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Route To Becoming An Actuary - Soa: 1. Preliminary Education Component
Route To Becoming An Actuary - Soa: 1. Preliminary Education Component
Route To Becoming An Actuary - Soa: 1. Preliminary Education Component
The VEE topics are no longer tested on in the preliminary exams. Candidates with credit for
Course 2 earned prior to 2005 have been given credit for VEE – Economics and VEE –
Corporate Finance topics.
Candidates with credit for Course 4 earned prior to 2005 have been given credit for VEE –
Applied Statistical Methods.
NOTE: VEE topics are not prerequisites for the preliminary examinations. They need not be
completed prior to writing any of the preliminary exams and may be fulfilled independently of the
preliminary exam process.
Credit for VEE can be obtained through various courses completed from colleges or other
education programs. Within Malaysia, candidates can gain credit via the following Universities:
University of Malaya
National University of Malaysia
Tungku Abdul Rahman University
University of Technology MARA
Upon completion of the Preliminary Education Component, VEE, FAP and ACP, the
candidate will obtain the title of Associate of the SOA (ASA).
Upon completion of all of the above, the candidate will obtain the title of Fellow of the
SOA (FSA).