UCAS code

NG31

Become a future‑ready actuary with a degree designed to fast‑track your professional qualifications.

Financial risk underpins business strategy in any industry – and actuaries are the people providing those insights, opening the doors to so many career options.

By combining mathematics, statistics, finance and economics, they assess and quantify the impact of future events — skills that are in constant demand.

This programme is jointly delivered by the School of Mathematics and Leeds University Business School, giving you a powerful multidisciplinary foundation. You’ll develop technical expertise in actuarial science alongside programming, data analysis and financial modelling, preparing you for a wide range of professional pathways.

Over the course of the programme, you will not only be intellectually stimulated, you’ll also be developing skills desirable to potential employers making you well-equipped to begin your career.

From insurance to pensions, banking to manufacturing, transport to sustainability – the career opportunities from this degree are exciting and far-reaching.

Why study at Leeds:

• Take professional steps towards qualifying as an actuary: You’ll cover many of the first-level actuary exams for the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries throughout the course.
• Study an accredited degree: This degree is accredited by the Royal Statistical Society and the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.
• We have one of the largest mathematics research departments in the UK: This feeds directly into the curriculum, shaping your learning with the latest innovations.
• Flexible options: The Actuarial Mathematics BSc and Financial Mathematics BSc degrees share a common first year, allowing you to move from one programme to the other until the end of your initial year.
• Benefit from a range of specialist facilities: Our School’s facilities include everything from state-of-the-art lecture theatres to study areas and computer clusters.
• Access support from day one: You'll have small tutorial groups in your first year, regular one-to-one meetings with academic staff and dedicated workspaces like the Mathematics Active Learning Lab.
• Broaden your experience: Before you graduate, enhance your career prospects with our industrial placement opportunities or study abroad programmes.
• Meet your maths community: Outside the classroom, join our student society MathSoc.