Examination Regulation No. 6 (PO 6) will go into effect on 01.01.2026.

The most important changes in PO 6 at a glance:

• Strengthening of the subject of accounting through the establishment of a new course entitled ‘Accounting, ERM and Modelling’; the related PO 5 course ‘Modelling and ERM’ will accordingly not be continued in PO 6.
• Creation of a new course entitled ‘Data Science and Artificial Intelligence’
• Adjusted focus in the course ‘Corporate Management’ and division of all content between the subjects ‘Economic and Legal Environment’ and ‘Accounting, ERM and Modelling’, thereby eliminating the previous PO 5 subject ‘Corporate Management’
• Demand-oriented modernisation of the content of the other Foundation courses with correspondingly updated learning objectives.
• The following transitional arrangements apply in the event of a voluntary change from PO 5 to PO 6.

Content and Examinations of the DAV‘s Education and Training Programme

Foundation subjects to be examined in the DAV programme

The following six examination subjects covering DAV Foundation Courses must be successfully completed in accordance with PO 6:

• Economic and legal environment
• Applied stochastics
• Data science and artificial intelligence
• Financial mathematics and risk assessment
• Actuarial mathematics
• Accounting, ERM and modelling (Due to extensive content work, this subject will be offered at a later date. Information will follow.)

Mandatory seminars: DAV Foundation Courses

Moreover, candidates must attend mandatory seminars (no examinations) in the following two subjects (unchanged to PO 5):

• Professionalism
• Communication

DAV Foundation Courses – PO 5

(Latest admission until 31.12.2025)

Foundation subjects to be examined in the DAV programme

The following six examination subjects covering DAV Foundation Courses must be successfully completed in accordance with PO 6:

• Economic and legal environment*
• Applied stochastics*
• Financial mathematics and risk assessment*
• Actuarial mathematics*
• Modelling and ERM (until 2030)
• Corporate Management (until 2030)

*Updated learning objectives as of 1 January 2026, see document Objectives PO 6

Mandatory seminars: DAV Foundation Courses

Moreover, candidates must attend mandatory seminars (no examinations) in the following two subjects (unchanged to PO 5):

• Professionalism
• Communication

Transitional arrangements PO 5 to PO 6

As a student of PO 5, you can voluntarily switch to the new PO 6 at any time:

• All credits already earned will be fully recognised upon transfer. Passed examinations in the subjects ‘Modelling and ERM’ (for the new subject ‘Accounting, ERM and Modelling’) and/or ‘Corporate Management’ (for the new subject ‘Data Science and AI’) will be credited without restriction.
• The two subjects ‘Modelling and ERM’ and ‘Corporate Management’ from PO 5 will continue to be offered in their current form until 2030. Please note: Due to the extensive changes in content in the basic knowledge subject ‘Accounting, ERM and Modelling’ in accordance with PO 6, we are not yet able to provide you with specific dates for preparatory events and examinations. Please take this into account in your individual training progress. If, for example, this subject is the only one you are missing to complete your DAV training, it may make more sense for you to remain in the previous PO 5 for time reasons.
• It is not possible to switch from PO 6 to PO 5.

DAV specialist courses to be attended 

In addition to the foundation courses candidates must pass examinations in two specialist courses. These two examinations must be selected from one of the following specialisations in accordance with the candidate’s evidenced professional experience. Candidates may not register for the examinations in the specialist courses selected before attending the respective mandatory seminars in the subject.

• Actuarial Data Science (Modules 1 & 2)
• Building Savings (Modules 1 & 2)
• Enterprise Risk Management (Modules 1 & 2)
• Investment and Financial Mathematics (Modules 1 & 2)
• Health Insurance (Modules 1 & 2)
• Life Insurance (Modules 1 & 2)
• Pensions (Modules 1 & 2)
• Accounting (Modules 1 & 2)
• Non-Life Insurance (Modules 1 & 2) 

Recognition of Examinations Taken at University

If you have already taken examinations in subjects from the DAV Foundation or Specialist courses during your university studies these may be recognised for your DAV education and training. A prerequisite for this recognition is that your university has a DAV liaison lecturer who can issue evidence that you can attach to your application for admission to the DAV‘s education and training programme.

This overview can tell you whether your university has a DAV liaison lecturer.

Examination dates in 2026

Prüfungstermine 2026

Our exams generally take place in May and October each year. You can find the exact dates as follows:

Prüfungen des Grundwissens   

Prüfungen des Spezialwissens 

 Prüfungen des IVS  

Zulassungsprüfungen

Deadline for Registration:

The registration deadline for the examinations in October 2025 is the Friday four weeks before the examination date.

From 2026, the registration and deregistration deadline for the examinations will be the Thursday four weeks before the examination date.