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ACTUARIAL SCIENCE
Qualifying as an actuary is a passport to a variety
of careers in insurance, investments, pensions,
health care and banking – not just in the UK, but
throughout the world. Kent is one of a very few
universities in the UK to teach the subject.
All of our programmes are fully accredited by the Institute and Faculty
of Actuaries; they also provide a fast-track route to qualifying as an
actuary, because students who achieve a high enough overall mark in
their studies can obtain exemptions from the professional examinations.
The PhD in Actuarial Science offers the opportunity to begin or
consolidate your research career under the guidance of renowned
researchers and professionals in the School of Mathematics, Statistics
and Actuarial Science. The School has a strong reputation for worldleading
research and a well-established system of support and training,
with a high level of contact between staff and students. The Centre
for Actuarial Science, Risk and Investment (CASRI) within the School
reflects the scope of our teaching and research. Areas of research
interest include economic capital and financial risk management;
mortality and longevity modelling; longevity indices and markets; and
insurance risk classification and loss coverage. Other research topics
include insurance economics, and pensions and corporate reporting.
Postgraduate resources
The University has an exclusive
arrangement with SunGard,
a global leader in integrated
software and processing solutions
primarily for financial services,
who market the industry’s leading
actuarial software package
PROPHET. As a result, our taught
postgraduate courses include
optional modules on the uses
and applications of PROPHET.
Professional
qualifications
The Postgraduate Diploma
in Actuarial Science offers
exemption from eight subjects
within the Core Technical Stage
of the professional examinations
of the Institute and Faculty of
Actuaries. The MSc in Applied
Actuarial Science offers
exemption from subjects in the
Core Applications Stage and
the Specialist Technical Stage
of the professional examinations.
The International Master’s offers
exemptions from eight subjects
within the Core Technical Stage
in the first year and exemptions
from the Core Applications and
Specialist Technical stages
in the second year.
Links with industry
The Centre for Actuarial Science,
Risk and Investment maintains
close relationships with industry
actuaries through the Invicta
Actuarial Society, a regional
actuarial society which holds
its meetings at the Canterbury