Maths graduates go into

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What can I do with a maths degree?

• Maths graduates go into
• actuarial work
• teaching
• analyst roles
• programming and IT
• risk analysis
• consultancy

• accountancy
• banking and finance
• meteorology
• market research
• planning and surveying
• operations research

A SAMPLE FROM THE MASSEY ALUMNI DATABASE
Development Manager - Mathematical Statistician
- Computer Programmer - Manager, Contracts
Planning - Actuarial Analyst - Research Scientist
- Software Engineer - Operations Manager -
Research Development manager - Associate
Professor
A SAMPLE FROM THE MASSEY ALUMNI DATABASE
Development Manager - Mathematical Statistician
- Computer Programmer - Manager, Contracts
Planning - Actuarial Analyst - Research Scientist
- Software Engineer - Operations Manager -
Research Development manager - Associate
Professor
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What can I do with a maths degree?

• Maths graduates work in -
• Government departments and state-owned
  enterprises
• Financial institutions banks consultancies
  insurance companies etc
• Crown research institutes
• Construction
• Education
• Industry and Commerce

A SAMPLE FROM THE MASSEY ALUMNI DATABASE
Statistics New Zealand - Department of
Conservation - Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry - AFFCO Manawatu - Fuji Xerox - Ministry
of Education - Aon Consulting - Canterbury
Cricket - Microsoft NZ Ltd - Herbert Insurance
Ltd - N.Z.Q.A. - Inland Revenue Department
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What can I do with a maths degree?

• Where have some of the Massey math graduates
  ended up?
• Nick Allsop Works as an actuary (NZ and
  Australia)
• Jennifer Bonnet Price Waterhouse Coopers,
  financial mathematics, is training to be an
  actuary
• Rebecca Hickson Lecturer in Veterinary Science
• Joanne Hendy Meterological service, predicting
  turbulence
• Shaun Hendy Industrial Research Limited, math
  modelling of nanoscience problems
• Katya Hope National Bank, online banking
• Rebecca Keen Highschool teaching
• Chris Palliser Dexcel, math modelling of
  agricultural problems
• Aroon Parshotam Landcare, modelling carbon
  emissions

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What can I do with a maths degree?

• Where can I find out more?
• Ask your lecturer
• Your Massey careers service
• http//careers.massey.ac.nz
• http//careerhub.massey.ac.nz (graduate vacancy
  system)
• Some overseas sites of interest
• www.maa.org/careers
• www.ams.org/careers
• www.siam.org/careers
• www.math-jobs.com (has a section for NZ and
  Australia)

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What can I do with a maths degree?

• TeachNZ Scholarships
• The government wants more math teachers in
  secondary schools.
• Scholarships for 45 undergraduates and 85
  graduates per year in mathematics alone.
• Pays your course fees and a 10,000 allowance per
  year.
• There is a commitment to teach for a period after
  you graduate.
• http//www.teachnz.govt.nz/scholarships