From the ancient cultures of Greece, Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China and beyond, to the modern era and across the globe, mathematics has played a central role in all aspects of the advancement of society. The subject remains at the heart of science and those who study for a masters degree in mathematics find it immensely rewarding.In our experience, candidates will usually pursue a masters in mathematics for one or more of the following reasons:Many students undertake our MSc to enhance their career prospectsOthers see it as a crucial staging post on the path to a PhDSome approach the subject on account of the intellectual excitement and pleasure that it can bring as mathematics purely for the sake of mathematics.Our MSc Mathematics has been designed to satisfy the needs of candidates with any of these goals in mind.