**Put yourself in prime position for a career in accounting and finance**At Kent, you’ll develop essential numerical and analytical skills, opening up rewarding career opportunities. **Reasons to study Mathematics and Accounting and Finance at Kent*** Get ahead. Take a placement year to help boost your professional skills and get paid to do it * Develop your skills. Learn industry standard software like Maple, R and Python * Be confident. You’ll benefit from the expertise of our internationally-renowned mathematicians, with the industry know-how of Kent Business School lectures to ensure you are fully prepared for your future career * Big futures. Graduates have gone on to a wide range of careers from medical statistics and software development to actuarial work and chartered accountancy * A head start. This course provides various exemptions from the examinations of the Institute of Chartered Accountants **Course details****First year:** You’ll gain the skills that will lay the foundation for the rest of your studies – including pure and applied mathematics, statistics and economics. **Second year:** You’ll be able to tailor your course to match your interests. You’re taught core modules from both the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science and the Kent Business School. **Third year:** You’ll be able to choose from a range of modules, so you can focus in areas that you want to explore in more depth for your chosen career path. Head over to our website for more details.

School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science