Admission requirements

Application process

This track is restricted to students from Grande Ecole, namely students selected to the Pre-Master - Parcours Scientifique, and AST(I) students coming from a strong scientific training.

The application is done online (possible to do it at the beginning of each term); you can apply during your pre-master or master (the earlier, the better). It must be before the last academic year at ESSEC. It is also required to submit (to the Head of the risk and actuarial track):

•     A detailed CV (providing also the grades obtained in any quantitative course)

•     A motivation letter

The ultimate selection will be done before entering ISUP (by email), the last step of this selection being done from the average of the grades obtained in the 4 courses:

IDSD31375 Quantitative Risk Management – Application in Finance

IDSM31183 Financial Mathematics: Probability in Finance

IDSS31267     Financial Econometrics

IDSS32102 Big Data Analytics

Note that for each quantitative course, a grade above 12/20 is required.

A document on the actuarial track is also available at the assistants office of the IDS department (N321) and on the website: crear.essec.edu/risk-actuarial-track

Further information can be asked to members of the ESSEC Association of Actuaries and Analysts on Risk (E3AR).