Department of Actuarial Sciences, which is the first department in this field in Turkey, has been established on 20th June, 2000. Principle objective of the department is to educate modern and creative individuals by giving basic information about not only actuarial sciences, statistics, mathematics, insurance, computer sciences and finance but also sociology, psychology and philosophy.
Actuarial sciences deal with the financial effects of unpredictable events which influence the individuals' lives (birth, death, illness, accidents, disability, retirement) and the effects which influence individuals' property holdings (fire, earthquake, theft and fraud). Actuaries are educated in order to analyze the risk of occurrence, to estimate the probabilities and to form the security programs that relieve the financial effects of these events.
Actuary takes place in the ranking of top ten occupations of United States and Europe in terms of income, prestige and job satisfaction. The graduates of this department may work at insurance companies, public and private social security institutions, banks and investment firms. Graduates of this program may also take the international actuarial exams to get the authority to sign as an actuary.
Master's Degree
QF-EHEA: 2
EQF-LLL: 7
Admission, registration and approval procedures shall be carried out according to relevant provisions of Hacettepe University Graduate Education and Examination Regulations.
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Hacettepe University Graduate Education and Examination Regulations
Master of Science: Degree of Master of Sciences in Hacettepe University Institute of Science Section of Actuarial Sciences.
Actuarial Science graduate programs:
-Master of Science Program: At least 24 credits / 120 ECTS and a master thesis.
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Hacettepe University Graduate Education and Examination Regulations
Admission to Master of Science Program in Actuarial Science is coordinated by Institue of Graduate Studies in Science.
Please visit the web pages below for updated information about the acceptance requirements and specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning for graduate programs.
Hacettepe University Graduate Education and Examination Regulations
The founding purpose of the department is to equip the students with the skills required to access information, evaluate and interpret knowledge and do scientific research, and therefore the department provides advanced level of knowledge and skills in Actuarial Science.
The graduates of this department may work at insurance companies, public and private social security institutions, banks and investment firms. Graduates of this program may also take the international actuarial exams to get the authority to sign as an actuary.
QF-EHEA: 3
EQF-LLL: 8
Master of Science program contains 4 semester. Students need at least 120 ECTS credits and a master thesis in order to graduate from the program.
60 ECTS of total credits must be course credits and 60 ECTS from the thesis.
90% of all courses are elective courses.
The evaluation and grading of each course is defined for each courses in the course details. Grading is applied through the rules given in “Hacettepe University Regulations on Graduate Education and Examination” documentation.
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Hacettepe University Graduate Education and Examination Regulations
Master of Science Program: At least 24 credits / 120 ECTS and a master thesis.
1. Full Time Education
Dep. Chair: Prof. Dr. Kasırga Yıldırak
Address: HU Faculty of Science Department of Actuarial Sciences 06800 Beytepe, Ankara TURKEY
Phone: +90 312 297 6160
Fax: +90 312 297 7998
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