Actuarial Mathematics

Become a future‑ready actuary with a degree designed to fast‑track your professional qualifications.

Financial risk underpins business strategy in any industry – and actuaries are the people providing those insights, opening the doors to so many career options.
By combining mathematics, statistics, finance and economics, they assess and quantify the impact of future events — skills that are in constant demand.
This programme is jointly delivered by the School of Mathematics and Leeds University Business School, giving you a powerful multidisciplinary foundation. You’ll develop technical expertise in actuarial science alongside programming, data analysis and financial modelling, preparing you for a wide range of professional pathways.
Over the course of the programme, you will not only be intellectually stimulated, you’ll also be developing skills desirable to potential employers making you well-equipped to begin your career.
From insurance to pensions, banking to manufacturing, transport to sustainability – the career opportunities from this degree are exciting and far-reaching.

Student profile: Jonathan Sisa Khabusi

''I wanted a course that allowed me to think globally, as well as open those global opportunities. I found that the actuarial path was well-respected and allowed people to travel around the world.''

Jonathan Sisa Khabusi, Actuarial Mathematics BSc

Why study at Leeds:

• Take professional steps towards qualifying as an actuary: You’ll cover many of the first-level actuary exams for the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries throughout the course.

• We have one of the largest mathematics research departments in the UK: This feeds directly into the curriculum, shaping your learning with the latest innovations.

• Flexible options: The Actuarial Mathematics BSc and Financial Mathematics BSc degrees share a common first year, allowing you to move from one programme to the other until the end of your initial year.

• Benefit from a range of specialist facilities: Our School’s facilities include everything from state-of-the-art lecture theatres to study areas and computer clusters.

• Access support from day one: You'll have small tutorial groups in your first year, regular one-to-one meetings with academic staff and dedicated workspaces like the Mathematics Active Learning Lab.

• Broaden your experience: Before you graduate, enhance your career prospects with our industrial placement opportunities or study abroad programmes.

• Meet your maths community: Outside the classroom, join our student society MathSoc.

Rankings and awards

Top 100 in the world, QS World University Rankings 2026

Where this degree could take you

Here’s an insight into the job roles some of our most recent graduates have obtained:

• Actuarial Analyst, Aon

• Actuarial Consultant, Barnett Waddingham

• Corporate Tax Associate, Deloitte LLP

• Business Analyst, Energy Alloys

• Consultant, EY (Leeds)

• Actuary, First Actuarial

• Actuarial Analyst, Lockton Re

• Actuarial Trainee, Mercer

• Pricing Analyst, NFU Mutual

• Junior Analyst, Osool Asset Management

• Master Data Analyst, PPG Coatings

• Actuarial Analyst, ReAssure

• Trainee Management Account, Shackletons Ltd

• Actuarial Analyst, The Co Operative Group Investment Analyst, Towers Watson

Career support

Top 10 most targeted for 10+ years by the UK's leading employers, The Graduate Market 2026, High Fliers Research

At Leeds, we help you to prepare for your future from day one.

Our Careers Service has the global expertise and sector-spanning industry partnerships that, combined, go way beyond simply helping you get a job. They provide you with the resources you need to upskill and achieve the future you aspire towards – even in the face of lightning-paced change.