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Master of Actuarial and Financial Engineering

Unleash your potential in actuarial and financial engineering with a unique program encompassing STEM, social sciences, and finance. Explore career opportunities as a pricing actuary, risk manager, financial engineer, or regulator. Learn from industry experts and conduct research at a leading research center. Master the interplay of economics, mathematics, coding, and law to become a qualified actuary shaping the future of the financial industry.

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Master of Actuarial and Financial Engineering

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  1. Master of Actuarial and Financial Engineeringmaster actuariële en financiële wetenschappen prof. dr. Jan Dhaene September 23, 2019

  2. Your future self Faculty of Economics and Business

  3. pensions and social security risk management financial engineering insurance products ALM Unique blend of and STEM social sciences finance probability theory economics coding data science law and regulation marketing mathematics pension system design computational thinking Faculty of Economics and Business

  4. An actuary is yourhero From: WSJ, 22 April 2013 From: NRC Next, 23 April 2013 From: talent&pro, 17 August 2015 From: Jobat, website Faculty of Economics and Business

  5. Career outlook Pricing actuary non-life Risk modeller Actuary in employee benefits Regulator Consultant Financial engineer Quant trader Actuary in health Risk manager Qualified actuary with Pension expert Faculty of Economics and Business

  6. Career outlook JohanThijs, CEO of KBC Group and a KU Leuven actuary! Faculty of Economics and Business From: De Tijd, 31 March 2017

  7. Programme Faculty of Economics and Business

  8. Master of Actuarial and Financial Engineering 120 ECTS 120 ECTS Fundamental course workorganisedalong 5 topics Actuarial Engineering: life, health and pensions (18 ECTS) Actuarial Engineering: property and casualty (12 ECTS) Risk Engineering (18 ECTS) Financial Engineering (12 ECTS) Regulation (4/6 ECTS) Elective course work • Organisedalondthesame 5 topics • Internship, summer school or project withLRisk Fundamental course work (5 topics) MAFE 64 ECTS MAFW 66 SP. Master’s thesis 24 ECTS Elective course work (5 topics) MAFE 32 ECTS MAFW 30 SP. MAFE MAFW Faculty of Economics and Business

  9. MAFW or MAFE? MAFW: max. 50% English courses • Less electives (only Dutch courses) • Master’s thesis countsas a Dutch course, but canalsobewritten in English MAFE: • More electives • Master’s thesis shouldalwaysbewritten in English Transitional measures for students who finished the ‘master in de verzekeringen’ and the ‘Master in Financial and Actuarial engineering’ available in both programmes. Faculty of Economics and Business

  10. Where to findour courses? Within MSc in Business Engineering • Major Risk and Finance (e.g. Loss Models, Risk Management in Financial Institutions) • Minor Actuarial and Financial Engineering Within MSc in Business and Information Systems Engineering • Enlargement package 5: Information Systems and Accountancy / Finance Within MSc in Business Economics • Minor Accounting and Financial Management • Electives Master in de handelswetenschappen(Brussel) • Finance and Banking (voor 2018-2019: Afstudeerrichting Finance en Risk Management) Faculty of Economics and Business

  11. Leuven research center for insurance and financial risk analysis • Staff profiles • More on our view on education • More on Alumni and become an actuary www.lrisk.be Faculty of Economics and Business

  12. Alumni stories Faculty of Economics and Business

  13. Alumni & Friends Actuariaat Leuven www.friendsactuariaatleuven.be Faculty of Economics and Business

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  18. Ourstaff prof. dr. Katrien Antonio Programme director AFI - FEB prof. dr. Jan Dhaene Head of research AFI - FEB prof. dr. Jan Beirlant Chair of LRisk Mathematics - FScience Faculty of Economics and Business

  19. Ourstaff prof. dr. Tim Verdonck Professor Mathematics - FScience prof. dr. Wim Schoutens Head of Statistics Section Mathematics - FScience dr. Jan De Spiegeleer Visiting lecturer Mathematics - FScience Faculty of Economics and Business

  20. Furtherquestions? Visit the Student Platform, including the programme page MAFE. Bezoekhet studentenportaal, inclusief de opleidingspaginaMAFW. Faculty of Economics and Business

  21. A sneak preview? https://katrienantonio.github.io Faculty of Economics and Business

  22. Master’s thesis Actuarial and Financial Engineering Faculty of Economics and Business

  23. Master’s thesis at FEB • Information regardingthe Master’s thesis is communicated via Toledo, bothvia: • theMaster’s thesis course that is linkedtoyourprogramme,as well as • the Toledo community “Masterproef- Master's Thesis - FEB campus Leuven” • Besides Toledo, you can find relevant information via the Student Platform, under the section “Papers, projects and theses”. Faculty of Economics and Business

  24. Master’s thesis at FEB – Toledo • Communication via the Toledo course that is linked to your programme: • “D0Q04A Master’s Thesis Actuarial and Financial Engineering“ (Master of Actuarial and Financial Engineering) • “D0Q13A Masterproef actuariële en financiële wetenschappen” (master in de actuariële en financiële wetenschappen) • Besides the Toledo course that is linked to your programme, the Toledo community “Masterproef - Master's Thesis - FEB campus Leuven” provides more information on the Master’s thesis seminars, which youcanattendduringthe second year* of yourprogramme. • * In case you are going on an Erasmus exchange during the second year, youcan follow the Master’s Thesis Seminars during the first year of your programme. Faculty of Economics and Business

  25. Master’s thesis at FEB – Faculty seminars Facultyof Economics and Business

  26. Master’s thesis at FEB – Student Platform Student Platform > https://feb.kuleuven.be/student-platform Papers, projects and theses > https://feb.kuleuven.be/student-platform/ppt For more information or questions, please contact your Master’s thesis coordinator: https://feb.kuleuven.be/student-platform/contact/thesis-leuven Faculty of Economics and Business

  27. Master’s thesis – Actuarial and Financial Engineering Allocation procedure for the Master’s thesis topics in the 1st programmephase: • Topic from the list of titlesproposedby the research group: • Topics availablearoundEaster break 1st programmephase • Deadline topic preferences of at least 2 different promoters: 1 May • SuggestingyourownMaster’s thesis topic: • a ZAP member with relevant expertise should be willing to guide the subject. The student takes the initiative in contacting a potential supervisor before the deadline of sending the topic preferences to the coordinator. Faculty of Economics and Business

  28. Study career consultant and ombudspersonMichelle Vandenborne Faculty of Economics and Business

  29. Studycareer Q&A 2019 Faculty of Economics and Business

  30. Studycareer Q&A • What? For allyourquestionsabout ISP, IES etc. • When? Thursday September 26, 2019 10 am – 4 pm • Where? FEB House of Students College of Premonstreit (CPR) Naamsestraat 61 • Questionsaboutinternships? Aula Pieter De Somer, 6 pm Faculty of Economics and Business

  31. Stillhaven’t found whatyou are looking for? Contact ourstaff via theFEBadvisor (www.feb.kuleuven.be/febadvisor) Faculty of Economics and Business

  32. Or findus at the FEB House of Students College of Premonstreit Naamsestraat 61 3000 Leuven Tel. +32 16 32 66 12 Faculty of Economics and Business

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