Admission and Content to become a "Certified Actuarial Data Scientist" (CADS)

Education and Training to become a "Certified Actuarial Data Scientist" (CADS)

The education and training to become a “Certified Actuarial Data Scientist” (CADS) combines, among other things, issues of data processing and data protection, developing data science applications and handling state-of-the-art programming languages in an actuarial context. This additional qualification to become a CADS is aimed at fully qualified actuaries who wish to specialise further and expand their field of activity into data science in the context of insurance and financial services.

If you wish to become a specialist in Actuarial Data Science then make an investment in your future career and find out about the CADS education and training in accordance with the current CADS examination regulations.

Further Information on CADS Education and Training

Admission to the CADS training programme

Application for CADS training requires a membership of the DAV or, if you are not yet a member of the DAV, admission to the examinations to become a DAV Actuary.

Application for the CADS training programme

Please send the completed application (PDF can be filled out electronically) by

e-mail to:

pruefungen@aktuar.de (preferred)

or post to

Deutsche Aktuarvereinigung e.V. (DAV e.V.)
Examination Department
Hohenstaufenring 47-51
50674 Cologne

Contents of the CADS training programme

According to the current examination regulations, the CADS programme consists of the following four subjects:

- Actuarial Data Science Basic
- Actuarial Data Science Advanced
- Actuarial Data Science Immersion
- Actuarial Data Science Completion

Please refer to the learning objectives for detailed information on the content of each subject.

CADS training seminars

The DAA (EAA) offers preparatory seminars for all CADS examinations. You must attend the mandatory seminars for the subject before you can register for the exams in your chosen subject.

Find out more about the DAA’s preparatory seminars →

Lecture notes for DAA seminars

The lecture notes for DAA seminars are copyrighted and may only be obtained if you attend the seminar in question.

Exception: candidates who have to re-sit an exam and who have already attended a DAA seminar on the subject in question may purchase the current version of the lecture notes at a reduced rate. This rate is 1/3 of the price of the current seminar.

If you are interested please email the secretariat of the offices of the DAV via:
info@aktuar.de

Examinations in the CADS training programme

The examinations for the additional qualification take place in the subjects Actuarial Data Science Basic and Advanced in form of 180-minute written examinations. The examinations in the subjects Actuarial Data Science Immersion and Completion are organised as practical examinations in the form of a project to be completed. This is to ensure that all future CADS graduates have practical user knowledge.

Below you will find instructions for taking the practical examinations in the subjects CADS Immersion and Completion, as well as the associated mandatory testing process:

Instructions for taking the e-exam – practical examination (in German)

Instructions for conducting the e-exam test process – practical examination (in German)

Recognition of examinations from DAV training

If subjects in the field of actuarial data science (e.g. Actuarial Data Science Basic (ADS 1), Actuarial Data ScienceAdvanced (ADS 2)) have already been successfully completed as part of the DAV training, these will automatically be credited as passed in the CADS training, so that only the remaining subjects that have not yet been successfully completed need to be taken.

Costs of the CADS training programme

Please refer to the cost overview for the costs of the respective seminars and examinations.