The programme aims at providing students with advanced knowledge in financial management including financing & investment strategies and risk management.

Applicants must:

• hold a bachelor’s degree from a recognized university; and
• preferably possess more than 1 year of work experience in the industry.

Applicants whose entrance qualification is obtained from an institution where the medium of instruction is NOT English should also fulfill the following minimum English proficiency requirement^:

• a score of 79 (for tests taken prior to 21 January 2026) or 4 (for tests taken from 21 January 2026 onwards)  (Internet-based test) in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)^@#; or
• an overall band score of 6.0 in International English Language Testing System (IELTS)^@#; or
• a score 490 in the Chinese mainland's College English Test (CET-6); or
• other equivalent qualifications.

^{^} Individual Colleges and Schools may stipulate a higher English proficiency requirement, or equivalent acceptable qualifications, as deemed appropriate for their disciplines. 

^@ TOEFL and IELTS scores are considered valid for two years. Applicants are required to provide their English test results obtained within the two years preceding the start of the University's application period. 'TOEFL iBT Home Edition', 'TOEFL MyBest Score', 'IELTS Indicator', 'IELTS One Skill Retake' and 'IELTS Online' are not acceptable. All TOEFL results must be sent directly by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) using CityUHK’s institution code 3401, while IELTS results must be sent via the IELTS Results Service e-delivery to 'City University of Hong Kong - Graduate School'.

# Applicants with an IELTS overall band score of 6.0 or a TOEFL overall score of 4 will be required to pass an interview for English proficiency conducted by the concerned academic unit. Applicants with a comparable overall score of 79 or above shown on the TOEFL report may be exempt from the interview requirement. Interviews for other applicants may not be required. 

Core Courses

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

• Corporate Finance
• Derivatives and Risk Management
• Financial Econometrics
• Investments
• Professional Seminars in Finance
• Advanced Corporate Finance
• Fixed Income Securities
• International Financial Management

Electives

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

• Asset Management and Hedge Fund Strategies
• Credit Risk Management
• Financial Computing
• Financial Systems, Markets and Instruments
• Fintech and AI in Finance
• Option Pricing
• Stochastic Calculus for Finance
• Sustainable Finance
• An elective in the following disciplines offered by the departments of the College of Business to suit students’ interests and career development needs: Accounting, Decision analytics and Operations, Economics and Finance, Information Systems, Management, and Marketing

Department of Economics and Finance