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Applied Mathematics certainly has the intention of using Math to solve problems from other fields though. I studied Robotics, and shared several classes with people from the Applied Mathematics course; * Transportation Modelling (using math to model transport on roads, rail, and shipping, and solve optimisation problems) * Computer Vision (using math to recognise patterns in images) * Biomechanics (using math to model the movement and formation of all things biology; we did everything from a sperm cell locomotion to an Achilles tendon spring strength)

There were others, but all of them had a very practical purpose, and most of the people I spent time with on the Applied Mathematics course were actively pursuing a career in engineering of some sort, while the Mathematics course was made up of either Pure Math people looking to go into academia, or people destined for finance.