MBA (Finance)

INTRODUCTION

PBS aims to nurture future leaders that practise the 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 to acquire financial management and investment analysis skills. (N/345/7/1058)(MQA/PA8637)(08/22)

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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 if he/she has had a minimum 3 years of working experience; 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.

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
FIN7206	Security Analysis & Portfolio Theory

FEES

TUITION FEE

RM24,000

ADMIN FEE (Recurring fee every trimester )

RM500

OTHER FEES

	Local Student	International Student
Acceptance Fee	RM300	RM800
Registration Fee	RM150	RM150
Alumni Fee	RM100	RM100
CMI Membership Fee*	RM400 (1st Trimester) RM300 (2nd Trimester) RM300 (3rd Trimester)	RM400 (1st Trimester) RM300 (2nd Trimester) RM300 (3rd Trimester)

TOTAL PROGRAMME FEE

Local Student

International Student

RM27,550 ( Full-time)*

RM29,550 (Part-time)*

RM31,250*

*Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Membership will be effective from May 2019 intake.

TOTAL FEES FOR LOCAL FULL-TIME STUDENT

Trimester 1	RM7,450
Trimester 2	RM6,800
Trimester 3	RM6,800
Trimester 4	RM6,500

TOTAL FEES FOR LOCAL PART-TIME STUDENT

Trimester 1	RM4,450
Trimester 2	RM3,800
Trimester 3	RM3,800
Trimester 4	RM3,500
Trimester 5	RM3,500
Trimester 6	RM3,500
Trimester 7	RM3,500
Trimester 8	RM3,500

TOTAL FEES FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT