BA History / Mathematics
About this course
BA in Mathematics and History, taught at Aberystwyth University since 1872. Core topics include Statistics and Mathematical Modelling. Students have full access to the National Library of Wales, one of the UK's five Copyright Libraries. Modules can be studied through the medium of Welsh within both departments.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB-BCC to include B in Mathematics IB: 30-28 with 5 points in Mathematics at Higher Level
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What students say
Based on about 54 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 95%
- Learning opportunities: 92%
- Assessment and feedback: 88%
- Academic support: 95%
- Organisation and management: 91%
- Learning resources: 94%
- Student voice: 90%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 85 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 9%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 1%
What graduates do next
Based on about 21 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 50%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 25%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Information Technology Professionals: 25%
- Finance Professionals: 20%
- Elementary occupations: 15%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 15%
- Skilled trades occupations: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 80%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 25%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 20%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 155 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 5%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 5%
- East Midlands: 4%
- West Midlands: 23%
- East of England: 5%
- London: 5%
- South East: 7%
- South West: 6%
- Wales: 38%
- Scotland: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 90 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 98%
- Baccalaureate: 1%
- Other HE qualification: 1%
Modules
- Algebra
- Calculus
- Further Algebra and Calculus
- Mathematical Analysis
- Introduction to History
- Coordinate and Vector Geometry
- Differential Equations
- Probability
- Statistics
- 'Hands on' History: Sources and their Historians
- Europe and the World, 1000-2000
- Medieval and Early Modern Britain and Europe, 1000-1800
- People, Power and Identity: Wales 1200-1999
- The Modern World, 1789 to the present
- Complex Analysis
- Linear Algebra
- Making History
- African-American History, 1808 to the Present
- Between Revolution and Reform: China since 1800
- Chivalry and courtliness: Elite culture in high medieval England, 1066-1300
- Crime, Riot and Morality in Wales 1750-1850
- European Society and the Medieval Mind 1200-1500
- Science, Religion and Magic
- The Atlantic World, 1492-1825
- The Nazi Dictatorship: Regime and Society in Germany 1933-1945
- The Tudors: A European Dynasty?
- Twentieth-Century Latin America and the Caribbean through its arts and traditions
- (Re)writing the past: Medieval chronicles and sagas c. 1000-1300
- Advanced Dynamics
- Applied Statistics
- Distributions and Estimation
- Hydrodynamics I
- Interdisciplinary and decolonial history
- Introduction to Abstract Algebra
- Introduction to Numerical Analysis and its Applications
- Real Analysis
- Recounting Racism: Oral History and Modern American Race Relations.
- Victorian Visions: Exploring Nineteenth-Century Exhibitions
- African-American History, 1808 to the Present
- Between Revolution and Reform: China since 1800
- Chivalry and courtliness: Elite culture in high medieval England, 1066-1300
- Crime, Riot and Morality in Wales 1750-1850
- European Society and the Medieval Mind 1200-1500
- Science, Religion and Magic
- The Atlantic World, 1492-1825
- The Nazi Dictatorship: Regime and Society in Germany 1933-1945
- The Tudors: A European Dynasty?
- Twentieth-Century Latin America and the Caribbean through its arts and traditions
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA History / Mathematics at Aberystwyth University earn?
The median salary is £25,000 after 15 months, £19,500 after 3 years, £25,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £21,000 and £30,500. The £25,500 median after five years is £14,000 less than the UK median for Mathematics.
What do graduates of BA History / Mathematics at Aberystwyth University do next?
85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA History / Mathematics at Aberystwyth University?
95% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA History / Mathematics at Aberystwyth University?
The typical offer is BBB at A level. The average entrant had 109 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA History / Mathematics at Aberystwyth University?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 9% left higher education.