Best Math Universities outside of COWI

wow i just realised i applied to 3 of the 4 unis in COWI, didnt realise it. The list is fairly accurate, though a more genreal one would include LSE even though they dont do a staright maths course.

yeah that is what puts me Off LSE I want to do a straight maths course Obviously If I was to include them they would definitely get a strong place on the list but they don't do a straight maths course so they dont really count in my view.

I have promised myself if I get the grades to go to their Open day if I can because I should always just check it out but I don't think I will be applying their for that reason.

I am definitely interested in looking into statistics and how financial Modelling can work but I don't want that to be the sole focus of my studies their are other areas I would like to look at to.

Primarily Chaos theory, possibly digital Physics but I think probably not because i get the feeling that is for Physics degrees not Maths ones.

However I am not looking into courses thoroughly in depth yet until I have sat my first set of exams and got the results.

Maths+Phys degrees at COWI as as rigorous as straight maths it is still going to be hard. You could do joint honours like maths+stats at LSE, the course looks interesting.

Yeah have seen that course I think it would be worth further investigation but I have read on those forums it's not as intensive or hard maths as other places. Not sure if that is or is not true.

Basically if I got a degree from LSE in maths and X X been whatever choice I chose to combine with maths would I really have a full maths degree? E.g. Would I be as prepared for a masters degree in maths as I would be if say I had done a straight maths degree from Bristol Durham or UCL

Or even Exeter Newcastle Leeds?

I know LSE is more prestigious then those (maybe not UCL) but a maths and x degree does not seem likely to get me to the same mathematical ability as just a straight maths degree.

If the LSE maths degrees can be competitive in this way then sure for what I want that makes them very competitive if however they can't be it kind of leaves them out of the race on my eyes despite the prestige of LSE

COWI(B) is seen frequently and so Bristol being next is not an unreasonable assertion.

http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/~bl/wheretostudymathsuk.pdf

You may have seen this document already. Of course, it was created by a lecturer at Manchester so there is the opportunity for bias but it seems fair. In the case that it is acceptable, we could see Manchester ranked a little higher than your list might otherwise have.

In my preliminary thinking, since I'd like access to cities with a strong/vibrant youth/student culture, small towns like Warwick, Durham and Cambridge are removed from my list, and the cost of living in London makes me reluctant to apply there also. And so there is a probably a pool that looks something like: Oxford, Bristol, Nottingham, Edinburgh, Manchester, with Oxford being a strong 'maybe'.

yeah that is what puts me Off LSE I want to do a straight maths course Obviously If I was to include them they would definitely get a strong place on the list but they don't do a straight maths course so they dont really count in my view.

I have promised myself if I get the grades to go to their Open day if I can because I should always just check it out but I don't think I will be applying their for that reason.

I am definitely interested in looking into statistics and how financial Modelling can work but I don't want that to be the sole focus of my studies their are other areas I would like to look at to.

Primarily Chaos theory, possibly digital Physics but I think probably not because i get the feeling that is for Physics degrees not Maths ones.

However I am not looking into courses thoroughly in depth yet until I have sat my first set of exams and got the results.

You need to scrutnisie the content of 'maths' degree if you are interested in stats My degree covered a very wde range including chaos, relativity, fluids, OR, ... as well as all the pure topics,

I rejected an Oxbridge place because there was so little applied maths in the course when I applied and that was not evident before interview [no internet then].

LSE is only good for the finance sort of maths, but the uni itself has a great reputation so that's why their maths courses are so competitive. But if you're interested in the applications of maths in economics then lse is great

Bath may be worth looking out. Has a placement year, covers a range of applied areas (physics, stats, decision, finance, teaching, econometrics...)

Challenging but not over the top challenging.

... I keep hearing fluids but am oblivious to what that is currently. I also don't know what OR is short hand for but sure I will know at the time, and of course I want to cover the pure topics....

Fluid dynamics cover motion in air, water, etc some of it is tackled by CFD [computational fluid dynamics] programmes these days ie aerodynamic analysis around cars.

OR = operational research.

Maths degrees vary enormously -

Operational research I am guessing just means researching into modern maths.

Operational research I am guessing just means researching into modern maths.