Bachelor of Science [B.S] [Actuarial Science] From University of Essex

• Actuarial science teaches students the art of turning risks into opportunities.
• Actuaries provide assessments of financial security systems, with a focus on their complexity, their mathematics, and their mechanisms.
• They benefit from an excellent starting salary, with graduates earning upwards of £30,000 on average.

Study topics include:

• Mathematical finance
• Financial reporting
• Contingencies, risk management and survival analysis
• Pure and applied mathematics
• Statistics

Professional actuaries in the insurance industry, including influential businesses AXA and Buck Consultants, contribute to our employability module and also host students at their offices to show them typical challenges that actuaries face.