精算师评估和管理财务风险。他们通过应用先进的数学和统计技术来解决复杂的财务问题，从而为客户带来未来的财务意义。精算师资格是通向保险公司，投资，养老金，医疗保健和银行业各种职业的通行证-不仅在英国，而且在全世界。肯特大学是英国极少数教授该学科的大学之一。我们的应用精算学理学硕士获得了精算师学会和精算师的完全认可，它还提供了一条快速途径来获得精算师资格，因为在该课程中获得足够高总分的学生可以免除专业考试的资格包括在他们的研究中。MSc可作为全日制（一年）或非全日制（两年）课程，适用于已完成精算学一级学位或研究
Actuaries evaluate and manage financial risk. They make financial sense of the future for their clients by applying advanced mathematical and statistical techniques to solve complex financial problems. Qualifying as an actuary is a passport to a wide variety of careers in insurance companies, investments, pensions, health care and banking not just in the UK, but throughout the world. The MSc is available as a full-time (one-year) programme and is suitable for those who have completed a first degree or postgraduate diploma in Actuarial Science, or our MSc in Actuarial Science, or those who have studied the majority of the earlier subjects in the Core Principles Stage.<br><br>The UK Actuarial Profession is small, but influential and well rewarded. There are more than 6,500 actuaries currently employed in the UK, the majority of whom work in insurance companies and consultancy practices. As an actuary, your work is extremely varied and can include: advising companies on the amount of funds to set aside for employee pension payments, designing new insurance policies and setting premium rates, pricing financial derivatives and working in fund management and quantitative investment research, advising life insurance companies on he distribution of surplus funds, and estimating the effects of possible major disasters, such as earthquakes or hurricanes, and setting premium rates for insurance against such disasters.