Key information
- Level
- Postgraduate Taught
- Delivery type
- Full Time
- Degree qualification
- GradCert
- Mode of delivery
- On-Campus
- Location
- Edinburgh
- Start date
- September
The Graduate Certificate Mathematical Sciences is designed for applicants who wish to study one of our masters programmes in mathematics or actuarial sciences but who don’t yet have a sufficient level of mathematics or statistics at university to meet the entry requirements. This programme will allow you to gain the knowledge and skills of mathematics and statistics required for progression into one of the following MSc programmes.
- MSc Actuarial Management
- MSc Actuarial Management with Data Science
- MSc Actuarial Science
- MSc Actuarial Science and Management
- MSc Applied Mathematical Sciences
- MSc Computational Mathematics and Data Analysis
- MSc Mathematics
- MSc Applied Mathematical Sciences with Climate and Environmental Modelling
- MSc Mathematical Biology, Ecology and Medicine
You can follow a non-graduating programme of study as a pathway onto an MSc programme or you can choose to graduate with a Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma.
The exact courses you will study if you apply to this programme will depend on:
- the level of mathematics you have studied at university to date
- the MSc you are planning to study the following year
If you are an applicant from Scotland, the United Kingdom or European Union, it is possible to be issued with a combined offer for the Graduate Certificate followed by your chosen MSc in the following year. Progression to the MSc in the following year will require an overall average of at least 65% in all examinations taken. Unfortunately if you are joining us on a Tier 4 visa this option is not available to you. Nonetheless, Tier 4 applicants can use this Graduate Certificate pathway as an entry qualification for a separate follow up application to one of our many MSc programmes.
Programme duration
9 months
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Fees and funding
| Status | Full Time |
|---|---|
| UK | £10,528 |
| International | £19,816 |
- Status: Your residency status is usually defined as the country where you have been ordinarily resident for the three years before the start of your course.
- International: 'International' includes applicants from European Union countries who do not hold Pre-Settled or Settled status in UK. (This does not include students from the Republic of Ireland - see above).
Scholarships and bursaries
Postgraduate scholarships and bursaries
We aim to encourage well-qualified, ambitious students to study with us and we offer a wide variety of scholarships and bursaries to achieve this. Over £6 million worth of opportunities are available in fee and stipend scholarships, and more than 400 students benefit from this support.
Entry requirements
We have standard entry requirements for all of our courses that you will have to meet.
Entry requires a good first degree, of at least UK 2.1 standard or equivalent, containing some maths and/or statistics content.
Applicants who apply for an MSc programme but don't meet the entry requirements (in terms of relevant maths/statistics content) will automatically be considered for the Graduate Certificate as an alternative, where appropriate.
The programme is not suitable for graduates who have not studied any maths and/or statistics at degree level.
Please contact the School if you wish to discuss your suitability for the programme in more detail.
Why Heriot-Watt
We're the top university in Scotland for graduate outcomes which means that more of our graduates are employed or in postgraduate education than any other institution in the country and we ranked 5th in the UK.
We're also rated number one in the UK for CEO or MD roles, meaning more of our graduates go on to become CEOs or MDs than any other university in the whole of the UK. On top of that, we have beautiful campuses, across the globe, so you'll get a truly international education. Our Edinburgh Campus is home to Oriam, Scotland's National Sports Performance Centre combined with plenty of wellbeing resources, prioritising fitness and mental health for all students. Our Global Research Institutes look at solving real world issues such as climate change and saving our oceans as well as working on the next medical technological breakthrough and the future of AI and robots.
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