Careers in Mathematics and Statistics
One question frequently asked by students is "What jobs can I get if I graduate with a degree majoring in mathematics and statistics?".
We cannot answer this question. The fact is that our graduates have many and varied careers. As you will see from the profiles on these pages, people with mathematics or statistics in their degrees are employed in the finance industry, by government, in marketing, as engineers and in many areas.
Please browse our graduate profiles, careers talks and external careers resources to find out more about what a degree majoring in mathematics or statistics can do for your career prospects.
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Christine Mangelsdorf
School of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Email: mangel@unimelb.edu.au
PhD
Lisa Carbone - Associate Professor, Rutgers University
Andrew Conway - Chairman and founder, Silicon Genetics
Alison Harcourt - Awarded Honorary degree and named Victorian Senior Australian of the Year
Michael Landman - Business Development Manager, BHP Billiton Petroleum
Drew McCormack - Scientific Programmer, Free University of Amsterdam
Fraser Murrell - Quantitative Analyst
Stephan Tillmann - Postdoctoral Fellow, Départment de mathématiques, Université de Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Masters Degree
Patty Chondros - Biostatistician in Primary Care, University of Melbourne
Suzanne Findlay - Assistant Fund Manager
Peter Greilach - Senior Environmental Consultant
Noon van der Silk - Founder, Braneshop
Xiao Su - Accounts Manager, eBay
Bachelor/Honours Degree
Roderick Barnard - Partner, Accenture
Dan Boulton - Manager of Operations, Carlton and United Brewery
Julie Evans - Director, Labour Supply and Conditions Section, Australian Bureau of Statistics
Jenny Haitidis - Consultant, SMS Management and Consultancy
Cameron Henderson - Meteorologist, Bureau of Meteorology
Natalie Karavasarmis - Statistician, Cancer Council of Victoria
Andrew Lampert - Research/Software Engineer, CSIRO
Lachlan Opray - Product Development Manager, Impact Data Pty Ltd
Ian Phillips - Director, I&J Management Services
Inka Tanaya - Mathematician/Statistician, Atronic Australia
Lynette Webb - Strategy Director, Carat International
Laura White - Petroleum Engineer, Woodside Offshore Petroleum
Company/Organisation | Presenter |
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Optiver | Adrian Dudek |
University of Melbourne | Liuhua Peng |
Cognizant | Michael Camarri |
Genpact | Robin Chua |
Agriculture Victoria | Murray Hannah |
Four Quarters Recruitment | Kilian Lee |
AE Capital | Lyle Pakula |
City West Water | Chris Jones and Alysha Edmonds |
Ernst & Young | Ian Crofts, Jessica Dimovski and Summer Lawrence |
IBM Research | Jürg von Känel |
SitePoint | Leni Mayo |
Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) | Jon Kastelan |
Department of Human Services | Dr Xiaogang Chen |
CSIRO | Dr Andreas Ernst |
Murdoch Children's Research Institute | Professor John Carlin |
Biarri Commercial Mathematics | Joe Forbes |
JANA Investment Advisers | Robert Sicilia |
I & J Management Services | Ian Phillips |
Integrated Management Information Systems Pty Ltd | Dr Guy Eitzen |
Grange Asset Management | Paul O'Halloran |
ANZ Market Risk | Dr Jaime Bulbeck |
Looking for a job? Help is available at University Careers service.
Other resources:
- Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) careers page
- Advancing Australia's Knowledge Economy - a report on employment of PhD graduates in Australia
- Statistical Society of Australia jobs board and careers page
- How to Become a Data Analyst (training.com.au), What is Data Science (UC Berkeley), Rise of the Data Analyst (Purdue), Data Science Graduate Programs and Discover Data Science - resources for careers and study in Data Science
- Computer Science Masters Degrees - information about careers, jobs and salaries in computer science
- UNSW's maths and stats careers page
- StatsSci
- Mathematical Association of America
- MathJobs.org
- math-jobs.com
- Guide to Mathematics and Statistics: Programs & Careers and Guide to Careers in Analytics, Data Science and Business Intelligence at OnlineEducation.com
- techguide.org guide to technology careers