As a student member of the IFoA, you can access our prestigious, internally recognised qualifications and the tools and support you need to achieve your career goals.
As a student member of the IFoA, you can access our prestigious, internally recognised qualifications and the tools and support you need to achieve your career goals.
Becoming a student member of the IFoA will enable you to enter the IFoA exams and apply for exemptions.
If you have excellent mathematical skills and a love of numbers, you can join the IFoA as a student member.
While there are no academic admissions criteria for student membership, the IFoA qualification syllabus is rigorous and our examinations are highly demanding, so we recommend applicants for student membership have a maths-based degree, for example:
If you do not have a maths-based degree and want to join as a student member, we recommend you take one of our non-member exams before applying to join. Our non-member exams will prepare you for the rigorous and demanding IFoA qualification process and give you an insight into the skills and techniques required to progress in an actuarial career.
Find out more about our non-member exams
The IFoA has career ambassadors worldwide who can answer your questions with regards to local job opportunities, careers in actuarial science, and anything else you wish to know about joining the IFoA.
If you would like to speak to a careers ambassador, please contact careers@actuaries.org.uk.
You can find our current membership subscription fees for student members on our subscription information web page. We offer a reduced membership subscription rate to students on a low income. Find whether you qualify for reduced rate subscription fees.
How much is it going to cost me to join?
You can find a list full list of our membership fees on our membership subscriptions table (126 KB PDF).
Admission fees and member subscription fees are only refundable if you decide to cancel your membership within the first 14 days after your membership has been confirmed. Thereafter, no refund of an admission fee or subscription fee will be given.
Simply complete our online application form and make the correct payment. If you are joining the IFoA as a student member and intend to sit your examination in our April 2024 exam sitting, you will need to submit your student membership application before 15 January 2024.