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Applied Mathematics
Here are examples of industry areas students enter with this major, jobs/internships, typical employers that hire students, skills employers look for, and examples of where alumni work. To find more information make an appointment with your career counselor/advisor.Industry
Industry|Employers |
Job|Roles |
Skills |
Alumni |
Research • Government laboratories |
Research: • Theoretical • Applied |
• organizational • analytical thinking/problem solving •communication •teamwork •knowledge in math, science and engineering principles |
• Argonne: laboratory director, computational mathematician |
Mathematical Specialties • Chemical and pharmaceutical companies |
• Modeling and Simulation • Numerical Methods and Analysis • Statistics and Probability • Engineering Analysis • Differential Equations • Operations Research • Discrete Mathematics |
• organizational • analytical thinking/problem solving • communication • teamwork • knowledge in math, science and engineering principles |
• Allstate: data scientist, research analyst • Amazon: Data scientist, research scientist |
Finance • Computer services companies and software publishers |
• Accounting and Finance • Analysis and Control of Processes • Analysis Operations • Sales and Marketing Management • Actuarial Science |
• Flexibility • Cross functional teamwork • Analytical ability • Communication skills • Time and project management • Technical and design (for research and manufacturing roles) • Engineering coursework (for manufacturing based positions) |
• Boston Consulting Group: consultant • Fidelity Investments, Principal Systems Analyst • Enova International, Analytics Senior Associate • A T Kearney, Principal • BCG, Associate • Goldman Sachs & Company, Managing Director • Geneva Trading, Software Developer |
Government • State government agencies |
• Modeling and Simulation • Numerical Methods and Analysis • Statistics and Probability • Engineering Analysis • Differential Equations • Operations Research • Discrete Mathematics |
• Flexibility • Cross functional teamwork • Analytical ability • Communication skills • Time and project management • Technical and design (for research and manufacturing roles) • Engineering coursework (for manufacturing based positions) |
• U S Army Corp of Engineers, Hydraulic Engineer |
Software Technology • Engineering firms |
• Computer Programming • Computer Systems • Engineering • Optimization and Scheduling of Resources |
• organizational • analytical thinking/problem solving • communication • teamwork • knowledge in math, science and engineering principles |
• Google: Software engineer, data engineer • Microsoft: Software development, applied scientist • Verizon Wireless, Senior Engineer • A3 Technology, Inc., Software Engineer |
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