BSc (Hons) Actuarial Science at Swansea University

Programme overview

BSc (Hons) Actuarial Science builds a foundation in mathematics, business and financial understanding for a career in assessing and managing future risk. The programme is accredited by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, and graduates can achieve up to six professional exam exemptions. It is delivered in partnership between the Department of Mathematics and the School of Management at Bay Campus.

Faculty: School of Mathematics and Computer Science | Duration: 3 years full-time (4 years with a classroom-based foundation year, a year abroad or a year in industry) | Intake: September | Location: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 combines mathematics (analysis, algebra, vector spaces) with business modules such as The Economy and Society and Financial Markets and Systems. Year 2 includes Probability Theory, Corporate Finance 1, Investments, Credibility, Liability and Ruin, Statistical Data Analysis and Principles of Financial Accounting; Year 3 includes Cashflows and Interest Rates, Financial Mathematics in Discrete and Continuous Time, Markov Processes, Machine Learning, Assurance and Annuity, and Risk and Survival Models.

Career pathways

Graduates typically enter actuarial trainee schemes and progress towards full qualification, and actuaries often move into leadership roles within insurance, pensions, investment and financial services; the skills are also applied in other careers.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A level typical offer ABB-BBC to include grade B in A level Maths. BTEC DDM plus grade B in A level Maths. UK Access: in Maths, a minimum of 24 Distinctions (including all Maths modules) and 15 Merits at Level 3. T Levels: Distinction and grade B in A level Maths. Mixed qualifications: 120 UCAS tariff points from the 3 highest scoring qualifications, to include 40 tariff points in Maths. International Baccalaureate: 32, to include 5 at Higher Level or 6 at Standard Level Maths. Foundation-year route (UCAS N325): A level CCD to include A level Maths, BTEC MMM with grade C in A level Maths, 96 UCAS tariff points including 32 in Maths, IB 24 including 4 at Higher Level Maths. Extended Project Qualification: an applicant with a predicted grade B or above receives an offer with a one-grade reduction (for example AAB becomes ABB plus EPQ B).

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2026/27). Full-time undergraduate tuition fee for Welsh, English and other UK students. International fee is shown on the course page. Source

International applicants: GBP 21,250 a year (2026/27). First-year tuition for full-time entry; international fees increase by 3% for each subsequent year of study. Source

Intake: September

Duration: 3 years full-time (4 years with a classroom-based foundation year, a year abroad or a year in indust

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