Career profiles

Finance and banking
 

The natural and life sciences
 

Art, design and music
 

Business consultancy and operational research
 

Engineering
 

Insurance and risk
 

IT and computers
 

Medicine and health
 

Teaching and the education sector
 

Defence and the military
 

Space and Astronomy
 

Maths and stats research
 

Science communication and the media
 

Careers with statistics
 

Women in mathematics

Have a look at our list of female mathematicians and be inspired!

Jean Alain Boumsong, International footballer
 

Shirley Webb, Olympic athlete
 

Ross Brewer, British champion artistic gymnastics
 

Mark Hilton, Professional rugby league player
 

Operational research career profiles
One major career path for mathematicians is to go into operational research. This is about helping modern organisations to function efficiently. Whether it's transport logistics or financial issues, it takes a mathematician to understand the complicated systems involved and to suggest optimal solutions. On its webpage, the Operational Research Society has put together a list of career profiles.

Work with schools
This website provides information on work experience for teachers, students, and parents.

The Trident Trust
This trust helps 15 to 25 year olds to find work experience placements

The National Council for Work Experience-15 to 18
To find out what you would like to do after school it can be helpful to join a company for a work placement. The website of the National Council for Work Experience has a section for 15 to 18 year olds with useful links and advice.

Maths case studies from the Prospects website
 

Stats case studies from the Prospects website
 

scenta - role models
Browse the case studies on the scenta website.

The Faculty and Institute of Actuaries
The web site of the two profesional bodies representing actuaries in the UK has a host of useful information about becoming an actuary, with a special section dedicated to careers and jobs.

The Institution of Civil Engineering
The Institution of Civil Engineering has an informative website that tells you what engineers do and how you can become one.

Careers from the MAA
The Mathematical Association of America provides many profiles of people applying mathematics in both the commercial and academic arenas.

Science & Maths - Look what you can do with them
Career profiles of people with a science / maths backround on bebo.com

The London Mathematical Society
The professional and learned body for mathematicians in the UK

The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
The younger of the two professional and learned societies for mathematicians in the UK. Its mission is to promote mathematics in industry, business, the public sector, education and research.

The Royal Statistical Society
The organisation for everyone who cares about data and statistics.

The Council for Mathematical Sciences
The Council for the Mathematical Sciences (CMS) was established in 2001 by the IMA, LMS and the RSS to provide a forum for the three mathematical societies.

MacTutor history of mathematics
An index of biographies of over 1300 mathematicians from 1680 to the present day. The site also provides an overview of the history of the subject, with articles on different mathematical topics, from ancient Babylonian mathematics, to the discovery of the planets and the laws of the physical world.