BA/BS in Actuarial Science is a bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science programme taught at University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown, Canada. The programme runs for 4 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 17,848 per year (CAD 8,130 per year for local students).
Actuarial Science applies techniques from mathematics, statistics, business, economics, and finance to the assessment and management of risk in insurance, pensions, and investment. Core coursework covers calculus, linear algebra, statistics, and computing, building toward more specialized study in probability, financial mathematics, actuarial mathematics, loss models, and corporate finance. The program is delivered through the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences on UPEI's Charlottetown campus, and a co-operative education option lets students alternate academic terms with paid work placements. It leads to a Bachelor of Science and is aimed at students working toward professional actuarial designation, with coursework structured to align with the topics covered by professional actuarial examinations. It suits students who are comfortable with a heavily quantitative curriculum and are specifically aiming at a career as an actuary, rather than a general mathematics, statistics, or business degree.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Faculty of Science admission requires Grade 12 academic English, Grade 12 academic Mathematics, two Grade 12 academic science subjects (Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Computer Science, Oceanography, Animal Science or Environmental Science) and one further Grade 12 academic course; Grade 12 academic Chemistry (or equivalent) is required before registering in CHEM-1110. The programme page does not itself publish an overall percentage average or English-language test scores, referring applicants instead to the UPEI Academic Calendar's high-school admission chapter and a Canadian High School Equivalency Chart. As an undergraduate Science programme it falls under UPEI's general English Language Proficiency Requirement — IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with no band below 6.0, TOEFL PBT 550 with a TWE of 5.5, TOEFL Essentials 8.5 with no score below 8.0, CAEL 60, Pearson Test of English 58, Cambridge 176 overall with no skill below 169, Duolingo 120 with subscores of at least 115, or Oxford ELLT 7 with no component below 6.
Application Details
Application Deadline:UPEI has no shared provincial application service; domestic and international applicants both apply directly through the UPEI Application Portal, and most undergraduate programs (Arts, Science, Business) carry no fixed institution-wide closing date, with applications for the 2027 entry cycle assessed on a rolling basis until seats fill. Several professional programs set their own hard dates instead: for example the Bachelor of Education uses an October 15, 2026 priority-review deadline with rolling admission after. UPEI states that deadlines for non-competitive undergraduate programs are set yearly for international applicants rather than published as a fixed date, and directs applicants to email inte@upei.ca; overall, admission across most programs is rolling. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
