Yeah. Irish schools give out the most, because they may exceed the CTs (or Part I) to CAs - probably means their degrees are most Actuarial.

Australian schools (all 5 except Monash) have the full 8 CTs.

British schools sometimes have the full 8, or very very few. Big schools like LSE and Warwick only have 7.

British system -> you can even get ST exemptions after CAs

Australian system -> Part I = CTs, Part II can be done by studying at a couple unis, Part III is self-done, like British SAs
Just look at Maths degrees, and Stats and Actuarial degrees. Then look at the individual subjects or classes they do. Maybe Maths will have Differential Geometry and Topology, Mechanics etc, Actuarial will have Finance, Applied Statistics. Statistics is common to both but again, the difference will be the application.

An actuarial degree is irrelevant. You are an actuary if you work or worked as an actuary, and to work as one you have to be qualified, either as an Associate or Fellow (in the UK), or elsewhere.

To be a new Associate of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (The Actuarial Profession) you need to:

- Have passed or be exempted for all 9 CT papers
- Have passed or be exempted for all 3 CA papers
- Complete one year's worth of work-based skills in the four key dimensions of practical application of actuarial skills, professional and ethical, communication and commercial.
- Attend a one-day professionalism course for Associates

To be a new Fellow you need to:

- Have passed or be exempted from any 2 (in one case 3) ST papers
- Have passed 1 SA paper
- Fulfill the work-based skills requirement (includes 3 years supervised actuarial work)
- Attend a two-day professionalism course within 12 months of being admitted as a Fellow

basically you study 3 or 4 years for your degree, to learn the building blocks of actuarial science,
that is if you do well, you get exempted for papers case by case. hence, you will get your PART I of actuarial
qualification done (if you do well),
PART II and III are taken externally (although, there's some school that exempt for Part II as well, with a higher cut-off exemption grade).
If you are lifeless and/or highly intellectual and/or an expert in AS and/or just being lucky,
you might be able to finish all 3 PARTS within 7 years (std. dev 1.4 years).

Or, you can give up, and take CFA or CPA or some other qualification instead. Which is rumoured to be, what
people usually do.
PArt II passing rate is around 40%, Part III is 33%. for reference.
Actuarial science is a study of methods to manage financial risk. From interest rates, up to premium pricing.
Everything in finance, is incorporated as a finance applicable in actuarial science if thats what you are asking.
Oh, except we dont do much of single cash flow stuff, or financial calculators, perhaps these are too mainstream.

all you get most of the time is bunch of horrible algebra, and some tables to work with. maybe.

no.
you satisfy the Educational requirement for Part I and II, but you need to attend some required courses, working experience, a seminar module and stuff.
Provided you can pass through everything in single seating (thats if you are an awesome genius), you can finish everything in bout 6 years.

You need to clear even more specialised modules to be a fellow, while you need solid working experience for becoming an associate. Oh, and also dont forget all the assessments and papers.