University withheld until you unlockunlock below to reveal · Part-time
Actuarial Science
Actuaries are highly skilled quantitative professionals, primarily concerned with the identification, quantification, analysis, and management of various types of risk, particularly those with long-term financial consequences. Their expertise is essential to t…
Postgraduate2 yearsPart-time
Browse mathematics courses in UK
Mathematical Sciences · Mathematical sciences
Actuaries are highly skilled quantitative professionals, primarily concerned with the identification, quantification, analysis, and management of various types of risk, particularly those with long-term financial consequences. Their expertise is essential to the proper management of life, general, and health insurance companies, pension funds, and investment firms. Their skills are very highly regarded and valued throughout the financial services industry, and the opportunities to practise worldwide are strong and growing. This programme provides an intensive, professional-level, specialist education in actuarial science. Students performing well in the instructional component (PG Dip) can gain exemptions from professional examinations of the internationally recognised Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. Following the instructional component, you can progress to the MSc by successfully completing a three-month supervised project and dissertation/ report component. Join the University of — ranked in the World Top 50 and 13th in the UK for Statistics and Operational Research (— University Rankings by Subject, 2025). Top 20 in the UK for Mathematics (— University Guide 2026).
Getting in
As the university states it
You'll need a 2.1 bachelor's degree in a quantitative subject with a strong Maths background such as mathematics, statistics, economics.
Worth reading next
Course details as published by the university. No graduate-outcome statistics are published for UK postgraduate courses, so none are shown.