Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, The University of Hong Kong

12/08/2026

【HKU SAAS and The Actuarial Society of Hong Kong Signed Accreditation Agreement】

On 29 July 2026, the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science (SAAS), The University of Hong Kong (HKU), signed an accreditation agreement with the Actuarial Society of Hong Kong (ASHK). This marks an important milestone in strengthening the collaboration between the academia and the actuarial industry, for HKU is the first university in the world to enter into an accreditation agreement with ASHK.

Under the terms of the agreement, students enrolled in the HKU Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science [BSc(ActuarSc)] programme will be eligible for exemption from the Core Paper of the ASHK Certificate Examination upon successful completion of the course Current Topics in Actuarial Science (SDST3954/STAT3954) with specified marks.

The accreditation not only represents a significant synergy between academic excellence at HKU SAAS and professional recognition by the local actuarial profession, but also provides students who are in pursuit of the actuarial profession with an additional pathway towards becoming actuaries.

HKU SAAS looks forward to continued collaboration with ASHK in supporting the development of future actuarial professionals in Hong Kong and beyond.

08/06/2026

✨ 想唔想有獎學金支持你讀心水課程？✨

我哋為優秀學生準備咗幾個吸引力十足嘅入學獎學金：
1. 統計決策科學 (6779) 入學獎學金
2. 統計及精算科學 (SAAS) 獎學金（適用於 6729 理學士(精算學)）
3. 計算與數據科學學院入學獎學金

為鼓勵對統計同精算有天份有熱誠嘅同學，最高獎學金金額可達HK$200,000！

無論你係 JUPAS 定 Non-JUPAS嘅同學，都有可以申請㗎！

把握機會，俾我哋支持你追夢啦！🌟

🔗 入學獎學金詳細資料同申請資格： https://saasweb.hku.hk/programme/scholarships/saas-entrance-scholarships
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✨ Wanna Be Financially Supported to Study Your Dream Programme?✨

We’re thrilled to offer multiple attractive entrance scholarship opportunities for outstanding prospective students:
1. Statistical Decision Sciences (6779) Entrance Scholarship
2. Statistics and Actuarial Science (SAAS) Scholarship (for BSc in Actuarial Science (6729))
3. School of Computing and Data Science Entrance Scholarship

With awards up to HK$200,000, these scholarships recognize high-achieving students who are passionate about statistics and actuarial science.

Whether you’re coming through JUPAS or Non-JUPAS, this could be your chance to kickstart your journey with less financial pressure and more focus on what matters.

Don’t Miss Out ! Start Your Future with HKU SAAS! 🌟

🔗 Full details and eligibility: https://saasweb.hku.hk/programme/scholarships/saas-entrance-scholarships
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27/05/2026

Congratulations to Professor Guodong Li on winning the Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award!

From unravelling patterns in massive data matrices to guiding PhD students through the toughest research bottlenecks, Professor Li always strives to encourage curiosity, stimulate passion, support persistence, and co-create knowledge together with students.

If you are interested in our MPhil/PhD research postgraduate programmes, please visit https://saasweb.hku.hk/programme/rpg/mphil-phd

10/04/2026

《講統計、談精算》系列公開講座又嚟啦
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試想像一下：
你係個年輕 trader，呢排手風正順，單單deal都賺大錢。今日你將要落單做人生最大一筆價值一千萬嘅trade…
結果出門口返工前突然覺得自己頭暈身㷫，測一測驚見兩條線！嗰一刻你喺度諗：堅定流㗎？
同時間你個 client 又突然間打嚟同你講要你即刻all in 一千萬買一隻股票！
喺呢個咁混亂嘅關頭，你會做出咩決定呢？

呢個就係 Statistical Decision Sciences 最刺激嘅地方 — 管理不確定性嘅藝術！
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📢 同你介紹今個月《講統計、談精算》系列嘅公開講座：
Statistical Decision Sciences: The Art of Managing Uncertainties
🗓️ 4月18日（星期六）
🕒 3:00pm - 4:30pm
📍 香港大學黃麗松講堂 Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU
🗣️ 講座語言：英文
呢場講座會同你一齊：
• 了解 SAAS Statistical Decision Sciences Programme (6779)
• 用概率同統計解讀「不確定」
• 睇真實金融風險管理案例
• 聽吓SAAS嘅alumni 同現屆學生分享讀Statistics嘅真實經驗
• 同我哋嘅老師同學同校友傾吓偈，仲有茶點食添！🍪☕️

無論你對Statistics、Actuarial Science、Finance、Business 定 Computer Science有興趣，都超級值得嚟聽吓統計關你乜嘢事！💡

記得喺4月18號之前scan QR code 報名啦！位置有限，先到先得！🔥

等緊你嚟一齊「講統計、談精算」！

✨ HKU SAAS STATalk.ASpeak Series ✨
Imagine you’re a confident young trader on a hot streak, and you are about to execute your biggest $10 million trade of your career…
Then suddenly, you start feeling unwell. You grab a COVID test kit, and you see double lines 😱 Your mind is racing: “Did I really get COVID?”
Right at that time, your client calls and tells you to go all in on one single stock.
How will you react in such a dilemma?

This is exactly what Statistical Decision Sciences is about — the art of making smart decisions under uncertainty!

📢 Public Lecture: Statistical Decision Sciences: The Art of Managing Uncertainties
🗓️ 18 April 2026 (Saturday)
🕒 3:00pm - 4:30pm
📍 Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU
🗣️ Language：English

What you’ll take away:
• Introduction to our Statistical Decision Sciences Programme (6779)
• Probability & Statistics as the language of uncertainty
• Real-world financial risk management cases
• Alumni & current student sharing
• Networking + refreshments 🍪☕️

Perfect for students in Statistics, Actuarial Science, Finance, Business, Data Science, and anyone who wants to level up their decision-making skills! 💡

Scan the QR code to register now before 18 April 2026 — seats are filling up fast! 🔥

Don’t miss this chance to learn how statistics powers real-life high-stakes decisions!

24/03/2026

📢 GAIP 2026 Insurance Innovation Competition at HKU SAAS: Win Cash Prize + Singapore Final Round With Your Creative Ideas! 🇭🇰→🇸🇬

HKU Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science (SAAS) is hosting the GAIP Insurance Innovation Competition 2026 (HK Station 🇭🇰)!

Open to ALL university students in HK (undergraduate & postgraduate students with less than 3 years of full-time work experience) to form teams & flex groundbreaking ideas in insurance innovation! All disciplines and cross-university collaborations are welcome! ⚔️

1st Prize Winner will have cash prize and advance to Nanyang Technological University, Singapore for the global final round! 🏆✈️🇸🇬

🔹Opening Ceremony: March 27, 2026 (Friday) 17:00 - 18:00 @ HKU Rayson Huang Theatre
👉Come join the ceremony to know more about this event (refreshment will be provided from 16:00! ☕🍪): https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=105761

❗Team Registration Deadline: April 17, 2026 (Friday) 23:59 HKT
🎯Register here: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=105569)

Check out our competition website for more details: https://saasweb.hku.hk/saas_gaip2026/

Share this news with your friends and form the team together! 🫶 Can’t wait to see you in! 🚀

📢 GAIP 2026 保險創新競賽 @ HKU SAAS: 你嘅創意有機會為你贏取現金獎及赴新加坡參與最終回合嘅機會！🇭🇰→🇸🇬

香港大學統計及精算學系（SAAS）主辦嘅一年一度GAIP 保險創新競賽（香港站）又就嚟開始啦！

如果你對保險業有興趣，想展示你喺保險創新上嘅爆炸性創意，機會嚟啦飛雲！GAIP係全港大學生（UG/PG，少過3年全職經驗）都玩得㗎！不論學科，聯校組隊都🉐！

本地冠軍仲可以贏取現金獎金 + 出戰新加坡參與全球總決賽 ！🏆✈️🇸🇬

🔹開幕禮係3月27號 (星期五) 5-6pm @ 香港大學黃麗松講堂（4pm起有refreshment供應㗎☕🍪 ）
👉嚟chill住了解多啲比賽詳情啦: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=105761

❗隊伍報名deadline 係4月17號(星期五) 23:59 HKT
🎯即刻報名啦: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=105569

想知道更加多比賽詳情就撳入嚟睇吓啦: https://saasweb.hku.hk/saas_gaip2026/

快啲分享俾你老best叫埋佢嚟參賽🫶 我哋等緊你🚀

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12/03/2026

We now have our own official Instagram (IG) page!😎

Feel free follow our IG page ! There will be drops like event sneak peeks, student life reels, programme info, etc. Stay tuned for more interesting IG posts from HKUSAAS!

26/02/2026

⭐《講統計、談精算》系列：精算的日常應用 — 由颱風到長壽
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香港大學統計及精算學系 (SAAS) 特別為對精算感興趣嘅你準備咗呢個免費又有趣嘅公開講座，帶你由日常生活中最貼地嘅例子入手，偷步學精算！🥳
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公開講座：精算的日常應用 — 由颱風到長壽
• 日期：2026年3月7日（星期六）
• 時間：下午1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
• 地點：香港大學黃麗松講堂（Rayson Huang Theatre)
• 語言：粵語為主（輔以英語，如常用詞彙）
• 活動流程：
- 開場：精算係乜？（快速入門，保證唔悶！）
- 講座內容
- 業內精算師嘉賓及在讀同學分享
- 親身嚟嘅同學同家長可以同我哋學系嘅老師、成為咗精算師嘅校友、在讀同學、同埋業界精英於茶聚時段邊食邊傾🍪☕
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想超前部署，體驗用精算技巧規劃未來嘅技能，就唔好錯過今次嘅活動啦！🎉
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名額有限，先到先得！快啲click下面連結報名啦～🏃‍♂️‍➡️🏃‍♂️‍➡️🏃‍♂️‍➡️

報名連結：https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=105476

30/12/2025

Congratulations to Professor Guodong Li on being awarded the Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award (ORSSA) 2024-25!

The ORSSA is granted in recognition of supervisors of research postgraduate students whose guidance has been of particular help to their students in the pursuit of research excellence.

Professor Guodong Li is currently Professor at Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science as well as Associate Director of Institute of Data Science at The University of Hong Kong.

Guodong Li (李國棟) Professor Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science School of Computing and Data Science University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Email: [email protected] Associate Director of Institute of Data Science, HKU HKU Scholars Hub, WoS ResearcherID and Google Scholar

04/12/2025

Congratulations to our Actuarial Science students who were awarded for excellent standing at the 2025 Munich Re Cup Actuarial Mathematics Competition! Well done!

• Tobias Lawrence Tjahjadi - Excellent Standing; 1st of HK, Macau, Taiwan Region
• Tsang Ka Ho - Excellent Standing
• Zhou Jingwen - Excellent Standing

For the list of the awardees, please visit: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/pfuuZo-nBqrrv1iojBR3aw

For more details about HKU Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science programme, please visit:https://saasresearch.hku.hk/share/student/u2026/AC/6729_BScAC-26-27.pdf

26/09/2025

【HKU SAAS Launches New Actuarial Modelling Course Integrating Industry Practice and Technological Training】

The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science (SAAS) at the University of Hong Kong’s (HKU) School of Computing and Data Science (CDS) has launched, in collaboration with AIA Group and FIS®, an innovative actuarial science course set to commence in September 2025. The programme is designed to equip students with practical skills essential for success in the rapidly evolving insurance industry.

The curriculum emphasises the application of actuarial principles—such as life contingencies, discounting, reserving, and probabilistic analysis—to the development and validation of models. Students will also engage with topics including data handling, coding, and quality assurance. Through lectures, they will acquire both theoretical knowledge and technological skills essential for solving complex problems in insurance, finance, and risk management.

To strengthen the connection between classroom learning and professional practice, AIA will contribute two experienced actuaries to co-teach the course, guiding students through real-world case studies and modelling projects, while FIS will provide 41 licences to Insurance Risk Suite, an industry-standard actuarial modelling platform, enabling students to gain hands-on experience with tools widely adopted by insurers worldwide.

A distinctive feature of the course is its focus on real-world application. Students will gain practical experience in assumption-setting, cash flow projection, valuation, and systematic troubleshooting, enabling them to bridge academic training with professional practice. By the end of the course, they are expected to demonstrate proficiency in actuarial modelling software, the ability to decompose complex business problems into analytically tractable components, and competence in collaborative problem-solving.

Dr David Lee, Programme Director of Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science, said, “This course reflects HKU’s commitment to combining rigorous academic learning with technological innovation. By training our students in both actuarial theory and advanced modelling platforms, we empower them to shape the future of insurance and finance through meaningful, technology-driven contributions.”

The initiative reflects Hong Kong’s growing role as a regional hub for insurance innovation and professional talent development, with the Asia-Pacific leading global insurance market growth.

For the full press release, please visit:

Representatives from HKU SAAS, AIA and FIS gathered to celebrate the launch of a new actuarial education initiative aimed at nurturing future insurance talent.   The Department of Statistics and...