Overview

University of Cape Coast Ghana's Career Outcomes

The demand for Actuarial Science is estimated to be very high both presently and for the future. A career as an actuary offers challenges and rewards. One will attain a high professional status with considerable job satisfaction. Actuaries are problem solvers, business analysts, consultants and financial risk assessors all rolled into one.
Their skills are applied in the world of insurance, pensions, healthcare, banking, business management and risk assessment. This field also offers immense intellectual challenges and high incomes.

Actuaries are also increasingly moving into other fields like health insurance, solvency measurements and asset- liability management, financial risk management, mortality and morbidity investigation and so on, where their analytical skills can be employed.
Actuarial science involves the study of a number of interrelating courses and disciplines, including probability, mathematics, statistics, finance, economics, financial economics, and computer programming to define, analyse and solve the financial implications of uncertain future events.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Mathematics of Investment and Credit

Life Contengencies

Survival Models

General Insurance

Pension Funds and Social Security

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-10-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-30 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

120 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Cape Coast, Ghana

Disciplines

Actuarial Science

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants must Elective Mathematics and any two of the following elective subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Business Management, Principles of Costing and Accounting.

Candidates must have credit passes in six (6) subjects with an overall aggregate of 36/24 at the WASSCE/SSSCE respectively.
Holders of the General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level (obtained not more than three years ago) must, in addition to credit passes in five (5) GCE ‘O’ Level subjects (including English and Mathematics), have, at least, two (2) passes in the relevant subjects.

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Tuition Fees

Living costs

Cape Coast

Ghana

4500 - 7000 GHS / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Scholarships Information

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