The Actuarial Science program at the University of Calgary prepares students for careers as actuarial professionals. Actuarial practitioners, also known as actuaries, are responsible for assessing and quantifying financial risk. Actuarial Science is concerned with the construction of models and solutions for financial, business and societal problems involving uncertain future events. Broadly speaking, actuaries forecast the cost of future risks and improve financial decision making by developing models to evaluate the current financial implications of uncertain future events. Actuaries have been described as financial architects and social mathematicians. As an Actuarial student you will learn about advanced mathematical and statistical techniques, but also study topics in actuarial mathematics, demographics, economics, marketing, the mathematics of investment and finances, pension mathematics, risk management and insurance, and accounting.

Actuaries have global opportunities to work in areas such as insurance, employee benefits and pensions, management consulting, and more. A degree in Actuarial Science can also be used as a stepping-stone to graduate studies or another professional degree such as law, medicine, veterinary medicine, or architecture.