Actuarial Science with Business Analytics MSc

Combine actuarial expertise with advanced business analytics and data skills in a specialist MSc designed to prepare you for careers in insurance, finance, and risk.

This MSc is designed for numerically strong graduates who want to pursue a career as an actuary while developing advanced skills in business analytics and data science. It suits ambitious, quantitative students who are eager to apply analytical techniques to solve real-world problems in insurance and financial services.

You will develop programming skills in R and Python, applying them to actuarial modelling, data analysis, and problem-solving. The programme also builds your ability to translate data-driven insights into practical actuarial and business decisions.

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

* Core actuarial and analytical 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 actuarial modelling techniques, using R, Python and industry-standard data tools to solve complex insurance, finance and business challenges.

* Specialist knowledge: Build expertise in business analytics, predictive analytics, machine learning and natural language processing, applying modern analytical techniques to actuarial and data-driven decision-making.

* Research and problem-solving skills: Evaluate complex actuarial and financial problems, applying evidence-based analytical methods to support effective decision-making across insurance and financial services.

* Professional and career-ready skills: Progress towards professional actuarial qualifications through knowledge aligned with the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) Core Principle subjects and available exemptions, while developing the technical and commercial skills valued by employers.