Help and advice for new students

Please read the Profession's Student Handbook carefully and start studying as soon as possible.

Induction courses

Induction courses are designed to give new actuarial students a flying start to the early subjects, as well as introducing and developing the basic actuarial skills that new students will use in the office.

Actuarial exam subject listing

Please see the full listing of the subject numbers and their titles.

What should I order if I am sitting an exam for the first time?

Paper products

If you are sitting a subject for the first time, we recommend that you order a Combined Materials Pack, Series X Marking, and a Mock Exam with Marking (unless your employer will automatically purchase a Mock Exam for you). Our Revision Notes, ASET, Sound Revision and Flashcards are also very popular. For more information about our paper products, please see our Paper products section.

If you have not studied maths for a long period, you may find it useful to study the Foundation ActEd Course (FAC) or StatsPack. To help you judge whether or not you would find FAC helpful, see our FAC page, where you will find an initial assessment with 20 questions, which are typical of mathematical problems that will be encountered in the early actuarial exams. Further information about StatsPack and some sample pages can be found on our StatsPack page.

In addition to the ActEd study materials mentioned above, you will also need a copy of the Formulae and Tables for Examinations of the Faculty of Actuaries and the Institute of Actuaries, 2nd Edition (2002). These are often referred to as simply the (orange, yellow or gold) Tables and are available separately from the Publications Shop of the Actuarial Profession. Please see the Profession's website at www.actuaries.org.uk for details.

Tutorials

Our tutorials are also very helpful. You can choose between a Taught Course, a Regular Tutorial or a Block Tutorial. A Revision Day is a very useful addition. Please note that there is a significant degree of overlap between Regular and Block Tutorials and we do not expect students to attend both of these in a given subject in the same session. There is no overlap between Revision Days and other tutorials.

As our tutorials are based around the course notes and therefore require students to have worked through some or all of the current course before each tutorial, you should order your courses before or at the same time as registering on tutorials. If you order tutorials before materials, your application may be delayed while we try to contact you to advise you of the situation. If you would like more information about our tutorials, please visit our Tutorials section.

Placing an order for the first time

For help on completing the ActEd application forms, please view Placing your first order.

The profession's libraries

All students are entitled to use the profession's libraries in Edinburgh, London and Oxford.

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