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 STUDENTS ADMISSION REQUIREMENT

The duration of the MSc in Banking and Finance is one (1) year, and to gain admission to the programme, an applicant must satisfy the following minimum entry requirements:

 

This MSc will consider the following first-degree holders for admission: 

 

a. First Degree in any Business-related programmes or equivalent qualifications. Preference will be given to applicants with 1st Class and 2nd Class Upper Honours. 

 

b. Non-Business-related First Degree Graduates with a minimum of two years banking and finance industry experience; 

 

c. Applicants with an MBA or equivalent may also apply.

 

d. Applicants with professional membership in Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB), Ghana, Associate of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)Institute of Chartered Accountant- Ghana (ICA)Association of Certified Accountants (ACCA)Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) or their equivalence may apply. 

 

d. FOREIGN APPLICANTS 

Foreign applicants from accredited/recognized institutions would be considered for admission in consultation with the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission for the determination of qualifications for equivalences.

   

COURSE STRUCTURE


Semester-by-semester

Semester-by-semester structure/schedule of course, showing the credit value of each course This table provides the course names, course codes and the allocated credit hours for the respective courses for the MSc programme.

 

SEMESTER I

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Load

T

P

C

MSBF 503

Financial Markets

3

0

3

MSBF 505

Pharmaceutical Financial Management

3

0

3

MSBF 507

Research Methods

2

2

3

MSBF 509

Financial Regulation and Supervision

3

0

3

MSBF 511

Quantitative Methods 

2

2

3

MSBF 513

Banking Operations

3

0

3

Total

 

16

4

18

 

 

 

 

SEMESTER II

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Load

T

P

C

MSBF 502

Financial Econometric

2

2

3

MSBF 504

Bank Management

3

0

3

MSBF 506

Bank Risk Management

3

0

3

MSBF 508

International Finance

3

0

3

MSBF 510

Dissertation/Thesis

0

12

6

Total

 

8

20

18

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About KsTU

Kumasi Technical University was established in 1954 as Kumasi Technical Institute (K. T. I. ) to offer craft courses. In 1963, the Institute was converted to a non-tertiary Polytechnic status under the Ghana Education Service to start offering, in addition, technician diploma and sub- professional courses.

Contact info

Location: Kumasi - Ashanti Region, Ghana, W/A

Postal Address: P. O. Box 854, Kumasi 

Email: info@kstu.edu.gh 

Tel: Admissions: +233(0)322 496 534, +233(0)322 496 380