The programme aims at providing students with advanced knowledge in financial management including financing & investment strategies and risk management.

Applicants must:

• hold a bachelor’s degree from a recognized university; and
• preferably possess more than 1 year of work experience in the industry.

Applicants whose entrance qualification is obtained from an institution where the medium of instruction is not English should also fulfill the following minimum English proficiency requirement:

• TOEFL score of 550 (paper-based test) or 79 (internet-based test); or
• Overall band score of 6.5 in International English Language Testing System (IELTS); or
• Score 490 in the new College English Test (CET-6) of Chinese mainland or a pass in the old CET-6 test; or
• Other equivalent qualifications

Core Courses

Students are required to take 8 required core courses which equal to a total of 24 credit units.

• Corporate Finance
• Derivatives and Risk Management
• Financial Econometrics
• Investments
• Professional Seminars in Finance
• Advanced Corporate Finance
• Fixed Income Securities
• International Financial Management

Electives

Students can choose 2 electives (total 6 credit units) from the list below:

• Option Pricing
• Spreadsheet Modeling in Finance
• Stochastic Calculus for Finance
• Credit Risk Management
• Financial Systems, Markets and Instruments
• An elective in the following disciplines offered by the departments of the College of Business to suit students’ interests and career development needs: Accounting, Economics and Finance, Information Systems, Management, Management Science, and Marketing

Department of Economics and Finance