Sept 2024 Entry
2 years
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Most students complete the study within one year and a half.
Programme Aims
The main aim of the Actuarial and Investment Science (AIS) specialism is to provide students with a solid foundation of actuarial and investment science. Graduates will become leading professionals in addressing business and societal problems that require identification, quantification, assessment or management of the financial implications of risk.
Characteristics
Our programme provides graduate-level subjects with an emphasis on the advanced methodologies and techniques of actuarial and investment science that are useful to financial and actuarial professionals.
Our focus is on applications and the use of software packages to handle real-world data and solve practical problems.
In recent years, our graduates in Actuarial and Investment Science specialism have continuously secured internship positions in leading insurance companies and investment banks as actuaries and data analysts in both Hong Kong and Mainland China.
Programme Structure
A student studying for the MSc (AIS) award must complete 7 Compulsory Subjects (21 credits), and 3 Core Subjects (9 credits) or a Dissertation (9 credits).
For details of the programme structure, please refer to https://www.polyu.edu.hk/ama/study/pg/master-applied-mathematics-aim/.
Core Areas of Study
7 Compulsory Subjects (21 credits)
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Credibility Theory
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Investment Science
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Life Contingencies
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Loss Models and Risk Analysis
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Mathematics of Finance
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Probability and Stochastic Models
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Statistical Inference
3 Core Subjects from the following list or a Dissertation
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Advanced Topics in Quantitative Finance
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Applied Linear Models
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Decision Analysis
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Forecasting and Applied Time Series Analysis
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Mathematical Modelling for Science and Technology
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Mathematics of Derivative Pricing
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Optimal Control with Management Science Applications
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Optimisation Methods
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Principles of Corporate Finance
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Quantum Computing for Data Science
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Simulation
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Statistical Data Mining
Information on the subjects offered can be obtained at https://www.polyu.edu.hk/ama/study/pg/master-applied-mathematics-aim/curriculum/.
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Programme Leader
Dr Lou Yijun
BSc, MSc, PhD
Deputy Programme Leader
Dr Zhang Guofeng
BSc, MSc, PhD
Assistant Programme Leader
Dr Fu Guanxing
BSc, MSc, DSc
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A Bachelor's degree with Honours in engineering, computer science, basic science, business, economics, or the equivalent (industrial or business experience will be an asset).
If you are not a native speaker of English, and your Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification is awarded by institutions where the medium of instruction is not English, you are expected to fulfil the University’s minimum English language requirement for admission purpose. Please refer to the "Admission Requirements" section for details.
For further information, please contact:
Dr Lou Yijun, Programme Leader
(tel: (852) 3400 3980; email: yijun.lou@polyu.edu.hk);
or Dr Zhang Guofeng, Deputy Programme Leader
(tel: (852) 2766 6936; email: guofeng.zhang@polyu.edu.hk);
or Dr Fu Guanxing, Assistant Programme Leader
(tel: (852) 2766 6957; email: guanxing.fu@polyu.edu.hk);
or Mr Tim Tsui, Programme Secretary
(tel: (852) 2766 6947; email: pun-yeuk.tsui@polyu.edu.hk)
or visit our website at https://www.polyu.edu.hk/ama/study/pg/master-applied-mathematics-aim/.
3 for local students
9 for non-local students
HK$8,200 per credit for local and non-local students
Required
Required
Please state all relevant professional qualifications/examination results obtained, e.g. Society of Actuaries (SOA) examination results.
