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 Education Programme

DAV Foundation Courses – PO 6

Exam subjects included in the DAV Foundation Courses

The following six exam subjects of the DAV foundation courses must be successfully completed:

• Economic and Legal Environment
• Applied Stochastics
• Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
• Financial Mathematics and Risk Assessment
• Actuarial Mathematics

• Accounting, ERM, and Modelling

   

Mandatory Seminars in DAV Foundation Courses

In addition, mandatory seminars (without exams) must be attended in the following two subjects: 

• Professionalism

• Communication

   

DAV Foundation Courses – PO 5

(Admission until 31 December 2025, at the latest)

Exam subjects included in the DAV Foundation Courses

The following six examination subjects in DAV foundation courses must be successfully completed according to PO 5:

• Economic and Legal Environment*
• Applied Statistics*
• Financial Mathematics and Risk Assessment*
• Actuarial Mathematics*
• Modelling and ERM (until 2030)
• Corporate Management (until 2030)

*Updated learning objectives from 1 January 2026, see document Learning Objectives PO 6

Mandatory Seminars in DAV Foundation Courses

In addition, mandatory seminars (without exams) must be attended in the following two subjects:

• Professionalism
• Communication

Transitional arrangements PO 5 to PO 6

As a candidate under 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.
• It is not possible to switch from PO 6 to PO 5.

Exam subjects in the DAV Specialist Courses

In addition to the DAV foundation course exams, two DAV specialist course exams must be passed. These two exams must be chosen from one of the following specialisations according to your documented professional experience. Registration for the examinations in the chosen specialist course requires participation in the respective mandatory seminars of the subject.

• Actuarial Data Science (Module 1 & 2)
• Home Savings (Module 1 & 2)
• Enterprise Risk Management (Module 1 & 2)
• Investment and Financial Mathematics (Module 1 & 2)
• Health Insurance (Module 1 & 2)
• Life Insurance (Module 1 & 2)
• Pensions (Module 1 & 2)
• Accounting (Module 1 & 2)
• Property and Casualty Insurance (Module 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 programme. A prerequisite for this recognition is that your university has a DAV liaison lecturer who can issue a certificate that you can attach to your application for admission to the DAV education programme.

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

Examination dates in 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:

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