Quantitative Finance and Actuarial Science
Reach your intellectual potential in one of management’s most challenging roles
Investors weigh risks against returns; insurers limit their risks by calculating the appropriate premiums; option traders balance their books by calculating the sensitivities of their positions with respect to the relevant risk factors. The Master’s in Quantitative Finance and Actuarial Science takes the critical field of risk management as its central theme, examined through the lens of quantitative models. Taught by the leading international academics of Tilburg University, content reflects the forefront of world developments. Delve into the challenging worlds of continuous time finance, empirical applications, and the actuarial sciences of risk theory and asset liability management - giving you a tool-kit of highly practical skills you can apply throughout your entire financial career. A Tilburg University Master’s in Quantitative Finance and Actuarial Science offers you:- The best preparation for a career in the arena - with a Tilburg University master's recognized for its combined academic rigour and industry relevance.
- Customised learning with a wide range of optional electives available including the possibility to follow courses from the Master's in Finance and the Master's in Economics and Finance of Aging.
- A foundation from which you can advance to the status of Actuaris AG (fully qualified actuary) by continuing your studies with the Executive Master in Actuarial Science offered by TiasNimbas and the Dutch Actuarial Institute.
- Expansive career opportunities in a broad array of directions. Our students go on to pursue successful careers everywhere from large financial institutions to regulating institutions (central banks).
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