Mathematics

• For a career in science or a company

• Acquired skills highly appreciated by employers

• Informal community, small classes

• Your own large-scale research project

This is a 2-year Master's programme, that consists of 120 ECTS (60 ECTS per year). The programme is built up as follows:

1) 15 ECTS mandatory courses

• Mathematics and its environment
• Student Colloquium
• Research Seminar in Mathematics

2) ≥25 ECTS from one specialization 3) ≤30 ECTS Electives (from other specializations, Mastermath, etc.) 4) 50 ECTS MSc Research Project

You also have the option to follow an MSc Mathematics open degree programme. In that case, the programme is built up as follows:

1. 15 ECTS mandatory courses

- Mathematics and its environment
- Student Colloquium
- Research Seminar in Mathematics
2) ≥25 ECTS from a selection of courses from MSc Mathematics specializations
3) 50 ECTS MSc Research Project

Exchange: All our science and engineering programmes offer study abroad possibilities at a number of partner institutions. Our partners include top-100 universities in Europe (for example in Germany, UK, and Sweden) and in the USA, China, South-East Asia, and South America. Our exchange programmes have a typical duration of one semester and count toward your final degree.

A Master's degree in Mathematics opens up many job opportunities. During your Master's programme you will learn to think in a logical and systematic way. These qualities are highly appreciated by employers. Students of our Master programme have found employment at banks, insurance companies, the consultancy branch and research and development departments of companies like Philips, Unilever, TNO, Gasunie, Ericsson and CGI.

With a Master's degree in Mathematics you can also pursue a scientific career as a PhD student at a university. This means working for four years on a research project and writing a thesis. After successfully defending this thesis, you will be awarded a PhD degree. Afterwards you can continue your career at a university or start a higher-level career in a company.

You will conduct a large research project in the second year of this Master's programme. This project will give you the opportunity to specialize further in one of the five specializations. During your research project you will be supervised by staff members who are experts in one of these areas

The Master's programme in Mathematics is closely linked to the Bernoulli Institute. Its mission is to perform outstanding academic research and teaching in Mathematics, Computing Science, and Artificial Intelligence.

The main goal of the institute is to perform research at a high international level, leading to publications in international scientific journals and a steady stream of highly qualified researchers (at PhD level). The intended audience consists of the academic research community on one hand and social and professional practice (e.g. industry, hospitals and administration) on the other hand. The Institute aims to provide an attractive research environment for graduate students by maintaining a modern infrastructure and by appointing highly competent and active scientific staff members.