Are you a maths whiz who wants stimulating work, limitless potential and an ever growing salary? This is the esteemed degree that will make you a thought leader in actuarial fields. With an ANU Master of Actuarial Studies degree you will excel in your career literally anywhere in the world. Risk is all around us - in investment markets, on the roads, from our health and the climate. This degree will teach you how to apply your mathematical talent in understanding, measuring and managing the risks. Graduates will apply mathematical, statistical, financial, economic and other skills to untangle the most complex and difficult problems facing the commercial world.

 

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ANU ranks among the world's very finest universities. Our nearly 100,000 alumni include political, business, government, and academic leaders around the world.

 

We have graduated remarkable people from every part of our continent, our region and all walks of life.

 

Learning Outcomes

1. Utilise concepts in financial mathematics, including the time value of money, annuities, bond and loan calculations.
2. Apply mathematical statistics, regression modelling and other statistical techniques to actuarial problems.
3. Describe and apply stochastic processes, survival models and their application in actuarial contexts.
4. Model and value cash flows dependent on death, survival, illness, retirement, and other contingencies.
5. Apply risk modelling techniques across a variety of financial contexts.
6. Analyse and interpret specific business situations so that the correct actuarial and other techniques can be applied.