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As an actuary, your work is extremely varied and can include: advising companies on the amount of funds to set aside for employee pension payments; designing new insurance policies and setting premium rates; pricing financial derivatives and working in fund management and quantitative investment research; advising life insurance companies on he distribution of surplus funds; and estimating the effects of possible major disasters, such as earthquakes or hurricanes, and setting premium rates for insurance against such disasters.
A first or upper second class degree in mathematics, statistics or economics (although other subjects with a high mathematical content are acceptable).
All applicants are considered on an individual basis and additional qualifications, professional qualifications and relevant experience may also be taken into account when considering applications.
20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.
Optional modules may include:
Financial Mathematics
Probability and Statistics for Actuarial Science
Actuarial Mathematics
Business Economics
Survival Analysis
Finance & Financial Reporting
Financial Economics and Asset and Liability Modelling
Mathematics of Financial Derivatives
Financial Modelling
Statistics for Insurance
Time Series Modelling and Simulation
Stochastic Processes
IELTS (including IELTS Indicator) 6.5 overall (with a minimum of 6.0 in R&W; 5.5 in S&L)
TOEFL iBT 90 overall (with a minimum of 22 in R; 21 in W; 17 in L; 20 in S)
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