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Actuarial Science – (M.Sc.)
University of Lausanne
Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC Lausanne)
| Application Deadline: | before 30 April 2012 | ||
| Location: | Lausanne / Switzerland / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 120 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Lausanne
This Master's degree offers a complete basic training for future actuaries.
Most of the subjects taught involve applied mathematics, the actuary's most important working tool. Good knowledge of management, economics and information technology are also necessary to ensure an adequate level of professional expertise.
This programme fullfils the requirements of the syllabus of the Swiss Actuaries Association and prepares students to some exams of the Society of Actuaries.
Contents
Syllabus
1st semester
Compulsory courses
• Probability and Stochastic Processes
• Quantitative Methods for Actuaries
• Actuarial Modelling: an Introduction
• Mathematics of Compound Interest
• Principles of Finance
24 ECTS credits
Options programme
• Computational Tools for Actuaries
• Financial Accounting
6 ECTS credits
2nd semester
Compulsory courses
• Life Contingencies I
• Risk Theory
• Loss Models
• Health and Life Insurance
• Social Insurance
• International Social Protection:
Actuarial Practice and Policy Analysis I
27 ECTS credits
Options programme
• Analyse, modélisation et conception
• Financial Risk Management
• Health Economics
• Advanced Probability
• Investment
3 ECTS credits
3rd semester
Compulsory courses
• Life Contingencies II
• Credibility Theory
• Life Insurance Actuarial Controlling
• Actuarial Modelling
• International Social Protection:
Actuarial Practice and Policy Analysis II
• Asset Pricing
24 ECTS credits
Options programme
• Derivatives
• Mathématiques des caisses de pension
• Seminar in International Social Protection
• Prévoyance professionnelle suisse
• Health Economics
6 ECTS credits
4th semester
Master thesis
30 ECTS credits
IELTS
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Register Now!Requirements
A Bachelor’s degree from a Swiss university in Economics, Management, Finance, Information Systems or Mathematics. Another degree or university qualification may be judged equivalent and give access to the Master’s programme, with or without conditions.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
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