The Graduate Certificate of Finance and Actuarial Statistics is designed for students who wish to: Develop a greater understanding of financial, actuarial and statistical principles and their application; Gain Part II exemption status for the Institute of Actuaries; Improve analytical skills for interpreting and analysing financial, actuarial and statistical information; Gain greater insight into the Australian and international financial markets; Increase management skills for dealing with organisations, teams and policy issues; and, Expand their applied knowledge in various specialised areas of finance, actuarial studies and applied statistics.

Upon successful completion, students will have the skills and knowledge to: Recognise the important role of finance, actuarial and statistical principles and their application; Demonstrate the necessary analytical skills for interpreting and analyzing financial, actuarial and statistical information; Demonstrate well developed insight into Australian and international financial markets; Justify and communicate the necessary management skills for dealing with organizations, teams and policy issues, so as to be able to work independently and collaboratively to collect, process, interpret and communicate the outcomes of financial, actuarial and statistical problems; and, Demonstrate the skills necessary to critically engage with and evaluate financial, actuarial and statistical problems.