BSc (Hons) Actuarial Science

Heriot-Watt University Malaysia (HWUM)

Putrajaya, Putrajaya, Malaysia

Quick Facts

Duration

3 years

Mode

Full-time, On-campus

Intake

Sep

Tuition Fees

RM131,760

Full accreditiation from IFoA with the maximum exemptions of 6 papers in the new IFoA curriculum
Mirrors the highly successful BSc Actuarial Science degree offered in the UK, which is accredited by the UK Actuarial Profession
Accredited by the Royal Statistical Society, Society of Actuaries (SOA) under UCAP-AC, which is the highest level of recognition in Malaysia
A truly global university with an option to transfer to campuses in the UK and Dubai

Optional and elective courses available for Year 1 include:

Students typically take Introductory Economics, Continuous-time Finance, Risk Theory, and Time Series Analysis and can choose from a range of options such as Statistics for Social Science, Bayesian Inference and Computational Methods, Statistical Machine Learning and Optimisation.

Heriot-Watt University Malaysia Foundation in Science: ABBC - A in Mathematics, B in any other 2 subjects, C in Academic English/Study Skills
Heriot-Watt University Malaysia Foundation in Business: ABBC - A in Mathematics, B in any other 2 subjects, C in Academic English/Study Skills
A Level/STPM: ABB including A in Mathematics
UEC: 8 points or less including A1 in Mathematics and Advanced Mathematics (5 subjects not less than B grade)
WACE/SACE: ATAR 90
SMA 3 (Indonesia): 8
IB Diploma: 28 points (Minimum 6 in HL Mathematics: analysis and approaches)
Diploma with high level of attainment in mathematics recognised by the Malaysian Government, acceptable to the University.