Study Actuary SAA

Obtaining the title "Actuary SAA"

The title "Actuary SAA" can be obtained by anyone who fulfills the requirements of the SAA 2023 syllabus and can demonstrate at least 3 years of relevant actuarial practice.

The application for the Actuary SAA course is submitted to the SAA Examination Board. This decides which examinations are still required to fulfill the SAA syllabus.

A one-off dossier fee of CHF 200 is charged upon admission.

Once all examinations have been passed and three years of professional experience can be demonstrated, candidates apply for admission to the SAA Actuary Examination Colloquium. Candidates who do not have to take any additional examinations due to their academic training apply directly for admission to the SAA Actuary Examination Colloquium at the point in time when three years of professional experience can be demonstrated.

The provisions for admission to the examination colloquium are set out in the SAA Actuary Examination Regulations.

The Actuary SAA examination colloquium takes place at least once a year. The date, venue and costs are advertised on the Internet. Candidates must attend the SAA's "Professionalism" course before being definitively admitted to the SAA Actuary Examination Colloquium. The course takes place twice a year. The date, location and costs are advertised on the Internet (SAA Actuary Examination Regulations Art. 19).

After successful completion of the Actuary SAA examination colloquium, the SAA Examination Commission applies to the SAA Board for the candidate to be admitted to the SAA Actuaries Section. The Board decides on the application.

Only candidates who have previously been accepted as full members of the SAV Association by the SAV Board may be admitted to the SAV Actuaries Section. Without full membership, the candidate cannot be admitted to the "Actuaries SAA" Section.

Application procedure for the SAA study programme

1. The application for the SAA Actuary study programme must be completed, signed and sent to the SAA secretariat with the following enclosures:
   - Certificates from university and university of applied sciences studies, transcripts
   - Employment references
   - Curriculum vitae
2. The complete dossier will be forwarded to the SAA Examination Board. The examination board decides what material the candidate still needs to have examined and the number of years of relevant actuarial practice that must be proven for admission to the SAA Actuary examination colloquium.
3. The candidate will receive a list of lectures and lecturers and the details of the contact person for the Actuarial SAA study programme at the university.

Organization / procedure of the Actuary SAA study programme

1. Candidates register as students at the respective university. For ETH Zurich, registration as a "Fachstudierender Aktuar SAV" is required. The information sheet for the Actuary SAA course at ETH Zurich applies.

2. Candidates arrange the examination dates with the lecturers (does not apply to ETH Zurich). The University of Bern has specific rules.

3. The secretariat charges the candidate CHF 400 per completed examination. In addition, the tuition fees incurred at the University of Bern will be invoiced by the SAV. The registration fees as a student at the other universities will be invoiced by the respective university.

4. Once all examinations have been successfully passed and paid for, you can register for or be admitted to the SAA Actuary examination colloquium. Registration for the examination colloquium is also the application for admission to the "Actuaries SAA" section.

Actuary SAA examination colloquium

The Actuary SAA examination colloquium marks the end of the Actuary SAA study programme. Further information is available under Actuary SAA examination colloquium .