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Portugal - Western Europe Insurance and Actuarial Sciences
ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Universidade de Lisboa
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The Master in Actuarial Science was designed for students with a solid background in Mathematical Analysis and Statistics, who are seeking to enter the actuarial profession and pursuing a path towards this rewarding career.
Objectives
The main objectives of the Master in Actuarial Science are:- training students for the actuarial profession, in its multiple components: life, non-life, financial and pension funds;
- contributing to the education of academics, allowing the University to play an active role in the production of advanced studies in the areas of the Master.
Computation Tools for Actuaries
Financial Markets and Investments
Probability and Stochastic Processes
Survival Models and Life Contingencies
Required diploma(s) :
Between 5500 and 7000 €
The Masters in Actuarial Science requires a solid academic background in Mathematical Analysis, Probability and Statistics. This normally implies holding a bachelor's degree, either national or foreign, in Mathematics, Mathematics with Economics, Statistics or some of the bachelor's degrees in Economics, Finance or Management. Applicants from other fields will be considered on a case-by-case basis. In accordance with Point d), of Article 17, of Decree Law No. 74/2006 of the 24th of March, other applications will also be considered, should they be deemed appropriate by the selection jury, based on a curricular analysis.
Students in the final year of the 1 st Cycle, can apply by presenting the certificates of those Course Units already completed, subject to concluding the degree.
Employment opportunities :
here is a regular demand for actuaries all over the world. The main employers of our Master students have been:
- insurance companies (life and non-life)
- pension fund management societies
- consulting companies
- control authorities
- banks
- universities
Several of our students did their Final Mater Work as interns in Autoridade de Supervisão de Seguros e Fundos de Pensões, Liberty Seguros, Companhia de Seguros Allianz Portugal SA, Companhia de Seguros Tranquilidade, Axa Portugal, Fidelidade, Willis Towers Watson, KPMG, Optimind Winter, Ernst & Young Portugal, Mercer and in Taylor Fry Consulting Company.
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