Your Actuarial Science Student Toolkit
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Spreadsheets, statistics and programming tools for actuarial science students.
Who this toolkit is for
For actuarial science students.
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Essential (3)
Core tools that are broadly useful.
Spreadsheets
- Microsoft 365
PaidAlso on Android, iPhone/iPad, Web
Why you may need this: Excel is widely used in actuarial work; check your institution's free access.
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Your university or college may provide this software or a student licence. Check before purchasing.
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Statistics
- R
Open Source
Why you may need this: Widely used for actuarial modelling.
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Research / Citation
ZoteroOpen SourceAlso on iPhone/iPad
Why you may need this: Organise research sources and generate citations for coursework and dissertations.
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Recommended (1)
Useful for particular parts of the work or course.
Statistics
- RStudio Desktop
Open Source
Why you may need this: An IDE for R.
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Specialist / Optional · Show specialist tools (2)
Consider these for particular modules, tasks or environments.
Programming
PythonOpen Source
Why you may need this: Modelling with Python.
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Typesetting
- Overleaf
FreemiumAlso on Web
Why you may need this: Reports with LaTeX.
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Course requirements vary. Software requirements differ between schools, colleges, universities and modules. Check your course materials before purchasing software.
Build your student setup
Build My Setup lets you add or remove apps, see why each is included and, where verified packages exist, get one install command. Nothing is installed automatically.