About

Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at Soongsil University is the only department in Korea, which has both
an statistics tract that develops data analysis capabilities which are core competencies of the future society and
an actuarial science track that maximizes the synergy between statistics and actuarial science.

Support for Actuary Examination

We actively support our students to pass the Actuary Qualification Exam while attending our department. We have stipulated that if a student passes the first actuary exam, he or she can receive a scholarship equivalent to half of the tuition for one year. We provide various learning materials (rental of textbooks, purchase of video lectures) for current students who are aiming to acquire an actuary qualification exam at home and abroad. We provide tuition assistance for each exam if students additionally pass the US Actuary Qualification Examination. We also support the cost of video lectures for actuary study groups.

Support for Professional Statistical Analysis Qualification Exam

In order to improve students' statistical analysis and application ability and to acquire professional qualifications that help them find employment, we support half of the test fee for the first exam and the full cost for the second exam if you pass the SAS qualification exam. We also subsidize some of the online tuition fees for students preparing for the social research analyst exam.

Opening of Special Lectures

To improve students' computational processing ability, we offer special lectures on R, Java, SAS, SPSS, EXCEL, SQL, etc. We also run special lectures of graduates from time to time throughout the year to help students choose their career paths.