More than 27,000 Faculty of Mathematics graduates are working today in 83 countries worldwide!

When you complete a degree in the Faculty of Mathematics, you'll hone your analytical and problem-solving skills – skills that are highly valued in industry. You'll also find that you're in demand after graduation.

NEWS

Math and CS lead to the best jobs
200 careers were evaluated and ranked as the best and the worst jobs in North America. According to the Wall Street Journal online, the TOP JOBS for 2010 are:

CareerCast.com, a new career site, evaluated 200 professions to determine the best and worst jobs according to five criteria inherent to every job: environment, income, employment outlook, physical demands, and stress. According to the study, “mathematicians fared the best…” because of work environments, growth potential, and income. Mathematicians and computer scientists work in favourable conditions and earn good salaries; the study found the median salary to be $94,160 (USD). Wall Street Journal online, January 2009.

Jobs after graduation

You might be wondering, "What can I do with a BMath or BCS degree?" At the risk of sounding cliche, you'll be able to do just about anything you want to do! From discussions with our grads and from data collected about them, we know that Math Faculty graduates are working in all areas of industry in a broad range of jobs.

The Faculty of Mathematics presents: Start Your Future – This DVD includes 3 short promotional videos about 9 recent graduates. The grads talk about their current careers, their academic preparation, co-op, their lifestyles, and why it's beneficial to study mathematics and computer science at the University of Waterloo.

Take a look at a list of jobs that recent grads have obtained. You also can read grad profiles with details of their careers from our alumni website.

We know from data collected about Mathematics and Computer Science grads in Ontario that as many as 90% of our grads obtained jobs within 6 months and as many as 98% were employed within 2 years – and these figures are higher than the system wide averages for graduates in other mathematical and computer science programs in Ontario.

Math Grads Hottest New Recruits
"Mathematicians are the up-and-coming must-have additions to some company payrolls, now that math is one of the core sources for innovation in a supercharged, knowledge-based economy." Calgary Herald

More Computer Tech Jobs Than Grads to Fill Them
“Over the next five years, Mark Zandi, chief economist of Economy.com, forecasts that tech will create 782,000 jobs, or 8.6% of the economy's projected 9.1 million new jobs. Last year the average salary in high tech grew 5.1%, to $69,000, up from a 4.3% gain the previous year, according to Economy.com. This year, Zandi predicts, wages will rise in the mid- to high-single digits." From “They’re Hiring in Techland,” BusinessWeek online

IT Salaries Rise Twice as Fast as Inflation
Employers who are looking to hire skilled IT professionals will pay, on average, 5.3 percent more in 2008 than they did this year, according to the just-released Robert Half Technology's 2008 IT Salary Guide. As a comparison, the Consumer Price Index rose 2.8 percent this past year. Read more...

IT Employment is on the rise
Employment opportunities in the IT industry are increasing: in the decade 2002 to 2012, growth in new American IT jobs is expected to be 3.1% per year, outpacing a 1.4% per year increase in overall employment, and IT jobs will make up 70% of all projected science and engineering job openings. The same projections are expected in Canada.

Bill Gates imagines an exciting future ahead in software development... "So this is the golden age of software. We can say that all the 30 years of work until now was just to get the platform, just to have the connectivity of the Internet. We have great hardware that allows us to be more ambitious. And I'd say the thing that will be the most fun for me is over these next 10 or even 20 years seeing how your generation comes into the software industry and takes your creativity, your open-mindedness and takes software to a whole new level, so that's going to be very, very exciting." Read more...

Ongoing career services

The University of Waterloo is committed to the success of its students and graduates. If you become a Faculty of Mathematics student and graduate, you'll have access to a wide selection of Career Services offered through the Department of Co-operative Education and Career Services.