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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
University of Cambridge Cass Business School
Chinese University of Hong Kong Curtin University (Australia)
Dublin City University University of East Anglia
University of Essex Heriot-Watt University
University of Hong Kong Imperial College London (for school leavers)
Imperial College Business School (for actuarial trainees) Indian Statistical Institute (Kolkata)
University of Kent Lancaster University
University of Leeds University of Leicester
University of Limerick 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 Swansea University
Technical University of Lisbon University College Cork
University College Dublin University of Technology, Mauritius
University of Warwick University of Waterloo
University of Zambia