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Stellenbosch University

Postgraduate Diploma in Actuarial Science

The Postgraduate Diploma in Actuarial Science in Economics is offered by Stellenbosch University.

Program Length: 2 YEARS.

Postgraduate Diploma in Actuarial Science offered by the Stellenbosch University at the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences

The diploma is well-suited to students who have completed an Honours degree in Actuarial Science and who wish to study further towards an actuarial qualification but who do not yet want to take a Master’s degree programme (which has a significant research component).

Admission requirements

A BCom (Actuarial Science) or equivalent degree with Actuarial Science and Mathematical Statistics as majors, and Mathematics to at least second-year level; and

Exemptions from (or passes in the profession’s examinations for) all eight of the Foundation and Intermediate Technical examinations of the Actuarial Society of South Africa or Core Technical examinations (CT1–CT8) of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.

Programme content

At least 120 credits must be completed from the list of elective modules below.

Programme module : Actuarial Science Both

Elective modules (120 credits)

Health and Care Technical (F101) 

Life Insurance Technical (F102) 

General Insurance Technical (F103) 

Pensions Technical (F104) 

Finance and Investment Technical (F105)

Finance and Investment Technical (ST6)

Actuarial Risk Management (A301/CA1) 

Capita Selecta: Actuarial Applications A

Capita Selecta: Actuarial Applications B

Modules totalling up to 30 credits (as approved by the Head of Actuarial Science from time to time) may be selected from topics offered in the Mathematical Statistics or Financial Risk Manage-ment postgraduate programmes.