Mathematics

The society we live in today is to an ever increasing extent based on mathematical models and calculations. As a mathematician, you learn how to construct, use and analyse models and methods to solve different types of problems. However, not only the solutions themselves are of interest, but also the development of the methods used to solve the problems. In this work, the computer is an indispensable tool.

Mathematicians can work as systems designers or programmers, with teaching, carry out statistical analyses, solve optimisation problems, prognosticate and so on. Their analytical skills and experience of computers make them interesting for many different lines of business – in addition to the computer sector and the school sector also for the telecom, automotive, finance and insurance sectors.

"The skills of mathematicians are in demand today and it is easy to get a job. The same is true för statisticians. The development within the IT sector has also been of great significance, both for the possibilities to describe and model reality and for the demand for competence. Mathematicians with specialisation in statistics, the bank sector, the insurance sector or the IT sector have particularly good prospects", Saco, Framtidsutsikter, November 2016 (in Swedish).