With my qualification (Bachelor in mechanical engineering), which offer do you think I should take?

QuoteOriginally posted by: tibbar(and your collegues from maths backgrounds will hate you for a bit...).q]Why? Any reason for that?

<t>Thanks for all of of the replies! They have really given me some info about actuaries and quants. Currently, I have got offers for MSc in financial mathematics (1 year) for University of York, UK and also PDip in Actuarial Science (1 year) from University of Kent, UK.The best part about the PDip ...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: sheepskiFrom a perspective of an actuary...A lot of the concepts taught in FM are being used in the actuarial world...Does that mean actuaries are experts in mathematics as well? Do they use Black–Scholes models or Monte Carlo methods in their works?Can actuaries switch...

<t>I have obtained my first degree in mechanical engineering and I am applying to MSc course in financial mathematics and actuarial science. I have got offer to both courses and I need advice which course to be chosen. To me, both of them seem more or less the same and from my understanding, financi...