Quantitative Finance and Actuarial Science
Master
If you are interested in mathematics and finance and you want to learn how to use mathematics and statistics to solve real financial and actuarial problems, this is the program for you!
The Master's program in Quantitative Finance and Actuarial Science takes the critical field of risk management as its central theme, examined through the lens of quantitative models.
Taught by leading international academics, content reflects the forefront of world developments in which:
*Investors weigh risks against returns;
*Insurers limit their risks by calculating the appropriate premiums;
*Option traders balance their books by calculating the sensitivities of their positions with respect to the relevant risk factors.
Delve into these challenging worlds of continuous time finance, empirical applications, and the actuarial sciences of risk theory and asset liability management - giving you a tool-kit of highly practical skills you can apply throughout your entire financial career. This program is one of the programs with the best career prospects. Graduates find work easily, often before graduation, and they earn above average.
Scholarships
Tilburg University offers scholarships for excellent international students. You will find a detailed description of the scholarships via this link: http://www.tilburguniversity.edu/scholarships
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Visit course websiteLanguage
English
Title
Master of Science
Duration
1 year
ECTS credits
ECTS
The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a student-centred system based on the student workload required to achieve the objectives of a programme of study. Its aim is to facilitate the recognition of study periods undertaken by mobile students through the transfer of credits. The ECTS is based on the principle that 60 credits are equivalent to the workload of full-time student during one academic year.
Accreditation
Numerus Fixus
No Numerus Fixus
Without numerus fixus.
Tuition fee 2024/2025
EU/EEA
The EU/EEA rate is the regular fee for students from within the EU/EEA.
€ 2,530
Non-EU/EEA
The non-EU/EEA rate is the rate for students from outside the EU/EEA.
€ 16,500
Institutional
The institutional rate is for all students who have already obtained a bachelor’s or master’s degree and who want to start a second programme leading to a degree at the same level or at a lower level.
€ 16,500
Admission
Application requirements
Information not availableLanguage requirements
- 6.5
- IELTS overall band
- 6
- IELTS listening
- 6
- IELTS reading
- 6
- IELTS writing
- 6
- IELTS speaking
- 90
- TOEFL internet based
- C1
- Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English
- C2
- Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English
Check when you can start and what you have to pay!
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€ 2,530 | |
€ 16,500 | |
€ 16,500 |
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€ 2,601 | |
€ 18,900 | |
€ 18,900 |
Start date | App. deadline EU/EEA | App. deadline Non-EU/EEA |
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1 Feb '25 | 1 Dec '24 | 1 Oct '24 |
1 Sep '25 | 1 Jun '25 | 1 Apr '25 |
1 Feb '26 | 1 Dec '25 | 1 Oct '25 |
Contact
Main addressWarandelaan 2
5037 AB Tilburg
013 - 4662211