Actuarial Science The University of Hong Kong

Overview

The Actuarial Science degree from The University of Hong Kong prepares you to sit the early actuarial exams to join the profession with an internationally recognised qualification upon graduation.

What You’ll Study

Offering modern actuarial training, the comprehensive degree is infused with multidisciplinary courses in diverse areas, including probability, statistics, economics, investment, finance, law, taxation, and accounting.

You will learn to evaluate and measure various categories of risk through effective quantitative methods. Over the course of your studies, you will become proficient in formulating and communicating practical business strategies with professionalism and accuracy.

Career Prospects

• Graduates have gone on to work for life, health, property, and casualty insurance companies that rely on the judgment of actuaries to ensure their financial security. 

• Others have found success at actuarial consulting firms, offering their expertise on financial services, risk management, health care financing, pension plans, and asset or liability management.

• Other graduates have diversified into reinsurers, auditing firms, investment banks, and management consulting firms including, AIA Group, AXA Asia, HSBC Life, Manulife, Prudential, JP Morgan, Standard Chartered, Ernst & Young, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley, among many others.