Insurance, actuarial andfinancial engineering

What you should know about our master’s

Faculty of Economics and BusinessSeptember 2017

Our offer

Master in de Verzekeringen (60 ECTS, NL, FEB)

actuary

(a qualified professional)

Advanced Master in Financial and Actuarial Engineering(60 ects, ENG, FEB & FWet)

choice==“and” … choice==”or”

if choice==“and” then …

Our offer (as from 2018-2019 on)

Master in de Verzekeringen (60 ects)

Advanced Master in Financial and Actuarial Engineering(60 ects)

will be combined in a 120 ects study program

as from 2018-2019 on!

Social sciences STEMand

statistics

pensions and social security

financial engineeringpricing car, fire, … insurance

risk management

projecting mortality ratesgender directive

health insurance

ALM

Unique blend of

And even though cost a lot ...

they will totally be worth it.

Uit: NRC Next, 23 april 2013

An actuary is your hero

Uit: WSJ, 22 april 2013

Twitter, 25 april 2013

Career outlook

Actuary in employee benefits

Risk manager

Risk modeler

Pricing actuary non-life

Regulator

Quant trader

Financial engineer

Chief actuary

Actuary in health

Pension expert

From: Trends, 2 april 2013

Johan Thijsa KU Leuven actuary

An actuary is your hero

From: Jobat, website

Where to find our courses?

Within Handelsingenieur or Business Engineering

Minor Financiële en Actuariële Wetenschappen (HIR, Nl);

Major Risk and Finance (Business Eng., Eng.);

Minor Actuarial & Financial Engineering (Business Eng., Eng.);

Keuzeopleidingsonderdelen / Electives

Where to find our courses?

Within MSc in Mathematics / Statistics / Wiskunde

many of the MVerz and MFAE courses are available as electives

e.g.

Advanced Life Insurance MathematicsAdvanced Non Life Insurance MathematicsFundamentals of Financial MathematicsStatistics for Finance & InsuranceLife Insurance MathematicsRisk Management for Financial Institutions…

• broad orientationmix of economics, regulation,

quantitative risk modeling;

• register for TOLEDO community (jobs, events,…)

• 15 ects Master Project

= 9 ects Paper + 6 ects Seminarie Verzekeringensee TOLEDO for guidelines + topics + procedure!own topic, project with company: why not?

Master in Insurance Studies (MVerz, Nl)

• (strong) quantitative orientation, two electives;

• in cooperation with UCL & ULB: compulsory course (2nd semester)electives

• register for TOLEDO community (jobs, events,…)

• 15 ects Master Project

see TOLEDO for guidelines + topics + procedure!own topic, project with company: why not?

Master in Financial & Actuarial Engineering (MFAE, Eng)

Masterproef - Facultaire

Website

Nederlandse versie: Studenten, Administratie en regelgeving:

http://feb.kuleuven.be/home/leuven/student/administratie-en-regelgeving/masterproeven

• Masterproefreglementen

• FAQ's

• Wie is coördinator van welke masterproef?

• Welk template gebruik ik voor mijn masterproef?

• Bibliotheek EBIB Hoe gebruik ik de databanken en softwaretoepassingen?

• Wanneer moet ik mijn masterproef indienen/verdedigen?

• Formulieren

• Hoe laad ik mijn masterproef elektronisch op?

• Red je gezicht, plagieer niet!

• Prijzen voor papers en masterproeven

Master’s Thesis - Faculty

Website

English version: Current Students, Administration and regulations:

http://feb.kuleuven.be/eng/leuven/students/administration-and-regulations-1

• Master's Thesis Regulations and submission procedure

• FAQ’s

• Master's Thesis coordinators

• Templates Master's Thesis

• Important dates

• Online submission tool

• Plagiarism

Master’s Thesis – Faculty SeminarsFaculty Master’s Thesis Seminars

I. General Information session - Algemene Informatiesessie

Mid-October 2017, To Be Decided (communicated via Toledo)

II.a Seminar Academic Writing (two seminars, two groups)

1st seminar:

- Tuesday 24th of October 2017: VHI 02.29, 19h-21h (group 1)

- Wednesday 25th of October 2017: ILT 00.176 (Aud Bouckaert), 19u-21u

(group 2)

2nd seminar:

- Tuesday 20th February 2018: VHI 02.29, 19h-21h (group 1)

- Wednesday 21st February 2018: VHI 01.29, 19h-21h (group 2)

II.b Seminaries Academisch schrijven (twee seminaries, twee

groepen)

1ste seminarie:

- Dinsdag 24 oktober 2017: VHI 01.29 van 19u tot 21u (groep 1)

- Woensdag 25 oktober 2017: VHI 01.29 van 19u tot 21u (groep 2)

2de seminarie:

- Dinsdag 20 februari 2018: VHI 01.29 van 19u tot 21u (groep 1)

- Woensdag 21 februari 2018: AP 01.30 (Aud. Monnet) van 19u tot

21u (groep 2)

III.a Seminar Presentation Skills (one seminar, two groups)

- Tuesday 17th April 2018: VHI 02.29, 19h-21h (group 1)

- Wednesday 18th April 2018: VHI 01.29, 19h-21h (group 2)

III.b Seminaries presentatietechnieken (één seminarie, twee

groepen)

- Dinsdag 17 april 2018: AP 01.30 (Aud. Jean Monnet) van 19u tot

21u (groep 1)

- Woensdag 20 april 2018: MTC 02.10 van 19u tot 21u (groep 2)

Alumni Actuariaat & Friends

http://www.friendsactuariaatleuven.be/

Read our stories: www.lrisk.be

LRisk research center

http://www.lrisk.be/

Research center for financial and actuarial risk analysis;

Combines all staff members teaching in our master programs;

See our ‘Education’ section on the LRisk website;

Read the sections ‘Become an actuary’ and ‘Alumni’;

We are your gateway for a career in Risk

Management or Actuarial & Financial

Engineering.

Prof. dr. Katrien Antonio

TOLEDO, master paper,

education

Prof. dr. Jan Dhaene

Head of research

Sander Devriendt, PhD student

Master paper + Seminarie

Questions?

• Frequently Asked Questions:

o Master verzekeringen: http://feb.kuleuven.be/leuven/student/opleiding/master-in-de-

verzekeringen#verzekeringen

o MFAE: http://feb.kuleuven.be/eng/leuven/edu/docs/faqs-mfae.docx

• Check the information on the Student Portal:

o English: https://feb.kuleuven.be/eng/leuven/students

o Dutch: https://feb.kuleuven.be/leuven/student

• Haven’t found what you were looking for?

Haven’t found what you were looking for?Contact our staff via the FEBadvisor

FEBadvisor: New Question

Or find your study career consultant, ombudsperson or the

Education and Students Administrative Office in the FEB

House of Students

College Premonstreit

Naamsestraat 61

Leuven

Tel. 016/32.66.12