About the Mathematics, Modeling & Data Analytics (MMDA) BSc Program
The MMDA program at Constructor University provides a modern education in pure and applied mathematics, as well as specialization options in pure mathematics, applied mathematics and modeling, or data science.
Why Study Mathematics, Modeling & Data Analytics?
- Mathematics is a gateway to graduate programs in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Economics, Finance, and more.
- Data Science is an attractive career with major growth potential.
- A math education is more generalist than a specific education in, say Data Science.
- Mathematics and Data Science provide an excellent background for future MBA studies.
Program Features
- Three-year intensive career-oriented program
- Small classes and close faculty–student interaction
- Flexible curriculum tailored to students' pace and interests
- Opportunities for early involvement in research
- Personal mentoring and academic advising
- Excellent preparation for graduate programs worldwide
- Vibrant, international community of motivated peers
Who Are Your Professors?
- Motivated faculty with broad international experience
- Trained at world-class institutions including Princeton, Yale, Cornell, University of Toronto, Imperial College, and LMU Munich
- Highly engaged in national and international research projects
Career Opportunities for Mathematics Graduates
- Insurance companies hire large numbers of mathematicians in actuarial and other analyst positions.
- Quantitative Finance and Financial Engineering offer a wide range of career opportunities involving fairly deep mathematical concepts.
- Operations Researchers help organizations, businesses, and governments find efficient solutions to strategic planning questions, including scheduling and distribution problems, resource allocation, facilities design, and forecasting.
- Mathematicians are frequently employed in Information Technology positions. While many mathematicians work in IT, relatively few computer scientists compete with mathematicians in other employment fields. Mathematical expertise is especially valuable in information security and cryptography.
- Statisticians work in research and development divisions across academia and industry, analyzing data from surveys and experiments.
- Education is a broad field ranging from secondary school teaching to university professorships.
- Engineering Mathematics opens career paths in aerospace engineering, petroleum engineering, and many other engineering disciplines.
- Mathematicians often work in Consulting Companies, where the problem solving skills from the math education are applied to business problems.
- Finally, graduates may pursue a career as a research mathematician at universities or dedicated mathematics research institutes.
How to prepare for studying Mathematics
You have finished high school, have been admitted to study Mathematics at Constructor University, and wonder what you can do over the summer to smooth your start into university mathematics. Here are a few suggestions for things you can do to bridge the long gap between your high school exam and the start of the university semester.
- Revise: Have a second look at everything you did at high school. Can you reliably manipulate algebraic expressions? Can you prove the main mathematical theorems you know? What are the assumptions, what other results does the argument depend on? You high-school text books may or may not do a good job in this department - start to look beyond!
- Read: Build perspective by reading up on mathematics and mathematicians. A good reading list by the NRICH project.
- Work problems: Working problems is the most important skill and pastime of a mathematician. The NRICH project has a collection of beautiful mini-projects - try the pure as well as the applied mathematics collection, both cover important aspects of the mind-set and skill-set of a mathematician.
- Further links: Preparing for your Maths Degree (IMA) and How To Study Math (Paul Dawkins).