Best universities for Actuarial Science in UK?

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Why are you not telling them that it is easier via the Swiss route?? The IFOA route is a lot harder than that used by many in the EU. We have to do more exams to get fellowship. The IFOA recognize the lesser qualifications from the AAE for fellowship.

Original post by InstituteAndFacultyofActuaries

If you have a 2:1 degree at minimum, along with Maths A level grade A or B you will be able to apply for graduate trainee roles.

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Shalomniger

Original post by lazjb

Hi, I've applied for both LSE and City to do actuarial science this year. I did hear that the lecturers at City are all qualified actuary's compared to LSE who are just lecturers possibly without the experience. I also found out that the textbooks that the LSE lecturers use, were written by lecturers from City. I know that London School of Economics is an amazing school and quite high up alongside oxbridge, but it's worth noting that no university is great at everything? Lots of universities specialise, and personally I don't believe that LSE are that good with actuarial science, despite the popularity of their economics and politics degrees. Dependent on what your grades are, you're looking at AAA for LSE or A*AA for City... Good luck!

Hi Lazjb, please what is your experience with Actuarial Science? I know it has been a long time when you posted it here. Thanks.

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161BMW

I thought technically you don’t need a degree just A Level Maths B grade or above. Though most companies prefer graduates with 2:1 or above.

The quickest way to be an actuary is do BSc in Actuarial Science get exemptions from CT1-8.
Then go somewhere like City University and do postgrad and get maybe 2-3 more exemptions from CA1, STs.

If you just do BSc and don’t do postgrad most students struggle with their first exam CA1. Students with little or no exemptions still find CA1 tricky but is a bit more doable because they have passed the CTs and the confidence from that.

This is the fastest way to be an actuary.

I would think long and hard though if you really want to be an actuary as I know many people that are bored and want to leave but don’t know what else to do. The money isn’t everything and is higher in some other professions.