[harryclennell]

Hey, im hoping to study maths at uni, and will be applying for 2013. Im going to open days etc and weighing up pros and cons for unis ive narrowed it down to (which is around 10 of them at the moment)
Some information i want is really hard to find, so i thought it might be easier to ask; anyone know what the timetables are like for maths students at newcastle, exceter, kings or imperial? How many hours of lectures per week and how many seminars? And how many students would you typically have in your seminars? How does this change for 2nd and 3rd year? Also how good would you say the quality of teaching is there?
I know at uni it will mainly be independant study, but I would just like to know how much support students get at these unis. Any help much appreciated, thanks

[MattyJo]

Fairly sure Imperial will give you a far higher offer which may include STEP, that I think will be significantly harder to achieve than an offer from Newcastle, Exeter, or Kings.

[harryclennell]

(Original post by MattyJo)
Fairly sure Imperial will give you a far higher offer which may include STEP, that I think will be significantly harder to achieve than an offer from Newcastle, Exeter, or Kings.

Thanks, but the offers aren't a big concern to me, i will be doing the step papers next year anyway at my school. Im deciding where to apply based on how much i like the city, campus etc and on the style of teaching. Im just stuggling to find information on how many lectures and seminars each uni will offer on average per week for maths, and how many students are in those seminars..

[I smell like maths]

(Original post by harryclennell)
Thanks, but the offers aren't a big concern to me, i will be doing the step papers next year anyway at my school. Im deciding where to apply based on how much i like the city, campus etc and on the style of teaching. Im just stuggling to find information on how many lectures and seminars each uni will offer on average per week for maths, and how many students are in those seminars..

you dont need step papers for imperial. if you're applying to cambridge or warwick then you need to do them.
I do maths at kings, around 150 people in core modules and around 100 for just pure modules. the mathematics dept. is located at the strand campus. nearest stations are temple and holborn. we're down the road from our library (maughan library) where all the maths books are. the library isnt on campus but its HUGE and only a very short walk away, 3-4mins! the other campuses are london bridge and waterloo, their libraries are on campus. all three campuses are next to the river thames, strand is the north side and the other two are south side. king's the most central university in london. the east wing of somerset house is also part of the stand campus now.

there are 4 modules in the first semester and another four in the second,

for the first year, per week: 12hrs lectures (3hrs per module), 4hrs tutorials (1hr per module + assignment to be handed in - roughly 20 people in each tutorial class), 1hr class tests - multiple choice but tricky (which go towards your end of year result, worth roughly 20%)

IMO kings has the most underrated maths department.

I am a first year mathematics student btw (and i've finished my first year exams )

anything else you need to know?

[harryclennell]

(Original post by I smell like maths)
you dont need step papers for imperial. if you're applying to cambridge or warwick then you need to do them.
I do maths at kings, around 150 people in core modules and around 100 for just pure modules. the mathematics dept. is located at the strand campus. nearest stations are temple and holborn. we're down the road from our library (maughan library) where all the maths books are. the library isnt on campus but its HUGE and only a very short walk away, 3-4mins! the other campuses are london bridge and waterloo, their libraries are on campus. all three campuses are next to the river thames, strand is the north side and the other two are south side. king's the most central university in london. the east wing of somerset house is also part of the stand campus now.

there are 4 modules in the first semester and another four in the second,

for the first year, per week: 12hrs lectures (3hrs per module), 4hrs tutorials (1hr per module + assignment to be handed in - roughly 20 people in each tutorial class), 1hr class tests - multiple choice but tricky (which go towards your end of year result, worth roughly 20%)

IMO kings has the most underrated maths department.

I am a first year mathematics student btw (and i've finished my first year exams )

anything else you need to know?

Thankyou so much this is really helpful!