Finance with Actuarial Science (with Professional Placement) Bachelor of Science - BSc
Course Overview - Finance with Actuarial Science (with Professional Placement) Bachelor of Science - BSc
You are fascinated by the financial world and that complements your love and talent for mathematics, especially modelling and probability. You love solving problems and setting up, then challenging, hypotheses.
The Finance with Actuarial Science undergraduate course will equip you with financial risk management and analysis skills that will boost your career prospects in investment management, risk management or actuarial science. Financial engineering or financial analysis careers will also be open to you.
In order to qualify as an actuary, you will be required to...
You are fascinated by the financial world and that complements your love and talent for mathematics, especially modelling and probability. You love solving problems and setting up, then challenging, hypotheses.
The Finance with Actuarial Science undergraduate course will equip you with financial risk management and analysis skills that will boost your career prospects in investment management, risk management or actuarial science. Financial engineering or financial analysis careers will also be open to you.
In order to qualify as an actuary, you will be required to pass the professional examinations of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. Specific modules in all three years of the BSc Finance with Actuarial Science degree give you the opportunity to earn exemptions from six of the seven core principles stage subjects.
This course will:
\- Develop a good knowledge and understanding of finance, statistics, mathematics, actuarial science and related disciplines.
\- Develop the ability to communicate your knowledge and understanding accurately and effectively.
\- Develop your understanding of the respective roles of mathematical and statistical calculation, analysis and judgement in actuarial science and finance.
\- Develop your ability to make reasoned judgements, frame appropriate questions and draw independent conclusions.
\- Equip you with the skills required to work as a finance professional or an actuary or in alternative fields related to statistics and in business more generally.
\- Prepare you to enter postgraduate study in finance, actuarial science or related disciplines.
\- Develop you as a responsible and socially aware professional, who knows that many of the decisions that you make in your career will affect numerous stakeholders, all of whose views and situations must be taken into account
You also have a number of electives to choose from like our Mentoring & Coaching for Leadership module.
Course Information
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
4 Years
Start Date
2027-09-01
Campus
Clerkenwell Campus
Application Details
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
A54-H71
Institution Code
C60
Points of Entry
Year 1
Entry Requirements
A level
Must include A Level Mathematics. We accept language A Level subjects including native languages. Excludes General Studies and Critical Thinking. Please note GCSE English Language grade 4/grade C or other English language proficiency qualification required (For more information on English qualifications please refer to http://www.city.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/applying-to-city/tier-4-english-language-requirements).
T Level
Please note this qualification is only accepted for entry onto this course whereby an applicant also holds A Level Maths grade A. Additionally GCSE English Language grade 4/grade C or other English language proficiency qualification required (For more information on English qualifications please refer to http://www.city.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/applying-to-city/tier-4-english-language-requirements).
UCAS Tariff
Not accepted
Scottish Higher
Must include Maths grade A at Advanced Higher Level. Please note this should include a minimum two subjects at Advanced Higher (grades AAA) and a minimum three other subjects at Higher (grades AAB). Additionally English at either level or other English language proficiency qualification required (For more information on English qualifications please refer to http://www.city.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/applying-to-city/tier-4-english-language-requirements).
Access to HE Diploma
offer-distinction: 30.0, offer-merit: 15.0
Please note this qualification is only accepted for entry onto this course whereby an applicant also holds A Level Maths grade A. Additionally GCSE English Language grade 4/grade C or other English language proficiency qualification required (For more information on English qualifications please refer to http://www.city.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/applying-to-city/tier-4-english-language-requirements).
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Please note this qualification is only accepted for entry onto this course whereby an applicant also holds A Level Maths grade A. Additionally GCSE English Language grade 4/grade C or other English language proficiency qualification required (For more information on English qualifications please refer to http://www.city.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/applying-to-city/tier-4-english-language-requirements).
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Must include grade 6 in Higher Level Mathematics and either grade 4 in Higher Level or grade 5 in Standard Level English, or other English language proficiency qualification required (For more information on English qualifications please refer to http://www.city.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/applying-to-city/tier-4-english-language-requirements).
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Please note this qualification is only accepted for entry onto this course whereby an applicant also holds A Level Maths grade A. Additionally GCSE English Language grade 4/grade C or other English language proficiency qualification required (For more information on English qualifications please refer to http://www.city.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/applying-to-city/tier-4-english-language-requirements).
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
Must include Pre-U Maths grade D3 or above. Excludes General Studies and Critical Thinking. Additionally GCSE English Language grade 4/grade C or other English language proficiency qualification required (For more information on English qualifications please refer to http://www.city.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/applying-to-city/tier-4-english-language-requirements).
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Fees and funding
| Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International | £0 | 2026/27 | Year 1 | |
| England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales | £10,050 | 2026/27 | Year 1 |
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