MSc in Financial Engineering 12 months Postgraduate Programme By City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) |TopUniversities
Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

43,030 USDTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

31 Mar, 2025Application Deadline

Main Subject Area

FinanceMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Finance

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

Blended

The programme targets at helping students acquire advanced quantitative skills to analyze sophisticated derivative models, price and evaluate the risk of complex financial instruments, and develop appropriate risk management strategies.

Course Description

Core Courses

Students are required to take 8 required core courses (total 24 credit units).

  • Corporate Finance
  • Derivatives and Risk Management
  • Investments
  • Stochastic Calculus for Finance
  • Professional Seminars in Finance
  • Financial Computing
  • Fixed Income Securities
  • Option Pricing

Electives

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

  • Advanced Corporate Finance
  • Asset Management and Hedge Fund Strategies
  • Credit Risk Management
  • Financial Econometrics
  • Financial Systems, Markets and Instruments
  • International Financial Management
  • 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

Programme overview

Main Subject

Finance

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

Blended

The programme targets at helping students acquire advanced quantitative skills to analyze sophisticated derivative models, price and evaluate the risk of complex financial instruments, and develop appropriate risk management strategies.

Course Description

Core Courses

Students are required to take 8 required core courses (total 24 credit units).

  • Corporate Finance
  • Derivatives and Risk Management
  • Investments
  • Stochastic Calculus for Finance
  • Professional Seminars in Finance
  • Financial Computing
  • Fixed Income Securities
  • Option Pricing

Electives

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

  • Advanced Corporate Finance
  • Asset Management and Hedge Fund Strategies
  • Credit Risk Management
  • Financial Econometrics
  • Financial Systems, Markets and Instruments
  • International Financial Management
  • 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

Admission Requirements

79+
6.5+
Applicants must:
  • hold a bachelor’s degree from a recognized university; and
  • preferably possess more than 1 year of work experience in the industry; and
  • have a strong foundation in quantitative analysis.

31 Mar 2025
1 Year
Sep

Domestic
43,030 USD
International
43,030 USD

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