The importance of pursuing a postgraduate qualification has become more evident with most of the careers showcased in Career Paths, requiring a minimum of a postgraduate qualification (for example: Honours Degree, Postgraduate Diploma, Master’s Degree or a PHD).
You can find out more about the various postgraduate courses at North-West University:
Degree Description
The honours degree in Actuarial Sciences is accredited by the Actuarial Society of South Africa to offer exemption of subjects A214 and A311.
Amongst others it covers:
- Actuarial Risk Management
- Investment Theory
- Financial Engineering
- Quantitative Risk Analysis
Admission Requirements
An undergraduate degree in Actuarial Sciences (at an accredited university) with exemptions for 5 or more of subjects A111-A113, A211-A214 of the Actuarial Society of South Africa.
Funding information
http://studies.nwu.ac.za/studies/bursaries-and-loans
Programme Administrator
Janette Larney
(Programme chair)
Janette.Larney@nwu.ac.za
Lise Hendriks
(Programme administrator)
Lise.Hendriks@nwu.ac.za
Degree Description
The honours degree in Business Analytics covers amongst others:
- Statistical Learning
- Nonparametric methods
- Forecasting for business
- Multivariate Statistics
- Financial Driven Statistics
Admission Requirements
A suitable undergraduate degree with Mathematical Statistics as core module and a final year average of at least 60%.
Funding information
http://studies.nwu.ac.za/studies/bursaries-and-loans
Programme Administrator
Janette Larney
(Programme chair)
Janette.Larney@nwu.ac.za
Lise Hendriks
(Programme administrator)
Lise.Hendriks@nwu.ac.za
Degree Description
The honours degree in Financial Mathematics covers amongst others:
- Financial Engineering
- Stochastic Processes
- Measure Theory
- Differential Equations
- Time series analysis
Admission Requirements
An undergraduate degree in Financial Mathematics with a final year average of at least 60%.
Funding information
http://studies.nwu.ac.za/studies/bursaries-and-loans
Programme Administrator
Janette Larney
(Programme chair)
Janette.Larney@nwu.ac.za
Lise Hendriks
(Programme administrator)
Lise.Hendriks@nwu.ac.za
Degree Description
The honours degree in Quantitative Risk Management is accredited by PRMIA to offer exemption from level I and level II.
Amongst others it covers:
- Risk Management
- Investment Theory
- Financial Engineering
- Quantitative Risk Analysis
- Multivariate Statistics
Admission Requirements
An undergraduate degree in Quantitative Risk Management, Actuarial Science, Financial Mathematics with a final year average of at least 60%.
Funding information
http://studies.nwu.ac.za/studies/bursaries-and-loans
Programme Administrator
Janette Larney
(Programme chair)
Janette.Larney@nwu.ac.za
Lise Hendriks
(Programme administrator)
Lise.Hendriks@nwu.ac.za