Hi buddy,
I wish I could give you some advice:

It is not unusual that economic master has engineering background.
Actually, employer loves candidate with strong engineering background, because his or her quantitative capability.
So, don't worry about your background, be proud of it please.

Second, I believe that financial model and other quantitative analysis capability will give you asymmetric competitive edge.

My professor told me that the key talent in insurance industry is the one who can figure out the actuarial distribution.
If you can make it, you can make tons of money on this.

Finally, talk to your professor first please. He or she may give you valuable guidance far better than mine.

A great journey is  begin, Good luck.
I couldn't be happier for you.

工科背景也说明了我们专业知识匮乏，当初调剂时好多学校因此都不要这样子跨专业的学生，你说精算，我现在就读的这个学校并没有相关课程，要是真的去学全得靠自学，而且只有一年的读书时间就开始实习了，所以希望可以把这一年用在刀刃上，并且在就业时可以体现出来的具体能力，我和老师沟通过，老师说好好写论文，有机会跟他做课题，至于考证什么的要需要的话就考个注会其他都没什么用处，完全没有提过精算师。可是论文真的有用吗？一年时间的学习就写得出来吗？就业会看吗？你提到的财务模型，和定量分析有具体是什么呢？麻烦再给我讲下