Actuary and Quantitative Finance masters students undertake summer projects proposed and co-supervised by financial services companies.
University of Strathclyde students on the MScs Actuarial Sciences and Quantitative Finance undertake a summer project as part of their MSc. Some projects are co-supervised by industry partners and are based on their business interests.
We are currently seeking ideas from industry for projects taking place in summer 2022.
Companies can be based in the UK or overseas. Companies participating in the scheme in previous years benefited not only from the direct project outputs but also from accessing talented students. This can be a route to recruitment and developing a closer relationship with the university.
The Students benefit from the exposure to business. They see the problems that industry are interested in and get experience working with business. This improves their employability upon completing their MSc.
Project subject matter is flexible. It needs to be quantitative in nature and relevant to the financial sector. Projects last 12 weeks from late May to late August. In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, projects and associated meetings may need to be undertaken remotely – this worked very well in summer 2021. Industry supervision can be light touch or more intense, to suit the project and supervisor, though some input is required from the industry. No fees to students or to the University are involved.
Companies submit project ideas to the University and students select and apply for them. Industry Supervisors (remotely) interview students and select the best match. Students are also assigned an academic supervisor. The student’s project plan, final report and oral presentation are judged by both the academic and industrial supervisors.
For summer 2022 projects, ideas are invited from industry by mid-January 2022 using a short pro-forma.
For further information, or if you have any questions, please contact Ian Dwyer by email at ian.dwyer@strath.ac.uk
