Overview

Since especially digital developments are moving increasingly fast, the field of risk management keeps bringing you interesting challenges to sink your teeth into. This Actuarial Science and Mathematical Finance - Quantitative Risk Management track at University of Amsterdam is one of the tracks you can opt for in our Master’s in Actuarial Science and Mathematical Finance.

Is Quantitative Risk Management for you?

You are interested in how financial institution deal with financial uncertainty, liabilities, IT security threats and data-related risks

You want to help financial institutions deal with risks.

You will gain insight in all up-to-date techniques and practices. The curriculum incorporates the latest big data developments, such as advanced quantitative risk modelling.

Careers

Our 1-year MSc in Actuarial Science and Mathematical Finance offers you excellent career prospects. The actuarial and risk management profession is currently one of the highest valued professions on the labour market. In recent years, the specialist modelling skills of the actuary and risk manager are also demanded from companies outside the insurance world.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Non-Life Insurance: Statistical Techniques and Data Analytics
Risk Management for Insurers and Pensions
Banking Risk Management
Financial Mathematics for Insurance
Stochastic Calculus
Asset Liability Management - Cases and Skills

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-05-01 00:00:00 , EEA/EU
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-06-01 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

92

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

60 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Disciplines

Actuarial Science Financial Management View 10 other Masters in Actuarial Science in Netherlands

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Academic requirements

GRE^®

155 _{(quantitative)}

GMAT

620

We are looking for students who have shown academic potential to keep up with the high level and workload of the programme

English requirements

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92

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6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

To apply for this Master’s, you need an academic Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a field with a strong mathematical foundation, such as: Mathematics, Physics or Econometrics. Your background should include knowledge of:

calculus
linear algebra
statistics
probability theory

In addition, you are expected to be familiar with Actuarial Science, especially:

risk theory
elementary life insurance

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

21800 EUR / year

≈ 21800 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

2694 EUR / year

≈ 2694 EUR / year

Living costs

Amsterdam

Netherlands

1000 - 1500 EUR / month

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

Funding

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