. Previous events have also included speed meets with employers and panel sessions with employers giving advice on how to make a successful application in their industry. Alumni regularly return to take part in such events.

 The Careers service runs workshops including, how to find work experience and be successful in interviews. These regular events are backed up with information on our website and in our careers brochure: Careers Guidance for Mathematical Sciences Undergraduates  and in the Where the Maths you learn is used booklet which puts the mathematics you are learning in context of different areas of work, from business and finance to the space industry. Both of these can be viewed at the bottom of this page.

The Queen Mary Careers Service is available to help you with any career-related issue throughout your time at university. If you are not sure what you want to do, a discussion with a careers adviser will help you to be clearer about your options for work or further study, and our resources will help you to begin investigating the careers open to graduates.

Queen Mary students have access to a wide range of events organised locally by the Queen Mary Careers Service and London-wide by The Careers Group (part of the University of London), giving you a chance to talk to employers and take part in interactive activities, enabling you to get a better taste of what the jobs are really like.

When you know what you want to do, we can provide help with applications and interviews through workshops and one-to-one feedback. That way, you will be ready to take advantage of the vast number of vacancies that we advertise for graduate jobs as well as part-time and vacation work. To take advantage of all of these services, you should start early in your university career and not leave it until your final year.

Some examples of the jobs our recent graduates have gone on to include:

• Actuary • Accountant • Catastrophe Modelling Analyst • Corporate Banker • Data Analyst • Teacher • Pharmaceutical Statistician

• Research Analyst • Statistician • Share Dealer • Trader

A number of our graduates choose some form of further study. Many choose to combine work and study when training to be an Accountant, whilst others choose to complete a PGCE so that they can go on into teaching. Another option that our graduates take is to complete a Masters degree or PhD in topics such as Applied Mathematics, IT or Financial Mathematics for example.

For more information on what is available please use the resources from the Careers Service:

www.careers.qmul.ac.uk | www.facebook.com/qmcareers | www.twitter.com/qmcareers

Careers Service
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS
Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 5065
Fax: +44 (0)20 8983 3430
email: careers@qmul.ac.uk
www.careers.qmul.ac.uk