To give you some idea of the kind of career structure you might have if you do a degree in this area, here are a few of the career paths followed by our graduates.

Actuary
	Charles Thomson graduated 1970. After a varied career in the insurance industry, he is now Chief Executive of Equitable Life. [more]

Teacher
	Anna Louise Mason graduated in 2000. She is now a Mathematics teacher at Glasgow Academy. [more]

Business Analysis
	Elspeth Martin graduated in 1992. She did an M.Sc. in Operational Research and now works for the Royal Bank of Scotland in Account Management. [more]

Academic
	Kenneth Paterson graduated in 1990. He has worked as an academic and spent 5 years in industry. He is now a Reader at Royal Holloway College. [more]

Publishing
	Catriona Byrne graduated in 1982. She is now a Commissioning Editor for Mathematics texts at Springer-Verlag in Germany.

Airline pilot
	Christopher Robertson graduated in 1995. He is now an airline pilot, flying Boeing 757s. [more]

Careers links

• University of Glasgow careers site
• Maths@Work showing how mathematics is used in the workplace
• The Institute of Mathematics and Applications careers site
• The Higher Education Careers Service Unit