If students hold a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, but don’t meet the entry requirements for a master’s, a Pre-Master’s can help them gain a place on a postgraduate degree. For progression to the 1st year of a postgraduate degree at the University of Essex. Course length is determined mainly by students English language level (UKVI IELTS score).

Students on all course lengths take a set of common or similar modules to gain a solid base of skills for university. If their course is longer than 2 terms, students will take additional modules designed to improve one or more of their English language level, academic skills, and basic knowledge of particular subjects.

Master of Science - Mathematics Game theory, with roots in mathematics, statistics and economics, is routinely applied to understanding and predicting human behaviour. Problems of protection of digital information against piracy are closely related to aspects of set systems. And the RSA cryptosystem, used on computers all over the world, depends on classical results of number theory.

The University of Essex MSc Mathematics covers many aspects of discrete mathematics and their potential use in practice, and provides students with options in: optimization, machine learning, data mining, and statistics. Essex's interdisciplinary research recognizes that mathematics, including what can be very abstract mathematics, is an essential part of research in many other disciplines.

Essex's Department of Mathematical Sciences has an international reputation in many areas including semi-group theory, optimization, probability, applied statistics, bioinformatics and mathematical biology. They are genuinely innovative and student-focused. Their research groups are working on a broad range of collaborative areas tackling real-world issues.

Key employability skills student's gain from this course include analytic reasoning, problem-solving, techniques of discrete mathematics and an understanding of application areas of these techniques, algorithm design and implementation, and data analysis.

Essex's graduates are highly sought after by a range of employers and find employment in financial services, scientific computation, decision-making support and government, risk assessment, statistics, education and other sectors.