Programme Structure
Applicable for students who are admitted from AY2022-23 onwards
Students have to study 6 core courses (3 credits each)
Category of Core Course | Course Code/Course Title |
Corporate Finance | IBF502 Corporate Finance |
Economics | IBF503 Microeconomics for Global Business |
International | IBF504 International Macroeconomics |
Investment | IBF505 Investment Theory and Applications |
Quantitative | IBF604 Financial Econometrics I |
FinTech | IBF624 FinTech Trends and Challenges |
+ Any 12 credits of elective courses
Applicable for students who are admitted in AY2021-22 or before
Students have to obtain a minimum of 30 credits which consists of at least 3 credits in each of the five core clusters (total 15 credits)
Corporate Finance Cluster | IBF502 and / or IBF603 |
Investment Cluster | IBF505 and / or IBF617 |
Financial Institutions Cluster | IBF606 and / or IBF611 and / or IBF616 |
International Cluster | IBF504 and / or IBF615 and / or IBF622 |
Quantitative Cluster | IBF604 and / or IBF618 and / or IBF623 |
+ 15 credits of elective courses (the extra course taken from the same cluster will be counted as an elective course)
List of Courses
- IBF502 Corporate Finance
- IBF503 Microeconomics for Global Business
- IBF504 International Macroeconomics#
- IBF505 Investment Theory and Applications
- IBF601 Microeconomics of Banking
- IBF602 Derivatives and Risk Management
- IBF603 Multinational Financial Management
- IBF604 Financial Econometrics I
- IBF605 Business Valuation and Financial Statement Analysis
- IBF606 Financial Institutions on the Chinese Mainland and in Hong Kong
- IBF611 Management of Banks and Financial Institutions
- IBF612 Professional Issues in Banking and Finance (1.5 credits)
- IBF614 Fixed-Income Securities
- IBF615 International Money and Finance#
- IBF617 Global Investment
- IBF618 Financial Econometrics II
- IBF619 Accounting for Financial Professionals
- IBF620 Legal Issues in the Regulation and Compliance of Financial and Banking Institutions
- IBF621 Behavioral Finance
- IBF622 Paying for the Real Economy: the Theory and Financing of International Trade
- IBF623 Quantitative Methods for Finance and Economics
- IBF624 Fintech Trends and Challenges
- IBF625 Regional Study of a Financial Center in the East^ (1.5 credits)
- IBF626 Regional Study of a Financial Center in the West^ (1.5 credits)
- IBF627 Practical Cases in Banking and Finance (1.5 credits)
- IBF628 Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Finance
- IBF629 Selected Seminars in Economics and Finance
# Students are not allowed to take both IBF504 and IBF615 for credits.
^ Students are not allowed to take both IBF625 and IBF626 for credits.