BSc (Hons) Actuarial Science with a Year Abroad

Course Overview

Would you like to build analytical systems to help businesses solve complex financial problems? Do you have a love of mathematics? If so, this course is for you.

Actuarial Science is constantly adapting to meet the needs of the ever-changing world of business and finance. As new techniques are developed, the old ones are replaced. Here at UEA, we recognise this, which is why our BSc in Actuarial Science is continually evolving to ensure we’re amongst the best actuarial science programmes in the world. On this course, your learning is also enhanced with an exciting year of study abroad. You can choose from one our prestigious partner universities in the U.S., Canada, Australia, or New Zealand.

Our Actuarial Science with a Year Abroad degree will provide you with an excellent grounding in actuarial science, data science and risk management, giving you the chance to accelerate your journey to becoming a financial professional, or an actuary, or work in alternative fields related to managing risk. You’ll be well equipped to play a crucial role in a large range of global companies. If you’re ambitious and bright, these skills will be the first step to a highly successful, secure, and well remunerated career. We listen closely to our industrial partners to ensure that our courses include the skills that they’re looking for in graduates.

We’re positioned within the School of Engineering, Mathematics and Physics. You’ll learn the key aspects of actuarial science and develop highly desirable skills in computing and data science. You can also develop expertise in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and coding in Python. You’ll become skilled in statistics, actuarial mathematics, financial mathematics, financial economics, and corporate finance, with further options to choose modules in computer science if you wish. These skills are needed in many highly rewarding professions, including becoming a fully qualified actuary.

Graduates from our degrees are highly sought after and the BSc can lead you into careers such as becoming an actuary, an investment analyst, an underwriter, a risk manager, or a data scientist.

This course is open to

UK and International fee-paying students. Choose UK or International above to see relevant information. The entry point is in September each year.

We welcome and value a wide range of qualifications, and we recognise that some students might take a mixture of different qualifications. We have listed typical examples that we accept for entry.

You should hold or be working towards the specified English and Mathematics requirements and one of the examples of typical entry qualifications listed below. If your qualifications aren’t listed, or if you are taking a combination of qualifications that isn’t specified, please contact Admissions.

English and Mathematics

All applicants must hold or be working towards GCSEs in English Language and Mathematics at minimum grade 4 or grade C.

We accept a wide range of English Language qualifications, please see our English Language equivalencies page.

Typical International Entry Requirements

We accept many international qualifications for entry to this course. For specific details about your country, view our information for International Students.

A levels

AAB including Grade A in A level Mathematics

Where applicable Science A levels awarded by an English Exam board require a pass in the practical element.

Not accepted: Critical Thinking and General Studies.

International Baccalaureate

33 points overall including HL6 in Mathematics (Applications and Interpretation or Analysis and Approaches)

INTO UEA

If you do not meet the academic and/or English language requirements for direct entry our partner, INTO UEA offers progression on to this undergraduate degree upon successful completion of a preparation programme. Depending on your interests, and your qualifications you can take a variety of routes to this degree.

English Foreign Language

Applications from students whose first language is not English are welcome. We require evidence of proficiency in English (including writing, speaking, listening and reading): 

• IELTS:  6.0  overall (minimum  5.5  in all components) 

We also accept a number of other English language tests. Review our English Language Equivalencies for a list of example qualifications that we may accept to meet this requirement.

Test dates should be within two years of the course start date.

  If you do not yet meet the English language requirements for this course, INTO UEA offer a variety of English language programmes which are designed to help you develop the English skills necessary for successful undergraduate study.

Pre-sessional English at INTO UEA 

Academic English at INTO UEA 

Deferred Entry

We welcome applications from students who have already taken or intend to take a gap year. We believe that a year between school and university can be of substantial benefit. You are advised to indicate your reason for wishing to defer entry on your UCAS application.

Admissions Policy

Our Admissions Policy applies to the admissions of all undergraduate applicants.

Recent Study

We would prefer you to be able to demonstrate evidence of recent academic study within 5 years of the start of the course. If your last qualification will have been completed more than 5 years ago by the time the course starts, please contact Admissions.

Employability

After successful completion of our Actuarial Science degree, your academic performance could earn you exemptions to the professional actuarial examinations set by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. This means that on graduation, subject to reaching a certain level of academic performance, you’ll be entitled to exemptions from CM1&2, CS1&2 and CB1&2. If you achieve a good degree class, you can expect to be fully qualified within two or three years 

Beyond becoming a professional actuary, you could choose to pursue a stimulating and influential career in a wide range of sectors, including business, insurance, pensions, banking, accounting and other financial services. 

Examples of careers that you could enter include: 

• Actuary 
• Banking professional 
• Data scientist 
• Risk manager 
• Investment analyst
• Finance manager

Discover more on our Mathematics Careers web page.