Mathematics MMath

University of Exeter · honours · 4 years · optional placement year · UCAS 7638course page ↗

Graduates earn a median £32,500 three years on.

Pay three years after graduating
£32,500

median, based on 215 graduates · half earned £26,000–£40,000 · 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.

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

Who actually got in: 100% with A levels. 30% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 15 entrants.

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

Years 1–4

What do you study?

5compulsory modules in year 1

Module — one course unit, usually a term or a year long; “core” means everyone takes it. One UK credit is about ten hours of study; a full year is 120 credits.

Exeter course page · optional modules vary by year

Year 1 · 5 core · 120 credits ≈ 1,200 hours
Year 2 · 0 core, 9 optional
Year 3 · 0 core, 22 optional
Year 5 · 3 core, 22 optional · 120 credits ≈ 1,200 hours
Year 6 · 2 core · 75 credits ≈ 750 hours
Placement or year abroad · 1 core · 120 credits ≈ 1,200 hours
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£32,500median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£26k
Median£33k
Upper quarter£40k

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 215 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 24, 14, 13, 23

Half of graduates earned between £26,000 and £40,000. Five years on, the median is £44,000. 85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 100% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 110% left90%20
In work or study, 15 months on0% studying85%20
Professional or managerial job100%15
Pay 15 months on, median£34,00035
Pay 3 years on, median£32,500215
Pay 5 years on, median£44,000230
Money

What does it cost?

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

Exeter fees page

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

85%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 100% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 15 students answered

Highest: 100% agreed on question 1; lowest: 58% on question 25.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 1100%
Question 292%
Question 392%
Question 492%
Question 562%
Question 692%
Question 777%
Question 862%
Question 975%
Question 1092%
Question 1192%
Question 1277%
Question 1392%
Question 1469%
Question 1592%
Question 16100%
Question 1777%
Question 1885%
Question 1992%
Question 2092%
Question 2192%
Question 2285%
Question 2392%
Question 2469%
Question 2558%
Question 2685%

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 University of Exeter’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. University of Exeter is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.