Quantitative Finance and Actuarial Science

Overview

Become a highly qualified specialist in the area of quantitative finance and insurance, a field which uses a large array of sophisticated advanced mathematical and statistical models for various applications concerning risk measurement and risk management in finance and insurance.

• Be trained in generic methods for responsible risk management both in finance and in insurance, giving you a competitive advantage on the job market.
• Customize your program with many electives, or specialize yourself in Pensions, Aging and Retirement.
• Ideal stepstone to become a fully qualified actuary: after graduation you are eligible to apply for the part-time Executive Master in Actuarial Science offered the Dutch Actuarial Institute.
• In the first semester of the regular program, you can also apply for the following on top of programs:* The Extended Master, which adds a traineeship of half a year to the regular Master's program.* The QTEM network program, which adds an additional year to the program which you spend at a QTEM partner university and corporate partner.

Career prospects

The career prospects for students of this program are excellent. Alumni of the Master's program in Quantitative Finance and Actuarial Science from Tilburg University  work, for example, as risk management consultants, actuaries, and investment analysts at banks, insurance companies, pension funds, consulting agencies, trading firms, and government bodies.

You can also become a fully qualified actuary: after graduation you are eligible to apply for the part-time Executive Master in Actuarial Science offered the Dutch Actuarial Institute.

• Quantitative Risk Consultant at RiskQuest

• Analyst at Goldman Sachs

• Actuary at ASR

• Senior Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment