THE INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS
AND ITS APPLICATIONS

Careers

Mathematics is a language. - Josiah Willard Gibbs

The IMA careers section provides information relevant to persons interested in finding out about employability, work and jobs associated with mathematicians. It is designed to provide key information, case studies and useful web links associated with careers paths such as taken by IMA members.

The IMA along with the London Mathematical Society (LMS) and Royal Statistical Society (RSS) has a website on careers in mathematics called Maths Careers.

Maths Careers provides a single starting point for young people aged from 11–19 to find out where maths and statistics can lead, whatever their level. It aims to help them associate maths with the real world and features a wide range of people using maths in their work, from theatre design to climate change modelling and designing computer games, along with clear links to finding out more about these careers.

The site is managed by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications on behalf of the maths and statistics community, and contains much more than the importance and relevance of maths in careers.

The site has themes including Environment, Health & Society, Business & Money, Entertainment, Science & Technology and Sport. Each theme is divided into age groups, with a range of regularly changing topical articles to enthuse and excite young people about maths in the world around us. 

There are also sections for teachers and careers advisers with a wide range of downloadable resources and maths activities and quizzes, together with links to other great resources – all suitable for use in the classroom or at home to enthuse and inform about maths.

Undergraduates and mathematicians are also catered for with material showing the beauty and elegance of maths, with a bit of added humour.

The Institute regrets that it does not have sufficient resources to deal with individual requests for guidance.