Introduction

You love mathematics.

You want to learn to reason rigorously and critically.

You want to develop your creativity to solve problems, model and visualize complex situations, drawing on modern digital tools and a rich, solid mathematical tradition.

You have a good sense of argumentation and want to communicate your ideas in a faithful, accessible and attractive way.

UCLouvain offers you a training program that will enable you to acquire the skills needed to :

•     develop and apply cutting-edge mathematics,
•     transmit mathematical knowledge to a variety of audiences,
•     support decision-making through rational data analysis.

Your profile

A solid background in mathematics, such as a strong mathematics option in secondary education, is highly recommended for mathematics studies. It is also important to have a good general scientific and technological culture, a good command of the French language and a good knowledge of English.

Your future job

Mathematicians are active in many fields where mathematics interacts with other disciplines: chemical and pharmaceutical industries, insurance, finance and actuarial science, consulting, modeling, systems planning and optimization, computer and data sciences, artificial intelligence, cryptography and computer security, astronomy, weather forecast, climate science, ecology and more.
Mathematicians share their passion for mathematics as teachers in upper secondary and higher education.
Mathematicians also contribute to mathematical research. They develop our understanding of the world by introducing new concepts, tools and constructions, and by studying them rigorously. They identify and implement the concepts and tools needed to solve mathematical problems of importance to our society, our economic activity or the development of other scientific disciplines.

Your programme

The Bachelor of Mathematical Sciences program consists of 180 credits.

The 150 general training credits cover

•     Fundamental mathematics: algebra (linear algebra, group theory, commutative algebra, etc.), geometry (affine geometry, vector geometry, differential geometry, topology) and analysis (functions of several variables, complex analysis, measure theory, differential equations and functional analysis).
•     Applied mathematics: probability, data analysis and inferential statistics, numerical analysis and computer programming,
•     Other scientific disciplines, including physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and economics.

The program offers the possibility of selecting certain courses to focus more on fundamental or applied mathematics. The main language of instruction is French, with a few courses in English and English courses for scientists.

The training is based on progressive learning and a program that allows time for high-quality personal work, with high-quality close supervision: exercise sessions, laboratories, group or individual work, tutorials and the opportunity to carry out initial personal research under the guidance of a teacher.

The 30-credit minor allows you to go deeper in training in mathematics or statistics and data science. Other minor choices allow you to develop skills in related disciplines (physics, computer science, economics and management, philosophy) or to open up to other disciplines.

Your parcours

At the end of the bachelor's program, students will have acquired the disciplinary foundations needed for further studies with :

•     A master's degree in mathematics
•     A master's degree in mathematics education
•     In the fields of statistics and data science : A Master's degree in actuarial science / A Master's degree in data science, with an emphasis on statistics / A Master's degree in statistics, general orientation / A master's degree in statistics, with a focus on biostatistics (after taking or adding 3 biology credits).

All these Master's degrees are accessible regardless of the choice of minor. Other master's degrees are available under certain conditions.