Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science

at City, University of London United Kingdom

This three-year degree has been designed by world-leading researchers in the field. You’ll learn about the latest thinking in crime and society, and develop the skills to conduct your own original research.

You’ll study topics such as criminal justice, penology, policing, news, violence, and social change. This develops your analytical capability to engage with crime and social policy debates. Modules in qualitative and quantitative research methods develop your data analysis skills.

• Become a critical thinker with an in-depth understanding of the complex interplay of local and global forces in relation to crime and criminality
• Boost your employability with an optional work placement year
• Develop highly sought-after data literacy and quantitative skills, thanks to our strong links with City’s Q-Step Centre
• Opt onto a Q-Step quantitative methods pathway: benefit from a heightened focus on data skills, a workplace Data Placement in Year 2, and an optional international work placement

Take advantage of excellent internship opportunities thanks to our central London location, including access to organisations in crime and justice, human rights, migration and refugee support, and mental health.

This programme builds on our international reputation in creative writing, journalism and publishing.

You will study the written word across time and space, from Shakespeare to social media, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to comic books.

By the end of the degree you will have produced your own creative and professional writing.

You will also have developed critical and analytical skills needed to understand how the written word shapes, and is shaped by, the world we live in.

• Immerse yourself in world literature and engage with current debates in literary scholarship
• Write creatively, professionally and analytically in a range of different forms, via a range of different media
• Learn from a team of expert lecturers who are passionate about engaging with the written word in all its forms
• Develop employability skills with a placement module in a relevant business, like publishing, teaching, journalism and the arts
• Or spend a full year on work placement – there are amazing opportunities on your doorstep in London’s exciting Knowledge Quarter
• Access awe inspiring library collections – including the Senate House Library, with millions of books and beautiful study spaces, and nearby British Library.

This accredited integrated master’s covers structural, geotechnical and hydraulic engineering. Over four years, you will develop professional engineering skills, with a focus on innovative and sustainable solutions to infrastructure problems.

Individual and group engineering design projects demonstrate your expertise to future employers. Whilst a fourth year, at master’s level, helps you transition from study to professional practice.

• Benefit from exceptional industry involvement in the degree programme, including projects set by industry and guest lectures from practising engineers
• Study in world leading test facilities, including our flagship Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility, where you conduct research and test your theories
• Get hands-on experience with concrete casting, soil testing equipment and centrifuges
• Take an optional placement year to boost your employability. Recent placements have included Balfour Beatty, AECOM, Arup, Interserve and Network Rail
• Enjoy easy access to leading civil and structural engineering contractors and consultants thanks to our central London location
• Fast track your progress to Chartered Engineer status, with a degree that meets all academic requirements for professional registration.

Society needs future leaders who care. From charities and social enterprises, to multinational corporations, government departments and start up businesses. They all need leaders who pay attention to socio-economic and environmental issues. If you want to be a Change Maker, this course is for you.

Graduates of the Business Management with Social Purpose pathway will have the skills, experience and knowledge necessary to lead and manage projects, movements and organisations in the public, private or non-profit sectors.

Our expertise in business management and charities, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), corporate social responsibility, volunteering and social enterprise gives our graduates the knowledge, skills and necessary experience that is attractive to employers.

You’ll also benefit from our outstanding connections with industry professionals and employers. Many of our academics themselves are practitioners, therefore giving you multiple opportunities to meet and network with leaders from the charities sector and the business world.

By learning the fundamentals of business management and having an in-depth understanding of local and global socio-economic issues, you’ll be part of the next generation of change makers and leaders.

You’ll learn about strategy, human resources, operational management, finance and accounting, marketing, corporate reputation management, social entrepreneurship and enterprise, corporate social responsibility and investment, non-profit management and the management of culture, values and business ethics.

You’ll also apply the principles you learn to real-world scenarios. In your third year, for example, your final project involves working with major firms and enterprises to assess their engagement with social enterprise and corporate social responsibility. You also have a number of electives to choose from like our Mentoring & Coaching for Leadership module.

International and development policy is influenced by communications. In our globally respected MA programme at a University ranked first in London for Communication and Media Studies (Complete University Guide 2020), you will explore how this happens within a sociological context.

You stand to benefit from the global development perspective given in this MA. You will develop a wider world-view through a grounding in the social, economic and political discussions of development and communications

You will develop analytical and critical skills through a detailed independent analysis of development programmes from the sector and engage with contemporary human rights issues.

Our module options in International Politics and Sociology allow you to approach your specialism from an innovative angle.

By building policymaking skills and knowledge of shifting geopolitics, you will gain highly valued skills.

The Global Maternal Health MSc is a flexible programme designed to develop your leadership skills with a particular focus on international aspects of childbirth and maternal health, including development and scaling up of midwifery to improve quality, accessibility, and safety of maternity care globally.

You have the opportunity to discuss key issues in global maternal health and healthcare provision in multi-professional and interdisciplinary contexts. You will gain a solid foundation of research skills and applied data analysis to support and extend your role as an evidence-based practitioner, researcher, educator, advocate or development worker.

This accredited integrated master’s covers structures, geotechnics, hydraulics, and sustainability applied to civil and infrastructure engineering. Over four years, you will develop professional engineering skills, with a focus on innovative and sustainable solutions to infrastructure problems.

Individual and group engineering design projects demonstrate your expertise to future employers. Whilst a fourth year, at master’s level, helps you transition from study to professional practice.

• Benefit from exceptional industry involvement in the degree programme, including projects set by industry and guest lectures from practising engineers
• Access world leading laboratories, including our flagship Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility, where you conduct research and test your theories
• Get hands-on experience with concrete, soil and other materials testing equipment
• Take an optional placement year or placement over two summer periods to boost your employability. Recent placements have included Balfour Beatty, AECOM, Arup, Interserve and Network Rail
• Enjoy easy access to leading civil and structural engineering contractors and consultants thanks to our central London location

Gain the key knowledge and vital skills required for a successful career in maritime law with this specialized LLM at The City Law School. Your learning will cover shipping contracts, carriage of goods, admiralty, insurance, and commercial arbitration. You can also explore the International Law of the Sea.

Your learning will have an active emphasis on how the law operates in relation to specific maritime issues. These issues include shipping contracts, insurance, admiralty practice, international sale of goods, and commercial arbitration. You can also explore the International Law of the Sea.

You will learn directly from academics and practitioners with years of extensive experience in the field.

We aim for you to gain greater commercial awareness of the legal principles and rules that impact international transport, especially by sea.

You are likely to benefit from this commercial approach if you work in the maritime and international trade sector, or have an interest in doing so.

This degree provides strong technical expertise in electronics, power engineering, signal processing, control systems and engineering management.

It provides a solid foundation for anyone who wants to pursue a career at the cutting edge of technology, developing innovative solutions in areas like communications and robotics.

We have been educating electrical and electronic engineers for almost 90 years.

Our degrees are dual-accredited by professional bodies, meaning your qualification will be recognised for its quality and relevance. Furthermore, you will:

• Learn from research-active academics working at the cutting-edge of their field
• Develop highly relevant, in-demand skills thanks to industry involvement in our curriculum
• Put your in-depth engineering knowledge into practice and apply your expertise to real-world problems with design projects at every stage of your studies
• Gain hands-on experience with high-tech equipment in newly refurbished undergraduate and research labs, including chip production facilities and electrical power equipment
• Take an optional work placement to boost your grades, employability and professional expertise
• Pass your second year and apply to transfer to our integrated MEng degree, which fast tracks your progress to Chartered Engineer status.

Speech and language therapists can work with a range of different clients including children with learning disorders, people who have experienced stroke, dementia, head and neck cancer, and congenital or acquired deafness.

The course covers the foundations of speech and language therapy including both the social and clinical context of human communication. An optional additional master’s-level year offers a range of elective modules that are designed to enhance your clinical experience.

• Learn in a world-leading environment from academics who are at the forefront of the field
• Benefit from practical placements in City’s state-of-the-art Roberta Williams Speech and Language Therapy Centre – our in-house SLT clinic – led by specialist practitioners
• Develop clinical skills and train to use specialist equipment such as ultrasound and laryngographs
• Undertake clinical placements in a variety of settings including our in-house clinic, health centres, schools and hospitals, which take advantage of City's close links with speech and language therapy services throughout London
• Receive a non-repayable and non-means tested government grant of £5,000 per year
• Apply to volunteer abroad at the end of your course, with schemes in Cambodia, Uganda and more.