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Maths at Heriot-Watt University
Heriot-Watt University is ranked 33rd of 64 universities for maths on our measures. 86% of students are positive about the course, and graduates earn a median £32.3k after 15 months, rising to £39.5k after five years.
Typical offer BBBEdinburghCampus, Scotland16 courses
How it compares with other maths courses
The marker shows the typical (median) maths course. How we measure
Who gets in
UCAS points of students who started, with the A-level grades worth the same points. These totals include every qualification students had (a fourth A-level, EPQ, AS levels and so on), so many people here had a lower offer than their total suggests.
- Under 96 ptsbelow CCC6%
- 96–111 ptsCCC–BCC5%
- 112–127 ptsBBC–BBB2%
- 128–143 ptsABB–AAB5%
- 144–159 ptsAAA–A*AA7%
- 160+ ptsA*A*A or more75%
Most students here apply with Highers and Advanced Highers, which earn more UCAS points than A-levels, so these figures look higher than A-level offers usually are.
What graduates earn
The 15-month figure comes from the Graduate Outcomes survey and covers graduates in full-time work. The 3 and 5-year figures come from tax records and include everyone in work, including part-time, so they can be lower than the 15-month figure.
Compare the 16 maths courses here
Each course has its own satisfaction, drop-out and entry figures where enough students answered. Add your grades above to see your fit for each one.
- Typical offers range from DEE (Science with Foundation) to AAB (Actuarial Science).
- Highest student satisfaction: Mathematics (BSc, 4 years, placement year, year abroad) (93%).
- Least competitive entry: Mathematical Physics. Half of the students who started had more than 195 UCAS points, against 242 on the most competitive course here.
- Most students stay on: Mathematics with Computer Science (100%).
- Placement year: 8 of the 16 courses offer one.
- Year abroad: 9 of the 16 courses offer one.
- Courses last between 4 and 5 years.
- Degrees awarded: BSc, MMath.
Actuarial Science
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerAAB
- Satisfied
- 79%
- Stay on
- 78%*
- Entry points
- 196
- Graduate jobs
- 70%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Accredited: Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, Royal Statistical Society
Actuarial Science and Diploma in Industrial Training
BSc · 5 years
Typical offerAAB
- Satisfied
- 76%
- Stay on
- 95%
- Entry points
- 242
- Graduate jobs
- 70%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Accredited: Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, Royal Statistical Society
Mathematical, Statistical and Actuarial Sciences
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerBBB
- Satisfied
- 91%*
- Stay on
- 80%
- Entry points
- 242
- Graduate jobs
- 70%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Accredited: Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Mathematical, Statistical and Actuarial Sciences and Diploma in Industrial Training
BSc · 5 years
Typical offerBBB
- Satisfied
- 91%*
- Stay on
- 78%*
- Entry points
- 173*
- Graduate jobs
- 70%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Accredited: Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Mathematics
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerBBB
- Satisfied
- 93%
- Stay on
- 75%
- Entry points
- 209
- Graduate jobs
- 65%
- Salary
- £32k*
Accredited: Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Mathematics
MMath · 5 years
Typical offerBBB
- Satisfied
- 91%*
- Stay on
- 75%
- Entry points
- 173*
- Graduate jobs
- 70%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Accredited: Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Mathematics with Finance and Diploma in Industrial Training
BSc · 5 years
Typical offerBBB
- Satisfied
- 91%*
- Stay on
- 78%*
- Entry points
- 173*
- Graduate jobs
- 70%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Accredited: Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Mathematics with Statistics
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerBBB
- Satisfied
- 91%*
- Stay on
- 78%*
- Entry points
- 173*
- Graduate jobs
- 70%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Accredited: Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, Royal Statistical Society
Science with Foundation
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerDEE
- Satisfied
- 91%*
- Stay on
- 78%*
- Entry points
- 173*
- Graduate jobs
- 70%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Statistical Data Science
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerAAB
- Satisfied
- 82%*
- Stay on
- 85%*
- Entry points
- 208*
- Graduate jobs
- 80%*
- Salary
- £33k*
Accredited: Royal Statistical Society
Data Sciences
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerABB
- Satisfied
- 91%*
- Stay on
- 78%*
- Entry points
- 173*
- Graduate jobs
- 70%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Accredited: Royal Statistical Society
Mathematical Physics
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerBBB
- Satisfied
- 91%*
- Stay on
- 70%
- Entry points
- 195
- Graduate jobs
- 70%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Mathematics with Computer Science
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerBBB
- Satisfied
- 91%*
- Stay on
- 100%
- Entry points
- 173*
- Graduate jobs
- 70%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Accredited: Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Mathematics with Finance
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerBBB
- Satisfied
- 91%*
- Stay on
- 85%
- Entry points
- 173*
- Graduate jobs
- 70%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Accredited: Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Mathematics with French
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerBBB
- Satisfied
- 91%*
- Stay on
- 78%*
- Entry points
- 173*
- Graduate jobs
- 70%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Accredited: Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Mathematics with Spanish
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerBBB
- Satisfied
- 91%*
- Stay on
- 78%*
- Entry points
- 173*
- Graduate jobs
- 70%*
- Salary
- £32k*
Accredited: Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
* When a course is too small to publish its own figure, we show the figure for similar courses at this university. Highlighted figures are the best of this university’s own course figures. Entry points are the middle UCAS score of students who started, counting all their qualifications, so they’re usually higher than the offer.
Typical offers are taken from each university’s own course page (checked October 2026). Offers change each year and some courses ask for specific subjects, so always check the course page before you apply.
Links go to the university’s own course pages, where you’ll find current entry requirements and fees.
Similar ranking
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- Royal Holloway, University of LondonRanked 35
Nearby
- University of Edinburgh4 miles away, ranked 20
- University of Stirling27 miles away, ranked 62
- University of St Andrews34 miles away, ranked 2
- University of Strathclyde35 miles away, ranked 23
Living in Edinburgh
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