IELTS 6.0 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or equivalent English test.
A levels: grades AAA to include Mathematics.
Welsh Baccalaureate: Requirements are as for A levels where you can substitute the same non-subject specific grade for the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Level Core Grade.
BTEC: DDD plus grade A in A Level Mathematics.
Scottish Highers: AABBB plus grade A in Mathematics.
International Baccalaureate: 36 to include 6 in Higher Level Mathematics.
The Mathematics Department and the School of Management have launched a new degree programme in Actuarial Science.
The new BSc Actuarial Science programme will provide students with a thorough grounding in the areas of Mathematics, Accounting, Finance and Economics relevant to careers in the actuarial profession. This will include a selection of new actuarial modules designed to cover the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries Core Principles syllabuses so that graduates with good degrees can obtain a number of exemptions from professional examinations.
Swansea University has a strong research base in areas related to Actuarial Science with Mathematics hosting an internationally recognised ‘Stochastic Analysis Group’ and Management hosting the ‘Hawkes Centre for Empirical Finance’. Graduates will be highly qualified to enter the Actuarial profession, or follow careers in; auditing, financial analysis, insurance, investment banking and management.
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BSc 3 Year Full-time
Year 1 (Level 4)
FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert
Compulsory Modules
Module Name
Introduction to Analysis 1
Foundations of Algebra
Accounting for Managers
Economics for Accounting and Finance
Introduction to Analysis 2
Introductory Linear Algebra
Probability and Statistics
Foundations of Finance
Year 2 (Level 5)
FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name
Multi-variable analysis
Probability Theory
Corporate Finance 1
Investments: Assets; Equities and Bonds
Metric spaces and measure theory
Credibility, Liability and Ruin
Statistical Data Analysis
Principles of Financial Accounting
Optional Modules
Careers Module
Choose Exactly 0 credits from the following Modules:
Module Name
Professional Development and Career Planning,
Year 3 (Level 6)
FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours
Compulsory Modules
Module Name
Stochastic Processes
Cashflows and Interest Rates
Financial Mathematics
Methods of Brownian Motion and Ito Calculus
Assurance and annuity
Time Series and Risk Models
Markov Chains and Survival Models
Black-Scholes Theory
The importance of gaining valuable core skills and life experience whist at University has never been so critical. In the Mathematics Department at Swansea University you will be taught a full range of topics by leading experts that will enable you to successfully pursue a wide range of careers.
Our mathematics graduates are set on course for a range of stimulating opportunities. You might find your future lies in a career as a data scientist, an actuary, a statistical analyst or industrial modeller.
We offer CV workshop and you will have access to our Employment Zone, which advertises work placements, part time vacancies and graduate jobs. We have dedicated staff who will always be on hand to provide employability support, throughout your studies.
We take Employability seriously and you will leave Swansea University with much more than a degree, gaining invaluable life skills and experiences on your journey.
Insurance - Single: 300 (£) per year
