The programme aims at providing students with advanced knowledge in financial management including financing & investment strategies and risk management.
Year of Entry
2025Application Deadline
Local & Non-local : 31 Mar 2025Mode of Study
Combined †Mode of Funding
Non-government-fundedIndicative Intake Target
105Minimum No. of Credits Required
30Class Schedule
Weekday daytime or evenings; and SaturdaysNormal Study Period
Full-time: 1 yearPart-time/Combined mode: 2 years
Maximum Study Period
Full-time: 2.5 yearsPart-time/Combined mode: 5 years
Mode of Processing
Applications are processed on a rolling basis. Review of applications will start before the deadline and continue until all places are filled. Early applications are therefore strongly encouraged.Programme Outlines
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:
- a score of 79 (Internet-based test) in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)@#; or
- an overall band score of 6.5 in International English Language Testing System (IELTS)@; or
- a score 490 in the new College English Test (CET-6) of Chinese mainland; or
- other equivalent qualifications.
@TOEFL and IELTS scores are considered valid for two years. Applicants are required to provide their English test results obtained within the two years preceding the commencement of the University's application period.
# Applicants are required to arrange with the Educational Testing Service (ETS) to send their TOEFL results directly to the University. The TOEFL institution code for CityUHK is 3401.
Core Courses
Students are required to take 8 required core courses (total 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:
- Asset Management and Hedge Fund Strategies
- Credit Risk Management
- Financial Computing
- Financial Systems, Markets and Instruments
- Option Pricing
- Stochastic Calculus for Finance
- Sustainable Finance
- 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