Programme Aims, Objectives and Outcomes Programme. 

 Aim 

The programme aims to develop future leaders with strong banking and finance foundation and expertise in emerging trends of sustainable banking and finance. As global financial space is fast embracing the precepts of sustainable banking and finance, this programme aims to churn out graduates with the requisite expertise to guide the implementation of sustainable banking and finance practices whiles helping expand the frontiers of the world’s understanding of sustainable banking and finance. 

 Objectives  

The objectives of this programme are to: 

1. Build strong foundation for students in the area of banking and finance. 
2. Build upon the foundation of banking and finance by transitioning into emerging concepts of sustainable banking and finance. 
3. Develop students to appreciate the mechanics of risk management in credit delivery; management of financial resources at the highest level of decision-making; appreciate global perspectives on financial sector regulations; and understand and work with the emerging trends of digital finance. 
4. Provide rewarding career pathways in banking and finance, including areas such as financial risk management, GARP-Sustainability, and credit risk management. 

5. Provide avenues for students to prepare themselves for higher research degrees as well as Risk Professional Certification. 

    

 Intended/Expected Outcomes 

At the end of the programme, graduates will be able to: 

1. Work on sustainable banking and finance issues in the banking and finance space. This encompasses economic, social, and governance parameters of sustainability in banking and finance. 
2. Conduct high level assessment of compliance issues relating to sustainable banking and finance practices. 
3. Advise financial institutions on implementation dynamics of sustainable banking and finance. 

4. Conduct research in the area of sustainable banking and finance. 

    

 Students’ Admission, Progression and Graduation 

The duration of the MSc programme is two (2) years, and to gain admission to the programme, an applicant must satisfy the following minimum entry requirements: 

 GHANAIAN APPLICANTS 

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

1. BTech or BSc. in Business related programmes or equivalent qualifications. 

Preference will be given to applicants with 1st Class and 2nd Class Upper Honours. 

2. Applicants with masters in any business related fields or science and engineering may also apply. 

3. Applicants with CIB Ghana, ICA, ACCA, CIMA or their equivalence may apply. 

 FOREIGN APPLICANTS 

10.1.4.1 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. 

 Target Market and Employability: 

 Prospective Students 

This programme has been designed to cater for the needs of graduates of BTech/BSc/BA in business-related programmes from Kumasi Technical University and elsewhere who would like to upgrade themselves through a master’s degree programme. The Business School has, over the past years, graduated several students who hold BTech and would like to return to do their masters. Most of these past students have been requesting an opportunity to have a practical-oriented master’s. This MSc programme is developed to fulfil this request. The Banking Technology and Finance Department in particular has mounted the BTech and BSc Banking and Finance programmes with students at various levels who would feed into the MSc programme. Additionally, other Banking and Finance graduates and graduates from related fields from other universities stand to benefit from the introduction of this master's programme as it provides a progression path for them as well. 

 Employment and Employability 

The Sustainable Banking and Finance MSc is designed to be useful to every sector of the economy, particularly the financial sector. Sustainability in banking and finance is fast becoming a mainstay, as financial institutions push to meet global standards to shore up their reputation, access the growing pool of climate and sustainable finance, and to incorporate sustainability parameters in financial transactions. Opportunities therefore abound for graduates of sustainable banking and finance either as employees of financial institutions seeking to integrate sustainability parameters in their value proposition or as consultants who would guide financial institutions in the adoption and seamless implementation of sustainability framework. There are also opportunities in the academic environment for the advancement of knowledge of the emerging sustainable banking and finance discipline. Apart from training our graduates to be entrepreneurial by setting up consultancies and teaming up with other partners to establish firms, they could be employed in a wide-ranging medium to large organisations in both the private and public sectors for roles relating to finance. Organisations in the private sector such as Accounting and Audit firms, the Judicial and paralegal organisations, Pharmaceutical Firms, Construction, Insurance, Merchandising, Mining, Oil and Gas, Timber, Manufacturing, Health, Agriculture, Education, Hospitality and Leisure, Engineering, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to mention a few and this is so because essentially every business activity undertaken involves some finance. 

1. Elective Course(s) 

These courses are only for students registered for the Banking and Finance specialisation. 

SEMESTER III 

SEMESTER IV

Research Component 

MBFN 654 (MSc dissertation) starts from Semester III to Semester IV. Every dissertation must be assessed and marks awarded by internal and external assessors. All dissertations must be accompanied plagiarism reports generated from Turnitin. The similarity index must not exceed 20%.