On March 15th, 2023, Dr. Mark Heller, Senior Lecturer of School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Kent, UK, and Ms. Cici Zhu, representatives of the University of Kent Office in China, paid a visit to DUFE. Xiaoyu Ding, Director of SIS, Chuanzhong Tang, Associate Director of SIS, welcomed the visitors at SIS. Dr. Mo Yang, Lecturer of School of Finance, DUFE, also attended the meeting.

During the meeting, the two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on the undergraduate and postgraduate foundation programs in actuarial science, and also explored the possibility of cooperation in both undergraduate and postgraduate foundation programs and credit exemption programs in other majors.

Dr. Mark Heller thanked our hospitality and he also expected initiating cooperation with DUFE.

University of Kent locates in Canterbury, established in 1965, is one of the leading universities in the UK. University of Kent has excellent teaching quality and outstanding research capabilities. The University has been awarded the highest rating of “Gold Award” in the TEF.