M.Sc. Actuarial and Financial Mathematics
RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau Kaiserslautern
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About the programme
The Master of Science in Actuarial and Financial Mathematics at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau is a two-year, research-oriented programme of four semesters, taught mainly in English with some electives possibly in German, with a start in the summer or winter semester. It gives you the theoretical foundations and skills to understand large parts of the increasingly complex financial and actuarial markets, and links mathematics with financial economics. You learn to judge what mathematical modelling can and cannot do for problems in finance and insurance, to build strong models and put them into practice, and you are introduced to current applied research in your major field. In the first three semesters you study actuarial and financial mathematics, statistics and computational methods, and financial economics, with seminars, reading courses and project seminars, or a relevant internship instead of the project seminar. The fourth semester is for the six-month master's thesis.
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Requirements
What you need to apply for Actuarial and Financial Mathematics at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
English language
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Evidence of sufficient knowledge of the English language: TOEFL of 550/213/80 points or IELTS (band 6), German high school diploma or proof that the courses and lectures at the former university were taught in English,
German language
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Prior knowledge in German is not necessarily required, but international students have to pass a German language test within their first academic year
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Curriculum vitae (description of the educational and perhaps professional history),
at least two letters of recommendation,
APS verification
APS checks your degree papers. You need it if your degree is from India, China or Vietnam.
Prerequisites
Applicants must have obtained the necessary subject knowledge during their Bachelor’s, so that they can cope up with the Master’s lectures at RPTU in Kaiserslautern. Their Bachelor's degree must be of a sufficient academic quality.
A specific admission requirement is that the applicant must have successfully passed examinations for the modules "Stochastic Methods” and “Probability Theory” or in equivalent modules from the area of stochastics amounting to at least 18 Credit Points (CP) as well as economics modules from the Bachelor's programme Business Mathematics (or equivalent modules) amounting to at least 16 CP.
- Academic requirements: Applicants must have obtained a degree equivalent to the Bachelor of Science in Business Mathematics at RPTU in Kaiserslautern before enrolling as a student here.
- Language requirements: Applicants must demonstrate a good level of competence in the English language (e.g. TOEFL of 550/213/80 points). Prior knowledge in German is not necessarily required, but international students have to pass a German language test within their first academic year. German language courses are offered, starting in August and March. Students who cannot attend these courses must take part in German language courses in their home country.
- In order to enable students from other Bachelor's or Diploma degree programmes (in particular students with foreign degrees) to be academically at par with the Bachelor’s students from RPTU in Kaiserslautern, candidates might be provided with a conditional admission. This means that the candidates might have to attend additional courses (alongside their usual Master's lectures) and pass the corresponding examinations with a sufficient grade within the first academic year. Only those students who have fulfilled these requirements will be allowed to continue with their Master’s degree. These additional courses are generally pre-requisites for most of the Master’s lectures in the chosen specialization, and must not exceed 60 CP.
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What to prepare for your application to Actuarial and Financial Mathematics
Programme-specific documents
All applicants are required to submit a filled in application form (check under Documents/Links).
Along with the completed application form, the following documents must be submitted:
Curriculum vitae (description of the educational and perhaps professional history),
Evidence of sufficient knowledge of the English language: TOEFL of 550/213/80 points or IELTS (band 6), German high school diploma or proof that the courses and lectures at the former university were taught in English,
Certified copies of final certificates in German or English (university entrance certificate, Bachelor degree or an equivalent degree certificate)*,
Academic transcript (list of all previous courses attended with exam results),
Brief description of the contents of all mathematical lectures attended at university,
At least two letters of recommendation,
Letter of motivation,
Chinese (except for Hong Kong), Vietnamese and Mongolian students must submit the APS certificate.
- If you do not receive your certification before the deadline, please contact us.
Please submit your complete application via email ([email protected]) and only in PDF form. The size of the email has to be below 5 MB.
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Application fee
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67653 Kaiserslautern
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Costs
Tuition
FREE
No tuition fees
Semester contribution
260 EUR
per semester
Application fee
60 EUR
per application
Estimated year-1 total cost
12,424 EUR
Includes tuition, semester contribution, and estimated living costs.
This programme has restricted admission (NC). Admission is competitive and based on academic performance.
Additional fee information
No tuition fees; these are covered by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
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