• you can choose banking,finance sector as a career option
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  you can for higher studies like M.Sc in maths
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  You can go for some professional courses like MBA,MCA etc
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  you can join teaching as a career profession after your post graduation
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  You can give various exams conducted by UPSC if interested like IAS,IFS etc

Opportunities for mathematicians

1. 
   Scientific research, design and development
   
   Large companies and government research establishments are actively
   involved in research and development. They employ mathematicians and
   statisticians, usually along with other scientists in interdisciplinary
   research teams. The problems being solved require a flexible approach
   and speedy solutions, the need being for ``best possible'' answers
   in the time available. Projects of this type require high
   mathematical skill, ability to analyse complex problems in order to
   formulate them mathematically and to use computers in their solution
   (a skill developed during mathematics degree courses), willingness to work to
   deadlines, and ability to communicate findings to others.
   

   
   The range of problems on which mathematicians are engaged is wide.
   We give a few examples. In the aircraft industry, there is work on
   aerodynamical design, providing theoretical results which predict
   or complement those from (for example) experimental wind tunnels.
   In pollution control, mathematicians would develop ``models''
   (mathematical equations) predicting dispersal rates of chimney
   effluents under different meteorological conditions. In
   telecommunications, mathematicians may work on improved communications
   links, computer-recognition of handwriting and speech patterns, and distortion
   in digital transmission.
   

   
   

2. 
   Management services and computing
   
   The problems of coping with rapid changes in technology and market
   conditions in large and complex organisations make it essential for
   managers to call on specialist services. Management service specialists
   define and investigate problems systematically. The work is often
   mathematical, involving an area of mathematics known as
   Operational Research. It might involve designing a more efficient
   transportation programme for deliveries to a supermarket chain, or
   a stock control pattern for a car franchise holder.
   

   
   Computing is a major part of the work of most management services
   departments. Entrants are usually appointed as trainee programmers,
   but the work can be very varied, especially for employees of a company
   of management consultants. Their role is to set up mathematical
   models of the situations they are required to analyse, and to use
   computers in the solution of the problems,
   rather than just to write computer programs.
   

   
   Personal qualities are especially important - tact, understanding,
   ability to communicate - because in recommending action based on their work,
   mathematicians can face resistance to changing familiar methods and practices.
   

   
   

3. 
   Financial work
   
   In recent years, up to half of all mathematics graduates have taken
   up a career in finance.
   

   
   

   • 
     Accountancy
     
     Firms of chartered accountants - the main employers - do not normally
     specify degree disciplines of entrants. They are particularly keen
     though to recruit mathematics graduates, because of their numeracy
     skills and logical thought, and because they are normally very
     successful in the professional examinations (on average, more so than
     accountancy graduates!).
     So to become an accountant,
     you do not need to take a degree in accountancy.
     A mathematics degree allows many openings in accountancy, should you
     wish to follow them after graduation, as well as all the other opportunities.
     

     
     

   • 
     Actuarial work
     
     This has long been a popular field for mathematics graduates. The work
     involves the application of probability and statistics to financial
     affairs such as life assurance, pensions and social security, so a
     degree involving a substantial proportion of these subjects is desirable.
     Traineeships occur with life assurance companies and insurance
     companies as well as with actuarial consultants. Career and salary
     prospects for those with managerial and commercial potential are
     excellent.
     

     
     

   • 
     Other openings in finance
     
     There are some opportunities in banking, particularly with the
     head offices of major banks, or with merchant banks. Mathematicians
     have frequently been successful candidates for the Tax Inspectorate.
     
   
   

   
   

4. 
   Statistical work
   
   We have already discussed one aspect of work undertaken by statisticians
   - the work of an actuary.
   In addition, statistical work is carried out in many organisations -
   the Civil Service (economics and agriculture in particular), research
   establishments, large industrial firms and commercial concerns (e.g.
   market research agencies).
   

   
   The work is varied, depending on the activities of the employer. In the
   Civil Service and in research establishments (government and industrial),
   statisticians work on design and analysis of experimental projects.
   In industry, the work may involve quality control, where statisticians
   collaborate in designing procedures for testing and in assessing
   the results of the tests. Statisticians employed by market research
   and advertising agencies will be involved in survey design and evaluating
   responses.
   

   
   

5. 
   Teaching
   
   This is a career which
   is crucial for the future well-being of society, because of the
   central role which mathematics plays in many aspects of life.
   

   
   Graduates take a one-year postgraduate certificate specialising in
   either the primary or the secondary sector. To maintain the stock of
   mathematics teachers in schools, about one quarter of all mathematics
   graduates need to enter the profession. This is approximately
   happening in Northern Ireland, whereas
   in England and Wales in recent years,
   less than 10% of mathematics graduates have entered the profession, and
   this had led to a serious shortage of (and hence many openings for)
   teachers of mathematics.
   

   
   Openings also occur in Colleges of Further Education. Openings in higher
   education are at present very limited. However, the age structure of
   university staff is such that from the year 2000, openings will start
   to occur more frequently. A Ph.D. is normally a minimum qualification
   for such a post, perhaps with a couple of years post-doctoral
   experience as well. So present-day sixth-formers may find that there
   will be opportunities for them in the future.
   

   
   

6. 
   Postgraduate study
   
   A sizeable proportion of graduates choose to continue for higher
   qualifications before entering the world of work. Taught Masters'
   courses may develop specialist interests based on work undertaken
   in a primary degree, or they may provide concentrated study in a new area
   of interest. Frequently, they are chosen by graduates with particular
   careers in mind.
   

   
   The most common research course lasts three years and leads to the award
   of a Ph.D. A good honours degree is normally required for entry to
   such a course. The course provides training in the fundamental
   processes of research and so is particularly useful for those
   aiming to work in industrial research.
   

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