Actuarial Science with a Year in Industry
University of Kent
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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

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Canterbury Campus

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4 Years

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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

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Canterbury Campus

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SEP-26

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4 Years

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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

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4 Years

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Actuaries evaluate and manage financial risks, particularly in the financial services industry. Our specialist courses are taught by professionally qualified actuaries and internationally renowned statisticians to make sure youre fully prepared for your career. Our year in industry course enables you to gain paid industry experience in addition to being taught by our professionally qualified actuaries and internationally-renowned statisticians to ensure you are fully prepared for your future ...Read more

Actuaries evaluate and manage financial risks, particularly in the financial services industry. Our specialist courses are taught by professionally qualified actuaries and internationally renowned statisticians to make sure you're fully prepared for your career. Our year in industry course enables you to gain paid industry experience in addition to being taught by our professionally qualified actuaries and internationally-renowned statisticians to ensure you are fully prepared for your future career.Our Actuarial Science programme gives you exemptions from the professional exams set by the UK actuarial profession, so you'll have a head start when looking to qualify as an actuary. You can achieve exemptions from six of the thirteen professional examinations required to become a qualified actuary: CB1, CB2, CM1, CM2, CS1 and CS2.

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CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
38th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
52nd
Finance
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 95 = 5% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
5%
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The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
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100%
Average salary
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Finance graduate salary at this uni
£30,000
UK Finance graduate salary
£26,000
What students say
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Ethan
23 Jan 24

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A level:

AAB - ABC Grades / Points required

Scottish Higher:

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UCAS Tariff:

136 - 120 Grades / Points required

Access to HE Diploma:

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International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

34 - 30 Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

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Finance

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Mathematics
98%
Further Mathematics
39%
Physics
37%
Economics
36%
Chemistry
25%
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£23,500 per year

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Accommodation- £115 - £270 per week

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Ethan
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It's great because it is very diverse. It could be improved by increasing transport links between the campus and the train station and different parts of the...
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Enya
23 Jan 24
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I like the fact that it is a campus university...
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University of Kent
University of Kent , Canterbury

Established in 1965, the University of Kent has a proud track record of excellence in teaching and research and is ambitious to...

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University of Kent
Canterbury Canterbury Kent CT2 7NZ United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Canterbury West  0.6 miles away

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