Actuarial Science and Diploma in Industrial Training at Heriot-Watt University
Actuarial Science and Diploma in Industrial Training (BSc (Hons), 5G5B) at Heriot-Watt University asked for AAB - AAA in recent years; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 240+ UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on hw.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
~AAA
High144 points · around AAA
Published as AAB - AAA
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is from an earlier year and may have changed. Check hw.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 144
The middle entrant had 240+ points.
15 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 100%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- 5G5B
- Duration
- 4 - 5 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1, Year 2, Year 3
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- built in
Accredited by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries for the purpose of exemption from some professional examinations. More ↗
Accredited by the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) for the purpose of eligibility for Graduate Statistician status. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
95%
still studying
UK 89%
5%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
20 students · started 2022-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course73%89%
Learning opportunities82%86%
Assessment and feedback76%82%
Academic support77%94%
Organisation and management68%87%
Learning resources76%90%
Student voice79%81%
10 final-year students · 50% responded · NSS 2024-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£32k3 years£32k5 years£41k
£20k£30k£40k£50k£60k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 25 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
55% working5% working and studying10% studying5% unemployed25% other
UK, same subject: 86% in work or study
80%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 75%
90%
say their work is meaningful
UK 80%
50%
use what they learned
UK 47%
- Business, Research and Administrative Professionals50%
- Elementary occupations10%
- Teaching Professionals10%
- Finance Professionals10%
- Administrative occupations5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 20 graduates · 55% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Edinburgh, Scotland, Scotland
- Postcode
- EH14 4AS
Subjects
Campus
- Campus
- EdinburghCampus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Mathematics at other universities
The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberystwyth University | Mathematical and Theoretical Physics MMath (Hons) | 128 - 144 points | 96–111 |
| Heriot-Watt University | Actuarial Science and Diploma in Industrial Training this course | AAB - AAA | 240+ |
| King's College London, University of London | Mathematics and Philosophy BSc (Hons) | AAA | 176–191 |
| Lancaster University | Mathematics BSc (Hons) | 144 points | 160–175 |
| Loughborough University | Computer Science and Mathematics Msci (Hon) | AAA | 144–159 |
| Queen Mary University of London | Actuarial Science BSc (Hons) | 128 - 144 points | 128–143 |
| University of Birmingham | Mathematics BSc (Hons) | 144 points | 176–191 |
| University of Exeter | Computer Science and Mathematics BSc (Hons) | AAA - AAB | 160–175 |
| University of Glasgow | Computing Science/Mathematics Msci (Hon) | 128 - 144 points | 208–223 |
| University of Leeds | Actuarial Mathematics BSc (Hons) | AAA - A*BB | 144–159 |
| University of Liverpool | Mathematics and Computer Science BSc (Hons) | AAA | 144–159 |
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