Master's programs
On-Campus
12 Months
Full Time
Regular fees: 2601 EUR
International Fees : 2601 - 18900 EUR
The number of scholarships is limited and mainly targeted at students with excellent study results. Visit website for more info
Apply and develop advanced mathematical and statistical tools to tackle financial challenges, ranging from price setting to risk management and policy advice. You will acquire a strong and fundamental background in quantitative finance, which prepares you for existing and new technological developments in the broad area of finance and insurance.
Program and courses
Become a highly qualified specialist in the area of quantitative finance and insurance, a field that uses sophisticated mathematical, statistical, and data science techniques for risk management, valuation, product design, regulation and more.
- Being fully trained in generic methods for responsible risk management in the financial and insurance sector gives you a competitive advantage on the job market.
- Customize your program with many electives.
- Intensive contacts with industrial partners ensure a strong connection to practical aspects of the business world, leading to excellent internship opportunities, for instance.
- Ideal stepstone to become a fully qualified actuary: after graduation, you can obtain several exemptions in the part-time Executive Master in Actuarial Science offered by the Dutch Actuarial Institute.
- In the first semester of the regular program, you can also apply for the following advanced programs:
* The Extended Master's Program, which adds a half year traineeship to your regular Master's program.
* The QTEM network program, which adds an additional year to the program which you spend at a QTEM partner university and corporate partner.
Typical courses are:
- Valuation and Risk Management
- Asset Liability Management
- Empirical Finance
- Risk and Regulation
Career prospects
The career prospects for students of this program are excellent. Alumni of the Master's program in Quantitative Finance and Actuarial Science work, for example, as risk management consultants, actuaries, and investment analysts at banks, insurance companies, pension funds, consulting agencies, trading firms, and government bodies.
You can also become a fully qualified actuary: after graduation, you are eligible to apply for the part-time Executive Master in Actuarial Science offered by the Dutch Actuarial Institute.
Graduates work or start for example as:
- Advisor European Actuarial Services at Ernst & Young
- Analyst at Goldman Sachs
- Actuary at ASR
- Senior Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
Start dates
- End of August
- End of January
Warandelaan 2
Tilburg , Netherlands
