TheÊActuarial Science with a Year in Industry (Hons) programme offered byÊUniversity of KentÊenables you to gain paid industry experience in addition to being taught by our professionally qualified actuaries and internationally-renowned statisticians to ensure you are fully prepared for your future career.
To help bridge the gap between school and university, youÕll attend small group tutorials in Stage 1, where you can practice the new mathematics youÕll be learning, ask questions and work with other students to find solutions. YouÕll study a mixture of pure and applied mathematics, statistics and economics, providing you with a solid foundation for your later studies.
Throughout Stages 1 and 2, you attend specialist programme of workshops and events designed to ensure you have the best possible opportunity of securing a placement. Our in-house Placements Team will support you throughout the process. If you successfully secure a placement, you will spend a year working between Stages 2 and 3.ÊÊ
Careers
Graduate destinations
The Actuarial Science programme allows you to gain exemptions from the professional examinations set by the UK actuarial profession, so our graduates have a head start when looking to qualify as actuaries. It also provides an excellent foundation for careers in many other areas of finance and risk.
Recent graduates have gone on to work in:
- insurance companies and consultancy practices
- the Government ActuaryÕs Department
- the London Stock Exchange
- other areas of financial management.
