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University courses and exemptions

Completion of programmes at the universities below can lead to a recommendation for exemption from some of our exams. This will depend on the modules you take, and the grades you obtain.

  • Accredited programmes can lead to exemptions based on your overall performance during the course.
  • Other actuarial and non-actuarial degree courses can lead to exemptions from individual exams based on your performance in certain modules of your course.

The subject by subject exemption agreements that the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries has with the universities are based on information that the relevant university has provided to us. If you are considering applying for one or more programmes on this list, we strongly recommend that you contact the university for further information.

A university may make a decision not to run advertised accreditation programme modules. The university's own website will give more details on current modules offered.

We are unable to advise you on the degree programme, or the programme options, which you need to take to enter the profession. Our best advice is to take the programme where your abilities are the strongest, as actuarial employers will look for a minimum 2.1 in a numerical degree. Other actuarial and non-actuarial degree courses can lead to exemptions from individual exams based on your performance in certain modules of your course.

Australian National University University of Birmingham
University of Bristol Cairo University
Cass Business School Chinese University of Hong Kong
City University London Curtin University (Australia)
Dublin City University University of East Anglia
University of Essex Heriot-Watt University
University of Hong Kong Imperial College Business School (for actuarial trainees)
Imperial College London (for school leavers) Indian Statistical Institute (Kolkata)
University of Kent Lancaster University
University of Leeds University of Leicester
University of Limerick University of Lisbon
University of Liverpool London School of Economics
Macquarie University University of Manchester
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia University of Melbourne
Monash University (Melbourne) Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
National University of Ireland (Galway) University of New South Wales
Newcastle University University of Nottingham
University of Oxford Queen's University Belfast
Queen Mary, University of London Said Business School, Oxford
University of Southampton University of Stirling
University College Cork University College Dublin
University of Technology, Mauritius University of Warwick
University of Waterloo University of Zambia