The Department
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The Department
Department of Statistics and Insurance Science
The aim of the Department of Statistics and Insurance Science of the University of Piraeus is the theoretical and practical training of students in the fields of Statistics and Insurance Science, including Actuarial Science. The courses offered are a combination of theoretical and applied subjects. The students in the Department have the opportunity of specializing in both Statistics and Insurance Science through a balanced integrated program of carefully selected undergraduate courses.
The syllabus of the courses, besides the compulsory background courses and courses of general interest, includes a variety of subjects in the field of statistics – theoretical and applied – as well as subjects of interest in insurance and actuarial applications.
The graduates of the Department are equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to deal with statistical analyses in centers of applied research, to become quantitative analysts or risk managers in financial institutions and insurance companies, or to pursue a career as an actuary. A substantial number of our graduates goes on to pursue postgraduate studies in their chosen field of interest from a wide spectrum of subjects which includes statistics, biostatistics, economics and finance, risk management, actuarial science, statistics with computing etc.
Undergraduate Studies
The Faculty aspires to produce graduates with a broad and comprehensive understanding of Statistics and Insurance Science and their interactions while still being able to offer services to a broad spectrum of employers. The nominal duration of the studies is four academic years. Each academic year comprises a Winter and a Spring Semester, i.e. a total of eight semesters. Each semester includes a number of mandatory and optional courses. Each course comprises lecturing, practical (laboratory) work and exercises (where applicable).
Currently, approximately 70 courses are offered, among which 19 are compulsory (COMP) and the rest are elective (EL). For the completion of the studies, a successful examination is required in 5 courses per semester, i.e. 40 courses in total. In particular, it is required: (i) Successful examination in all courses of the category COMP (19 courses), (ii) Successful examination in 21 courses of the EL category, at least 4 of which must belong to category A (Probability and Statistics) and at least 4 to category B (Actuarial, Insurance Science and Demography). The above applies to students who have been admitted to the department during the academic year 2017-18.
More details as well as special conditions that apply to students who have been admitted before the academic year 2017-18 can be found in the departmental Syllabus.
Postgraduate Studies
The Department of Statistics and Insurance Science offers two postgraduate programs that lead to MSc and PhD degrees.
– MSc in Applied Statistics, and
– MSc in Actuarial Science and Risk Management.
For more information on MSc in Applied Statistics click here.
For more information on MSc in Actuarial Science and Risk Management click here.
Research
The research activity of the teaching and research staff of the Department of Statistics and Insurance Science is very intense and continuous. The latter is verified due to the large number of publications of scientific articles in high quality international journals, as well as to the participation and organization of scientific conferences and workshops. There are also exist publications of books and monographs, participations in scientific conferences committees, in research programs, projects and in editorial committees of journals.
An important contribution to the advancement of research of the Department in recent years, was developed by the operation of our two postgraduate programs which constituted one of the most important reservoirs of doctoral candidates.
Last, but not least, the Research Committee of the University of Piraeus provides incentives for research into the members of the academic community, by covering (mainly) the costs of participation in international conferences.
