The Graduate Certificate of Finance and Actuarial Statistics is designed for students who wish to: Develop a greater understanding of financial, actuarial and statistical principles and their application; Gain Part II exemption status for the Institute of Actuaries; Improve analytical skills for interpreting and analyzing financial, actuarial and statistical information; Gain greater insight into the Australian and international financial markets; Increase management skills for dealing with organizations, teams and policy issues; and, Expand their applied knowledge in various specialized areas of finance, actuarial studies and applied statistics. Career Options Graduates from ANU have been rated as Australia's most employable graduates and among the most sought after by employers worldwide. The latest Global Employability University Ranking, published by the Times Higher Education, rated ANU as Australia's top university for getting a job for the fourth year in a row. Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion, students will have the skills and knowledge to: Recognize the important role of finance, actuarial and statistical principles and their application; Demonstrate the necessary analytical skills for interpreting and analyzing financial, actuarial and statistical information; Demonstrate well developed insight into Australian and international financial markets; Justify and communicate the necessary management skills for dealing with organizations, teams and policy issues, so as to be able to work independently and collaboratively to collect, process, interpret and communicate the outcomes of financial, actuarial and statistical problems; and, Demonstrate the skills necessary to critically engage with and evaluate financial, actuarial and statistical problems.