Actuarial and Financial Engineering (MSc) – University of Tartu

Deadline: 15th March, 2022

Summary

 2-year master’s programme prepares specialists for financial sector, banking and insurance industries in quantitative methods of risk assessment and hedging, providing knowledge and skills in two major areas – financial engineering and insurance mathematics. Sound knowledge and interest in mathematics are advantageous to succeeding in this master’s programme. The ability to derive, implement and use correctly numerical procedures for computing various financial quantities is crucial for being successful in the field of quantitative finance. It is also helps to make better choices when buying an insurance policy or stock options.

Details

Why Actuarial and Financial Engineering?

• Special emphasis on applied mathematical models and quantitative methods.
• Only programme of this kind in the region, meeting EU educational standards in actuarial mathematics.
• Graduates very competitive on national and international job market as analysts, actuaries and risk engineers.
• Knowledge, practical skills and competence needed to succeed in careers at banks, insurance companies, consulting, financial utilities and financial supervisory authorities.
• The teaching staff consists of professors highly qualified in the field of financial mathematics, who have also done extensive research and have international experience. Some of the lectures in the programme will be delivered by visiting international staff.
• All graduates can find jobs easily in Estonia and around the world.

The Actuarial and Financial Engineering master’s programme prepares students for professional opportunities or further PhD studies in Mathematical Statistics at the University of Tartu or elsewhere. The University of Tartu offers doctoral programmes in Mathematics, Economics or Mathematical Statistics with specialisation in Financial Mathematics.

Eligibility

• bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification
• prerequisite courses: at least 24 ECTS completed in the previous level of studies in mathematics, incl. calculus, probability, statistics and 6 ECTS completed in computer science
• English language proficiency – acceptable tests and exempt categories specified here

Applications are evaluated based on

• the score of the motivation letter (yields 40% of the final score)
• average grade of the previous study level (yields 60% of the final score)

Benefits

The tuition fee is 3400 euros per year and it covers tuition and some study materials. Altogether 15 students will be admitted to this programme. Based on the admission’s ranking list, 13 best applicants will be given the tuition-waiver scholarship. Applicants do not have to apply for the tuition-waiver separately, as they will be considered for the competition automatically.

Application

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