Master of Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics

at University of Southampton - Highfield Campus United Kingdom

The BA Music and Business Management degree combines a broad music curriculum with the study of business management. You'll prepare for a career in the industry as you explore classical music, jazz, pop and commercial styles. Management topics will give you an understanding of the modern business world, ready for you to drive improvement and change within it.

You can tailor your degree to focus on the areas of music and business that you're most interested in. Choices range from performance to project management, music therapy to marketing.

Our students sing opera and music theatre, play funk guitar and classical oboe, and make electronic dance music. Whatever your passion for performance, we'll help you develop through:

• Regular performance and composition workshops with our superb teaching team
• High-profile performance projects with internationally renowned performers
• Up to 20 hours of fully funded individual tuition per year for solo performers, as well as ensemble and conducting coaching

Our wide range of modules also allow you to:

• Learn about ethnomusicological (the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it) analytical and musicological approaches to topics from music in the middle ages to global hip-hop
• Develop skills in composition and music technology, covering composing for the concert hall and commercial music
• Gain an understanding and practical skills in arts administration and community music

Management modules encourage you to think differently about business and management. You'll cover contemporary concepts and practices to learn:     

• How the business world works and how it's affected by consumers, markets, culture and technology
• Core skills in finance, marketing and accounting
• How to communicate in business      
• About digital trends in the business world

Our high-level facilities include dedicated rehearsal rooms and electronic studios. Our concert hall, Turner Sims, supports the most extensive series of professional concerts and workshops of any UK university. You'll also get the chance to organise and perform at events around the city in a range of different venues.

Study topics from modern cryptography (the art of writing or solving codes) to modelling black holes, and complex financial problems. You'll learn abstract and structured thinking skills while studying mathematics, statistics and operational research. Employers will look for your skills in finance, industry, education and you could move into a career working on scientific and social challenges.

This mathematics BSc course is very broad, allowing you to explore topics like abstract algebra, black holes and relativity, networks, and machine learning.

As part of this degree you’ll:

• Develop your abilities in problem-solving, calculation and logical argument
• Be able to specialise in pure or applied mathematics or statistics, or follow a broad path across these topics and more
• Use our student centre, a dedicated learning and social space for maths student
• Use mathematical and computational packages such as Python and the statistics package 'R'

You’ll be taught through a combination of lectures and workshops, by leading researchers in fields, such as group theory, the mathematics of nature and experimental design.

Learn how to harness recent unprecedented advances in genomic technologies to improve patient outcomes on this master's in genomics. You’ll gain experience of exploring and applying data gained through sampling, sequencing and interpreting genomic information in both clinical and academic research.

We look at Genomics in the context of its application to clinical practice and to medical and academic research. This MSc in genomics is, therefore, suitable for health professionals from different professional backgrounds, including medicine, nursing, public health, science and technology.

You’ll be able to tailor your learning to your professional needs.

Your genomics pathway options are:

• MSc Genomics - choose from a wide range of optional modules to enhance your core genomics learning on this flexible pathway.
• MSc Genomic Informatics - you’ll develop specialist knowledge of genomics informatics, the science of problem-solving using data, and will be able to choose to study topics such as programming and machine learning.
• MSc Genomic Medicine - you’ll study the impact of genomics in medicine, with core learning in genomics guided treatment and focus on the treatment of common and rare diseases.

Our intensive, condensed modules allow you to attend in person in blocks of 2-3 days, with self-study between modules supported through our online learning environment.

We offer specialist modules focusing on:

• Data analysis and interpretation – genomic informatics
• Genetic counselling skills
• Precision medicine – genomics guided treatment
• The clinical interpretation of genomic information

Genomics medicine and bioinformatics are specialist research areas of the University. You’ll benefit from our work with the Wessex Regional Genetics Service and the Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory.

We’re home to the UK’s first dedicated Cancer Immunology Centre. This centre is at the large teaching hospital where you’ll be based, Southampton General Hospital. The University also boasts one of the world’s top 500 supercomputers, Iridis 5.

During your research project, you’ll work alongside our research groups. You’ll be able to contribute to the development of genomics with the very real possibility of your research being published.

This course is available to take as an intercalation degree for undergraduate medical students. Intercalation means that you'll take a year out of your undergraduate medicine degree to gain this extra award.

Become an expert in international relations and the challenges of globalisation on this MSc in international politics. You'll cover a range of topics on this UK course, including the analysis of global politics, governance and social change. Prepare for a career in politics, advocacy or the civil service, or pursue your research passions to PhD level.

On this master’s degree at the University of Southampton you’ll gain specialist understanding of current global and international politics.

You’ll learn how developments in this area have major consequences for how states:

• Interact with each other
• Maintain security  
• Avoid conflict
• Deal with issues such as migration and the emergence of new global powers

You’ll also gain knowledge and understanding of:

• The main approaches to the study of international politics
• The issues and events that challenge contemporary understanding of international political change
• Philosophical and methodological debates in the study of this subject

Through your dissertation you’ll learn research skills such  searching and referencing sources, and managing complex information. These and other key skills, like critical thinking and independent study, will be crucial to your future career.

With our Business Analytics and Management Science master's, you'll develop your skills in business analysis and learn how to gain insights from data. You can also compete for an industry placement for the chance to get valuable experience.

This UK master’s degree will equip you for a career in data analysis. It is ideal for graduates with analytical skills who can use data to improve business performance and solve problems for organisations.

This business analytics master’s with management science is ideal for students with a background in quantitative study or work experience in this area. The course will help you to specialise in further study, advance in your current professional role or change your career.

Organisations are looking for people with analytical skills and an ability to form insights from data, to improve their performance and grow business intelligence. We've designed our MSc to teach you theory and practical application, which will prepare you for your future career.

We teach in partnership with the Centre of Operational Research, Management Sciences and Information Systems (CORMSIS), one of the country’s best analytics research groups.

As part of CORMSIS, your learning is informed by specialist research and you'll have a wider module choice in business and maths topics. This gives you a chance to customise your postgraduate experience.

You can either complete a dissertation or compete for a 3-month analytics summer project with an organisation, such as British Telecommunications, Deloitte or Ford. This competitive industry placement will boost your career prospects as you take on a real-world challenge and make a strong connection with the business. Whatever you choose, we'll give you career support to maximise your employment prospect.

MSc Business Analytics and Management Science is taught by supportive lecturers who bring learning to life through case studies, active discussions and practical exercises. The course content is based on the latest industry practice, ensuring you learn skills relevant to the current job market.

On this UK research psychology master’s programme, you’ll work with internationally renowned researchers in the School of Psychology. 
 
Our master’s in psychological research provides advanced training in different research methods and data analytic techniques. You’ll learn how to apply your taught skills to your own research questions and get structured classroom support as you: 

• Decide your research questions
• Develop your research
• Analyse the data
• Prepare reports describing your findings

We welcome students from across the globe. Our international students have gone on to help contribute to the economic and social development of their home countries, through the acquisition and application of research knowledge and skills.

Learn the theory and application of statistical methods on this MSc Applied Statistics degree at the University of Southampton. Gain in-depth knowledge and skills in analysing large-scale data to solve problems. You'll graduate ready for a career as a statistician in a wide range of sectors, from government to medicine.

On this UK statistics master’s course we’ll teach you how to collect and analyse quantitative social science data and apply it to real-world problems.  

Through your choice of modules you’ll be able to adapt the course to your personal interests or career plans.  

Typical subjects include:

• Survey methods and design
• Survey modelling (multilevel, longitudinal, linear)
• Analysing complex data sets

You’ll benefit from the research of our expert academics, whose findings feed directly into the course content. Our main areas of expertise at Southampton include:

• Sampling
• Small-area estimation
• Census and administrative data
• Analysis of ‘big data’

We’re known for the expertise and international scope of our research and for the application of cutting-edge quantitative and qualitative methods.

We host the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which provides training and capacity building as well as carrying out its own research programme.

Statistics and data science are increasingly in demand in industry and business. Training in statistics will provide opportunities to work in manufacturing, environmental science, medical research and government. You could work on clinical trials or analysing quality control processes. You’ll graduate with a technical background in mathematics, and the statistical and communication skills needed for a career as a statistician.

On this BSc Mathematics with Statistics degree you'll study core maths topics such as algebra and calculus. You’ll learn both practical and theoretical statistics, including probability theory to understand random events, and modern computing techniques to analyse large amounts of data.

As part of this course you’ll:

• Understand, analyse and communicate statistical results
• Learn how to model random events and processes
• Apply statistical analysis to real-world data
• Use our student centre, a dedicated learning and social space for maths students
• Use mathematical and computational packages such as Python and the statistics package 'R'

You’ll be taught through a combination of lectures and workshops by leading researchers. Their fields of expertise include survey methods, healthcare modelling and designing experiments.

This flexible, integrated master's course looks at life at all levels, from molecules and cells, to whole organisms. It also covers species, communities and entire ecosystems. You'll develop your research skills and work closely with our researchers as they address major global issues.

This degree will help develop your practical skills and experience. You'll have many opportunities for field trips and laboratory work.

Each year you'll improve your skills and knowledge and use our wide range of expertise in biological science. This includes:

• Ecology
• Microbiology
• Neuroscience

Southampton is a research university. We're home to the UK's first Cancer Immunology Research Centre, and we're a lead university of the Biofilms Institute. Our research feeds directly into what you'll learn on our advanced biology courses.

On this master's in biology you can:

• Choose from a range of modules and specialise in an area of biology that best suits your interests and career plans
• Carry out fieldwork in the New Forest, Exmoor, Spain and Belize
• Work alongside our active research staff on 2 independent research projects
• Spend a semester studying at a university in Europe or Australasia.
• Take a year out to work in industry
• Develop transferable skills that employers look for

On this MPhys degree you’ll explore photonics – the science of light – while deepening your knowledge in the core areas of physics. An unrivalled range of specialist modules will allow you to fine-tune skills that are in high demand in this well-paid, rapidly expanding industry.

We’re home to the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) - the largest photonics research institute in the UK.

We’re also the only UK university to offer an undergraduate physics degree with photonics and you’ll join a research community with a history of revolutionary discoveries. These include the optical fibres and amplifiers that make the internet possible.

Our direct link with the ORC, a global hub for photonics research, gives you a unique opportunity to explore all the possibilities in depth.

As part of your course you’ll also:

• Learn key skills in computer modeling, mathematics and statistical analysis
• Use the latest equipment in our physics and photonics labs
• Develop problem-solving skills to test theories and conduct experiments

Additionally, you’ll spend time in one of our research groups in year 4. Past projects have included holography, photosensitive materials, nanoscale x-rays, optical fibre and silicon photonics.