INTRODUCTION
PBS aims to nurture future leaders that practise human governance values and principles. PBS also engages in research, consulting, and business development activities. This programme caters to top managers who would like to have an in-depth understanding of how financial markets function. This programme is designed to equip students with financial management and investment analysis skills. (N/345/7/1058)(MQA/PA8637)(08/22)
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must possess one of the following qualifications:
- A
recognised Bachelor’s degree with a CGPA of at least 2.75 or its equivalent (i). - A recognised Bachelor’s degree with a CGPA below 2.75 but not lower than 2.50 will be considered based on a strict internal assessment (including test, interview or portfolio); or
- A recognised Bachelor’s degree with a CGPA below 2.50 will be considered if he/she has had a minimum 5 years of working experience; or
- A professional qualification that is recognised as being equivalent to (i) above; or
- A pass at Level 7 Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) assessment by Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA); or
- Other qualifications approved by the PBS Senate.
All international candidates graduated from degree programmes whereby English is not the medium of instruction must have obtained a minimum TOEFL 550 or IELTS Band 6.0 or MUET Band 5.0.
DELIVERY OF COURSES
FULL-TIME STUDENTS
| Trimester | No of Courses |
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Project Paper |
- Lectures are conducted on alternate
weekdays morning or evening or weekends (Saturdays and Sundays). - There will be 1 – 2 weeks of
inter trimester break. - Study duration is 18 months.
PART-TIME STUDENTS
| Trimester | No of Courses |
| 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 |
| 8 | Project Paper |
- Lectures are conducted on alternate weekdays morning or evening, or weekends (Saturdays and Sundays).
- There will be 1 – 2 weeks of
inter trimester break. - Study duration is 32 months.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
The structure of the MBA (Finance) programme is as follows:
| Total courses of 15 (14 x 3 credits + 1 x 6 credits) | 48 credit hours |
| 9 core courses (9 x 3 credits) | 27 credit hours |
| 5 specialisation courses (5 x 3 credits) | 15 credit hours |
| Project paper | 6 credit hours |
| Specialisation | ||
| FIN7101 | Financing Businesses | |
| FIN7201 | International Finance | |
| FIN7202 | Investment Analysis | |
| FIN7205 | Islamic Finance | |
| FIN7207 | Corporate Finance | |
| Elective – Choose 2 from 7 Courses | ||
| MGT7101 | Managing Operations of Business | |
| MGT7104 | Knowledge Management | |
| MGT7105 | Business Intelligence and Analytics Systems | |
| MGT7106 | Digital Business and Entrepreneurship | |
| FIN7203 | Current Issues in Finance | |
| FIN7204 |
Financial Planning |
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| FIN7206 |
Security Analysis & Portfolio Theory |
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FEES
*ALL FEES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE **UPDATED 29 MAY 2020