Actuarial and Financial Mathematics Dublin City University

Overview

If you’d like to qualify for in-demand quantitative roles in the insurance and financial industry, the  Actuarial and Financial Mathematics program at Dublin City Universit might be for you. It’s especially ideal if you’d like the flexibility to explore different areas of maths before choosing how you’ll specialise. 

Deep theory and expert skills

In the Actuarial and Financial Mathematics program at  Dublin City University you’ll learn the fundamental mathematical principles that underpin the state-of-the-art actuarial and financial models you’ll study in later years, along with computer programming, data analysis, economics and accounting. You’ll also gain highly valuable general analytic skills, allowing you to understand and analyse matters in a systematic way, making you an ideal problem-solver.  

Whichever path you choose after the first two years, you’ll do an eight-month paid internship in your third year. This could be in a large insurance company, an actuarial consultancy, an investment bank or a trading house. Once you graduate, you’ll be qualified to work as an actuary, in financial services or in other roles, such as data scientist.

Careers

DCU graduates are highly sought after by employers. Graduates of the program work in environments ranging from large multinationals to SMEs, family businesses and start-ups across every sector.

DCU Careers Service has a number of learning and development initiatives in place for the students, giving them the skills they need for a successful career path.