The Graduate Certificate of Finance and Actuarial Statistics is designed for students who wish to:

• Develop a greater understanding of financial, actuarial and statistical principles and their application;
• Gain Part II exemption status for the Institute of Actuaries;
• Improve analytical skills for interpreting and analysing financial, actuarial and statistical information;
• Gain greater insight into the Australian and international financial markets;
• Increase management skills for dealing with organisations, teams and policy issues; and,
• Expand their applied knowledge in various specialised areas of finance, actuarial studies and applied statistics.

Students who achieve a GPA of 4.5 for the Graduate Certificate of Finance and Actuarial Statistics with an appropriate specialization may transfer to one of the RSFAS Masters Programs (Master of Applied Finance, Master of Finance, Master of Actuarial Studies, Master of Actuarial Practice, Master of Statistics.

Graduates from ANU have been rated as Australia's most employable graduates and are among the most sought after worldwide. This program is designed for professionals who are engaged in designing, implementing or enforcing regulatory systems within Australia, Asia or the Pacific, as well as those seeking to enter the field of professional regulation.

Learning Outcomes

1. Recognise the important role of finance, actuarial and statistical principles and their application;
2. Demonstrate the necessary analytical skills for interpreting and analyzing financial, actuarial and statistical information;
3. Demonstrate well developed insight into Australian and international financial markets;
4. Justify and communicate the necessary management skills for dealing with organizations, teams and policy issues, so as to be able to work independently and collaboratively to collect, process, interpret and communicate the outcomes of financial, actuarial and statistical problems; and,
5. Demonstrate the skills necessary to critically engage with and evaluate financial, actuarial and statistical problems.