Universities / University of Limerick
BSc Financial Mathematics (BSc FM)
A four-year maths degree with an eight-month paid-work style co-op placement and a final year in stochastic differential equations for finance and investment models. Includes programming, data analysis and optional accounting/economics in first year.
What you’ll study
Core
- Computer Software 1
- Computer Software 2
- Calculus 1
- Calculus 2
- Mathematical Laboratory
- Linear Algebra 1
- Further Linear Algebra
- Introduction to Probability and Statistics
- Finance
- Methods of Linear Analysis
- Probability Models
- Ordinary Differential Equations
- Vector Analysis
- Intro to Numerical Analysis
- Applied Data Analysis
- Operations Research 1
- Partial Differential Equations
- Theoretical Mechanics
- Complex Analysis
- Linear Algebra 2
- Statistical Inference
- Advanced Data Analysis
- Fundamentals of Financial Mathematics
- Cooperative Education
- Stochastic Processes
- Stochastic Differential Equations for Finance
- Mathematical and Statistical Models of Investments
- Time Series Analysis
Electives
- Financial Accounting
- Microeconomics
- Accounting for Financial Decision Making
- Macroeconomics
- Project 1/2
- Statistical Data Science Project 1/2
- Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
- Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations
- Discrete Mathematics 2
- Operations Research 2
- Geometry
- Advanced Data Modelling
- Dynamical Systems
- Mathematical Modelling
Source: ul.ie ↗
Before you apply
- Background
- Leaving Certificate: 2 H5 and 4 O6, or 4 H7, including Maths, Irish or another language, and English
- Maths
- Leaving Cert Mathematics minimum H3 (or UL special maths exam)
- English
- No test specified
- Other
- CAO points 2026: 445
Source: ul.ie ↗
After graduation
- Typical first roles
- Claims Manager, Credit Risk Technology, Data Analyst, Investment Data Analyst, Operations Analyst, Researcher, Treasury Assistant, Data Engineer
- Employers
- AIB, PwC, Northern Trust
Source: ul.ie ↗
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