Cass Business School, City University

Course Details

MSc in Actuarial Management

Course Description

The UK Actuarial Profession accredits the MSc in Actuarial Management course. Indeed, Cass Business School was the first institution in the UK to have both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes fully accredited by the UK Actuarial Profession. Consequently, the course allows you to study the key areas of actuarial practice whilst also offering the opportunity to gain exemptions from the examinations of the Actuarial Profession. In particular, students are able to gain exemptions in Actuarial Risk Management (Subject CA1), Communications (Subject CA3) and most of the Specialist Technical (or ST) subjects* In addition, students who have outstanding Core Technical (or CT) subjects are able to gain exemptions in many of these also (covers Subjects CT2, CT4, CT5, CT6 and CT8 only). The MSc in Actuarial Management also provides a good foundation for students preparing for examinations of the professional bodies in other countries (including the United States, Canada and Australia). The Masters Actuarial Management course is delivered through: face-to-face lectures from qualified actuaries (and other experts in the field) dedicated online support ready access to faculty members advice on exam techniques Full-time and part-time The full-time version of the MSc in Actuarial Management, which is completed over one academic year, requires students to attend lectures which amount to two days per week. Alternatively, the part-time version of the course, which is completed over two academic years, has been designed to fit with the study leave packages commonly offered by actuarial employers. As a result, part-time students are required to attend lectures which amount to one day per week during term time over the two years. Faculty members include a significant number of qualified actuaries and other experts in range of wider fields, who use their commercial experience and current research interests to inform their teaching.

Course Duration

NumberDuration
1year

Career outcomes

There is a continuous demand for capable postgraduate level students in the actuarial profession, whose members are among the highest paid in the UK. There are around 9,000 qualified actuaries in the UK, working in fields such as; Insurance companies (life/non life departments), consulting firms, government departments, banks and investment firms, teaching and research. MSc in Actuarial Management employability Our Graduate Destination Survey (pdf) of 2010/11's MSc in Actuarial Management cohort shows that 95% of graduates are now in work* Some examples of where graduates from the 2010/11's MSc in Actuarial Management are working are: Deloitte - General Insurance Analyst - UK Towers Watson - Pensions, Actuarial Consultant - UK Monetary Authority of Singapore - Insurance Department, Assistant Director - Singapore AXA Asia - Risk Management, Actuarial Analyst - Hong Kong Pearl River Life - Actuarial Department, Actuarial Consultant - China *Based on 2012 survey respondents




MSc in Actuarial Management Cass Business School, City University