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Scholarships Scholarships of £2,000 will be awarded to all students paying international fees if they achieve the conditions of their offer. To be eligible, you must be an International student coming to Cardiff University to study a single Honours Mathematics degree scheme in September 2010. You must also choose Cardiff as your first choice. Those who are successful will be notified in writing in September 2010. Note that full overseas fees are £10,100 in 2010/11. This scholarship will also be paid in subsequent years if an average at a 2:1 level (60%) is maintained. If you have any questions about this, please contact our admissions tutor Dr Jonathan Thompson.

We currently have an exciting scholarship to offer to ALL students paying overseas fees. Please see details on our International Students Scholarships Pages

Tuition Fees Undergraduate Tuition FeesCardiff University will charge an annual fee of approximately £9,000 to all full-time students registering on undergraduate courses. However, this fee will be deferred until after you have graduated. It will then be converted into a loan which you begin to repay only when your annual income exceeds the repayment threshold (currently £21,000). Repayments would then be a minimum of 9% of the difference between the repayment threshold and your income. For more information please go to the Cardiff University Undergraduate Tuition Fees pages. Postgraduate Tuition Fees UK/EU Full Time UK/EU Part Time £3732 £1866 For more information please go to the Cardiff University Postgraduate Tuition Fees pages. International Students Tuition Fees Undergraduate £10,700 per academic year Postgraduate International Full Time International Part Time £13750 £6875 For more information please go to the Cardiff University International Students Tuition Fees pages.

Scholarships Scholarships of £1,000 will be awarded to the five applicants with the best A-level grades (or equivalent). To be eligible, you must be a UK/EU student coming to Cardiff University in September 2012. You must also choose Cardiff as your first choice. You do not need to apply. Those who are successful will be notified in writing in September 2012. The five students achieving the highest average mark in Year One of their studies will also be awarded the sum of £500. The five students achieving the highest average mark in Year Two will also be awarded the sum of £500. Additional prizes are available in all years for outstanding performance in specific degree schemes or modules. These are often provided by companies and government organisations such as LloydsTSB and the Office for National Statistics. Eliahou Dangoor Scholarships Eliahou Dangoor Scholarships are available to undergraduate students beginning their studies in September 2012. There are 5 scholarships available in Mathematics, each worth £1,000 for one year. They are cash payments and to be eligible for a Eliahou Dangoor Scholarship students must be from the UK and eligible for a Cardiff University Bursary. For more information about scholarships please follow the link in the right-hand column. For Overseas students please see the Cardiff University International Students Funding and Scholarships Pages.

Bursaries Cardiff University Bursaries are available to full-time undergraduate students from lower income households who are normally resident in the UK. The awards will be available to students beginning their undergraduate studies in September 2012 who have a household income of below £42,600. If your household income is up to £30,000 Cardiff University will top up the the total amount of money you receive from government funding (made up of a loan and grant) to £7,500. If your household income is between £30,001 and £42,600 Cardiff University will top up the the total amount of money you receive from government funding (made up of a loan and grant) to £6,750. Eligibility is determined through the statutory means test conducted by your UK student funding body to determine qualification for state grants and loans, so you won’t need to apply for a Cardiff University Bursary separately. For full terms and conditions go to Cardiff University's bursaries pages.

Andy Warren - National Air Traffic Services Ltd (NATS) July 2009 to July 2010 I have had an excellent placement year at NATS; having had the opportunity to get involved in a number of interesting projects such as: the Annual Delay Forecast, iFacts Implementation and Runway Capacity Studies. These have broadened my understanding of many of the processes that go on at NATS and in the aviation industry. During my year, I have learnt a lot of techniques on how to manipulate and analyse large data sources, using and improving my skills on programs such as Microsoft Access, Excel and Visual Basic Programming. I was then able to use these techniques to speed up processes and create programmes to solve problems on large data tasks. I used a number of different operational research methods, coming up with sensible and logical methods to solve the tasks assigned to me. For example, I used "Queuing Theory" to model the amount of delay generated when a stack of planes are waiting in a queue for take-off slots. Being able to apply and use methods and techniques learnt at university successfully in real world situations is a great encouragement. I have also made a resource tool for the Team leaders to use to track current/open projects and hours and work done by departmental employees. This gives a departmental overview showing team utilisation, as well as showing which employees are not being 100% utilised, allowing the managers to assign new work to these employees.

In addition I've also had the opportunity to prepare reports and deliver findings of my analysis in presentations, which are excellent new skills to learn. Looking back, I feel that this placement as an Assistant Research Analyst at NATS has made me a more rounded person, helping me learn more about myself and others, and increasing my independence and self-confidence. It has also given me a great insight into the business world and the life skills employers expect and value, and has given me the incentive and motivation to achieve going into my final year at university.

Abbey Fuller - Amgen June 2009 to June 2010 I had always wanted to study maths, so when initially applying for university, I only chose courses with an opportunity to do a placement year. When choosing my placement I felt that the atmosphere and my work colleagues were the most important factors. When I went for my interview at Amgen, I felt that everyone I met during my interview day was very friendly, and I left genuinely hoping that I would end up working at Amgen for my placement year. Naturally, when I received the phone call offering me the job, I was both excited and nervous for my first day in June 2009. I've always been told that doing a placement year is so important for finding a job after graduating and giving you an introduction to working life. For me, my placement year has justified this. Having never worked in an office before, the skills that I have gained this year have been invaluable. Attending, speaking up, and even presenting in meetings has boosted my confidence and greatly improved my communication skills, and participating in student interviews has given me an insight into what qualities are essential for securing a job. Although I had no preference on the type of company I worked for I am glad that I ended up working in a pharmaceutical company. I found the experience rewarding as, although only in a small way, you are helping contribute towards improving patient's quality of life. I was nervous at first as I had no previous experience in statistical programming or using SAS and I had no idea what to expect. However, being given the opportunity to attend an offsite SAS course and having a wealth of experience readily available from my co-workers settling into Amgen and statistical programming became much easier than I expected.

One of the best advantages of my placement year is all the training I received from Amgen. Attending inhouse and offsite training has given me an in depth knowledge of SAS as well as both the pharmaceutical industry and clinical trials. This included an in-house Statistics course and the online SAS certification program from the SAS institute. This included 23 modules and a final exam. Having the opportunity to complete the SAS Base Certification Programmer exam has given me a professional qualification that I can include on my CV. I found the work that I was given at Amgen to be both interesting and challenging and therefore more satisfying to complete. Having a role of the Statistical Industrial Placement Student I have been able to work closely with both programmers and statisticians and have had the opportunity to work on general programming study work, some exploratory analyses and even had the opportunity to create my own macro to simulate oncology clinical trials. Having such a broad variety of work, I learnt a lot. Performing the exploratory analyses, I enjoyed broadening my medical statistics knowledge and gaining confidence in producing Kaplan-Meier curves and hazard ratios using SAS. My varied work meant that as well as working on smaller projects I have also had the opportunity to work on larger, more time consuming projects. One of my proudest accomplishments was creating the macro to simulate oncology trials. It was a unique area that hadn't been studied at Amgen before and having the opportunity to present the simulation project at an international biostatistics meeting made me feel like a valued member of the biostats team.

Overall, I feel that my year has been a complete success as I have had such a fantastic time. I have met a wealth of really nice people and have gained confidence in my statistical knowledge and communication skills. This year will not only aid me in my final year, but also after graduating. My experience has helped me decide on my future career, hopefully moving forward to work in the pharmaceutical industry again after completing university. To anyone that is considering doing a placement year, I would say that you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Holly Robinson - Lloyds Banking Group June 2009 to June 2010 In June 2009, after passing a one day assessment centre and a follow up interview, I started my Industrial Placement with Lloyds Banking Group based in Bristol. Having banked with and researched the organisation, I was excited to know I would be joining the UK's largest retail bank at a critical time following the acquisition of HBOS just 6 months prior. I was initially nervous with starting, but over the 14 months I spent in the Business Analysis team, I feel I really grew as a person and became an integral part of the team. My role involved using my newly learnt data mining and analyst skills to answer real business questions from all different areas. I worked primarily on supporting the Savings business, although I was given many opportunities outside my normal role to project manage, lead a team, network and deliver some high profile work for senior managers. Overall for my placement I achieved a 'Strong Performer' rating and won a Gold Award for "outstanding behaviour". Some of the feedback I received includes being described as "invaluable member of the team, comfortably exceeding (my) expectations for an Industrial Placement" having done a "fantastic job this year!" The main benefits I will take away include motivation for my final year, guidance on future jobs, relevant experience and business understanding that will aid me interviews, both technical and soft skills training and most of all confidence in my own ability. During my placement I feel that I not only made real contribution but gained a lot that will hopefully make me a more attractive candidate for graduate jobs. I think what sums up my time most at Lloyds Banking Group is having cried during my leaving speech. The only thing I was able to manage to say, was that "I never thought I would enjoy working so much."

For more details about this scheme, please contact Dr Andreas Artemiou (ArtemiouA@cardiff.ac.uk) or Dr Jonathan Thompson (ThompsonJM1@cardiff.ac.uk)

Stuart MacGregor - EADS Defence and Security Systems Ltd July 2009 to August 2010 In three words, my industrial placement experience with EADS Defence & Security Systems has been, exciting, motivating and insightful. The placement has presented me with a wealth of experience in the work place, opening my eyes to the real world of work and allowed me to develop my key personal and transferable skills which have undoubtedly improved my chances of potential future employment after graduation. I have been lucky enough to work on many exciting projects, and with two separate departments of the EADS business, one of which is the area of the business which acts as the company's research arm developing future technologies. This made my time with EADS very exciting. All of my work with the company has been interesting, tailored to my development and has always furthered my knowledge and experience. I was able to utilise academic skills gained at University, both in simulation work I completed with the Systems Design Centre, and in analytical/mathematical work that was undergone with the research department. This is what made my time with EADS insightful.

During my placement with EADS I had opportunities to travel abroad to Germany, firstly for an innovation challenge workshop in Münich and secondly with a recruitment initiative that I have been selected for called the EADS Juniors Programme. As the first ever British EADS Junior, I was invited to the Berlin International Air Show where I attended VIP tours around the exhibition stands and had the opportunity to meet executive EADS HR representatives, alongside watching the fantastic air displays. Similarly, I was taken away to a German island with the rest of the Juniors for a week long intensive personal development and adventure training experience. As a Junior, EADS will maintain contact with me throughout the rest of my studies, inviting me to special Juniors events allowing me to further develop my relationship with the company and further increase my chances of employment. This side of working with EADS is what made my placement motivating. Besides furthering my personal development, and securing a position with the Juniors programme, my placement year with EADS has given me much more. I have made some very good friends out of colleagues that I will keep in touch with, hopefully, into the foreseeable future. I have developed a keen interest in the aerospace and defence industry which I never had before. This placement has confirmed my interest in the field of simulation whilst also demonstrating its importance in industry. For these reasons, I consider my placement year to not only have been a fantastic experience but also a great success. Finally, the success of my training period means, that simply by keeping in touch and maintaining contact with the company throughout my final year, I can look forward to a graduate position with EADS upon completing my studies!

Details of other accepted qualifications can be found here.

Undergraduate Tuition Fees   UK and EU Students Cardiff University will charge an annual fee of approximately £9,000 to all full-time students registering on undergraduate courses. However, this fee will be deferred until after you have graduated. It will then be converted into a loan which you begin to repay only when your annual income exceeds the repayment threshold (currently £21,000). Repayments would then be a minimum of 9% of the difference between the repayment threshold and your income.

For students who spend a year on an industrial placement, the fee for their placement year in 2012 is £1500.

The School of Mathematics id delighted to award scholarships of £1,000 to the ten applicants with the best A-level grades (or equivalent). To be eligible, you must be a UK/EU student coming to Cardiff University in September 2014. You must also choose Cardiff as your first choice. You do not need to apply. Those who are successful will be notified in writing in October 2014.