BA/BS in Actuarial Science is a bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science programme taught at Université Laval in Québec, Canada. The programme runs for 3 years. It carries 90.0 credits. Tuition for international students is CAD 27,095 per year (CAD 3,118 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Actuarial Science
Duration: 3 years
Credits: 90.0
Local tuition: CAD 3,118 / year
International tuition: CAD 27,095 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This bachelor's program (B.Sc.) in actuarial science trains students to analyze and manage financial risk, developing expertise in mathematics, statistics, and quantitative modelling applied to insurance, retirement plans, government programs, and investments. The program totals 90 credits, completed over three to three-and-a-half years of full-time study. Up to three paid practical-training placements of 12 to 15 weeks each are available, the first as early as after the first year of study. In the final year, students can focus on a specific area such as life risks, property and casualty risks, financial risks, collective risks, retirement plans, or data analytics and artificial intelligence, and an optional research-project course is also available. The program suits students with strong mathematical and statistical aptitude who are logical, pragmatic, and methodical, show initiative and critical thinking, and communicate easily. Graduates pursue careers as actuaries, risk analysts, and financial analysts with insurance companies, financial institutions, government agencies, and consulting firms, with the program noting growing opportunities in emerging fields such as artificial intelligence and data science.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Quebec applicants qualify directly with a DEC in Natural Sciences, Sciences Letters and Arts, Computer Science and Mathematics, or the International Baccalaureate in Sciences; other DEC holders must complete the required three-course mathematics sequence, one physics course, and one further course in advanced calculus, calculus III, advanced quantitative methods, or probability and statistics, using Université Laval's prerequisite and equivalency table. Applicants from outside Quebec need 13 years of pre-university education, or 12 years plus one year of university study, with the university's general international-credential equivalencies applied. Non-francophone applicants must pass the Test de français (TCF tout public); French-as-a-second-language coursework is available through the immersion pathway for those who fall short. Selection is based on the quality of the academic record; no separate minimum admission average is published.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall and Winter
Application Deadline:Domestic (Quebec and other-Canadian) applicants to Universite Laval apply per trimester: for Automne (Fall) 2027 entry, online applications open August 15, 2026, non-quota bachelor's applications are due March 1, 2027 (late until August 15, 2027) and non-quota graduate applications are due February 1, 2027; Hiver (Winter) 2027 applications are due November 1, 2026 (late until December 1, 2026). Quota programs -- MD, first-cycle PharmD, and bachelor's degrees in occupational therapy, physiotherapy, sexology and biomedical sciences -- close November 1, 2026 for Automne 2027, for all applicants. International applicants face firmer, earlier cutoffs (February 1, 2027 for Automne; July 1, 2026 for Hiver 2027; December 1, 2026 for Ete 2027) given 4-to-6-month immigration processing; a late international application is deferred to a later term rather than accepted for the term requested. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
