Actuarial Science MSc

Launch your career as a professional actuary with an MSc that combines advanced actuarial science, industry engagement, and real-world application.

This MSc Actuarial Science is designed for graduates with strong quantitative skills who want to enter, or are at an early stage of, the actuarial profession.

It is suited to students who are numerically confident, ambitious, and interested in applying mathematical, probabilistic, and statistical modelling techniques to real-world business problems in insurance, pensions, finance, and risk management.

You will study alongside a diverse cohort of aspiring actuaries and benefit from teaching informed by current industry practice, actuarial standards, and applied financial modelling.

By the end of this MSc, you will have gained:

* Core actuarial expertise: Develop a strong understanding of actuarial science, financial mathematics, insurance risk, life contingencies, finance and investment.

* Technical and analytical skills: Apply mathematical, probabilistic and statistical modelling techniques to solve complex actuarial, financial and business challenges.

* Specialist knowledge: Build advanced expertise in life contingencies, insurance risk modelling, finance and investment, aligned with professional actuarial practice.

* Research and problem-solving skills: Evaluate complex actuarial and financial problems using evidence-based analytical techniques to support effective decision-making.

* Professional and career-ready skills: Progress towards qualification as a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) through professional exam exemptions while developing the technical and commercial skills valued by employers.