University of Warwick, BSc (Hons), MORSE (Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics)

MORSE is a single honours degree in mathematics and its practical application to Business, Finance, Economics, and other topics and it is available only at the University of Warwick. Instead of pursuing the more traditional areas of Applied Mathematics, MORSE relates Pure Mathematics to the modern application areas described opposite.

MORSE contains a balance of mathematical theory and practical work in order to produce high quality graduates who are mathematically equipped to deal with the practical problems of the modern world.

This course is designed for talented mathematicians with strong interests in business, finance and economics. It provides a firm grounding in all these fields and an understanding of how they relate to each other. The curriculum of the course balances mathematical theory and its practical applications, with subject specialists from all four partner departments teaching core modules.

You will learn about deriving theorems, optimisation, quantitative reasoning and modelling complex systems from world-renowned academics at the University where MORSE was invented. You will also acquire the core skills valued by modern business analytics employers, including analytical thinking, cross-disciplinary communication, and mathematical and statistical modelling. Should MMORSE graduates pursue an actuarial career, our course may exempt you from some professional examinations.

Your first and second years develop your mathematical skills through a broad range of theoretical exercises and computing tasks. These will introduce the latest techniques from all components of MORSE, used to tackle the increasingly wide spectrum of challenges facing modern business and commerce.

In your third year (and fourth year if studying MMORSE), you can customise your course – taking advantage of a wide range of available options – to apply your mathematical skills to the areas in which you aspire to work. MMORSE students will also complete an independent research project on a topic of their choice with support from our academic staff.

Why study MORSE at Warwick?

• MORSE is a Warwick invention. It was created in the mid-1970s by a team of far-sighted academics and has developed into a flagship degree programme. This means that modules are specifically designed for MORSE students.
• Our curriculum contains a balance of mathematical theory and its applications, emphasising the links between theory and practice, and equipping you with transferable skills including analytical thinking, crossdisciplinary communication and mathematical and statistical modelling.
• All modules are taught by subject specialists, and the curriculum is organised collaboratively by the Departments of Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, and the Business School, all of which have consistently had a high percentage of their research graded as ‘internationally excellent’ or ‘world-leading’ in the most recent external research assessments.

Recent graduate destinations include:

Actuarial Analyst, Deloitte; First Year Trading Analyst, Morgan Stanley; Business Modeller, EY; Statistical Researcher, Atass Sports; Equity Derivative Trader, Bank of America.