Mathematics BSc

Durham University · honours · 3 years · optional placement year · optional year abroad · UCAS 2126course page ↗

Graduates earn a median £36,000 three years on.

Pay three years after graduating
£36,000

median, based on 240 graduates · half earned £29,500–£44,500 · Discover Uni (LEO)

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

Entry requirements for this course are not yet on file; see the university’s course page.

Durham course page, read 19 September 2026 · Discover Uni entry profile

Who actually got in: 99% with A levels. 43% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 120 entrants.

UCAS tariff points — a points scale for grades: A* = 56, A = 48, so A*A*A = 160. Entrants’ totals include extra subjects.

After graduating

Where does it lead?

£36,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£30k
Median£36k
Upper quarter£45k

Median — the middle earner: half earned more, half less. Pay is for graduates of this subject at this university who finished in 2016-18, not adjusted for inflation; based on 240 graduates.

Discover Uni dataset (HESA and Office for Students, CC BY 4.0, contains HESA data); earnings from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes data (Department for Education) · aggregation level 14, 13, 23

Half of graduates earned between £29,500 and £44,500. Five years on, the median is £50,000. 86% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 88% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 19% left91%130
In work or study, 15 months on11% studying86%80
Professional or managerial job88%55
Pay 15 months on, median£35,00065
Pay 3 years on, median£36,000240
Pay 5 years on, median£50,000275
Money

What does it cost?

Fees not on file; see the university’s fees page.

Durham fees page

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

80%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 60% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 55 students answered

Highest: 98% agreed on question 1; lowest: 55% on question 25.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 198%
Question 285%
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Question 491%
Question 591%
Question 698%
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Question 887%
Question 982%
Question 1091%
Question 1198%
Question 1293%
Question 1395%
Question 1493%
Question 1596%
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Question 1889%
Question 1996%
Question 2093%
Question 2194%
Question 2296%
Question 2392%
Question 2472%
Question 2555%
Question 2680%

Question texts are published by the Office for Students; the dataset carries only the question numbers.

Modules, entry requirements and fees are facts read from Durham University’s course page on 2026-09-19 and may change; the university’s page is authoritative. Descriptions are not reproduced. Outcome figures are from the Discover Uni dataset. Durham University is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.