Foundation Studies (Actuarial Science)

As the Fourth Industrial Revolution brings forth unprecedented technological disruptions that are reinventing the rules and changing the way businesses are conducted, enterprises, be it start-ups or multinationals, need to keep pace and change or risk being wiped out.

If you are keen to venture into actuarial science, our Foundation in Arts programme will give you a strong foundation to start with; a strong grounding in mathematics, basic computing and statistics with additional subjects specialising in the discipline.

In addition to acquiring relevant subject knowledge, you will also be supported and mentored by our distinguished professors throughout your studies so that you can develop the right critical and creative thinking and study skills to ensure a smooth academic and cultural transition when you move to your degree level study in actuarial science.

Our strong ties with key industrial partners offer numerous opportunities for you to engage with the industry in various capacities to start off your professional development and get a glimpse into industry perspectives.

Planning on joining the movers and shakers in the field of Actuarial Science?

Integrating both coursework and written examinations, this programme incorporates a practice-oriented approach and furnishes students with relevant interesting, stimulating and hands-on experience via a variety of teaching methods and practical exercises. Different dynamic learning processes are employed in the delivery of this programme including lectures, tutorials, team-based projects, real-life system developments, presentations and independent projects, to name a few, supervised by both university lecturers and industry experts alike.