BSc (Hons) Finance and Investment Management

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Master the art and science behind the financial markets and develop a deep understanding of the wider business world. Our CISI-recognized BSc (Hons) Finance and Investment Management course lays the foundations for a range of rewarding careers in this fascinating industry.

The core focus of our teaching is about preparing you for employment. Key modules include Careers in Accounting, Economics and Finance, and Professional Practice in Accounting, Economics and Finance – both designed to build practical knowledge of working in the industry.

And you won’t just be learning about investing in the classroom.You’ll also be putting your skills into practice in our on-site trading room, complete with industry-standard professional Bloomberg terminals that reflect live, real-life market developments.

BSc (Hons) Finance and Investment Management

Admissions Start 1st March 2026

Admissions End 31st August 2026

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Modules

EF3039 - Core, 20 Credits Listening and Seminar Skills for Academic purposes

This module focuses on developing your listening, note-taking and seminar skills. It provides bi-weekly lectures covering topics relating to global issues that will allow you to develop topic knowledge and listening and note-taking skills.

AF3001 - Core, 20 Credits Practical Maths and Statistics

This module provides you with the knowledge and skills of applying a variety of practical mathematical and statistical methods that are used to analyse and interpret financial data.

EF3040 - Core, 20 Credits Reading, Writing and Research Skills for Academic Purposes

This module introduces you to the skill of reading for academic purposes and develops your academic writing skills. There are weekly reading texts covering global issues topics that provide you with exposure to, and the experience of the types of academic texts you will be expected to read during your degree programme.

EF3041 - Core, 20 Credits Intercultural Communication Skills for Academic Purposes

On completion of this module, you should be able to demonstrate: 1. An awareness of yourself and your cultural background; 2. Knowledge of other cultures and how they are represented; 3. Confidence to express ideas and opinions objectively in academic English; 4. Improved pronunciation and fluency in English 5. Experience of working within a team and have developed intercultural communicative competence.

AF3004 - Core, 20 Credits Business Intelligence and Analytics

This module is designed to develop your understanding of the role that data and data analytics plays in organisations. The module will introduce you to various data sources. It will empower you to build an understanding of how to collect and analyse data. You will become confident in locating data, interpreting and analysing it to facilitate business decisions.

AF3005 - Core, 20 Credits Contemporary Issues in Accounting, Finance and Economics

In this module you will explore the contemporary issues that are impacting the world of Accounting, Finance and Economics today. You will be able to understand and critically appraise the issues in order to demonstrate how these contemporary issues are likely to shape the future of the Accounting, Finance and Economics landscape.

AF4036 - Core, 20 Credits Principles and Theories of Finance

This module provides you with an introduction to underpinning financial concepts upon which your degree will be based. You will learn about the financial system; interest rate theory; foreign exchange rate dynamics and the operation of the money, fixed income and equity markets. You will be introduced to a range of financial instruments including collective investments and socially responsible investments. You will learn about the concepts of utility, stock market efficiency, portfolio theory and the capital asset pricing model (CAPM).

AF4031 - Core, 20 Credits Accounting, Economics and Finance in a Global Business Environment

This module will enable you to better understand the economic, institutional, accounting and financial forces influencing the development of markets and exchanges and interactions within the global business environment. This module will introduce you to analytical models and principles that will help you understand and analyse the global environment in which business decisions are made. You will develop an appreciation for the variety of factors that influence the choices and compromises that are made in international business and the implications of these choices on businesses.

AF4030 - Core, 20 Credits Introduction to Mathematics and Statistics

This module will introduce you to general mathematical and statistical methods used to analyse and interpret accounting, financial and economic data. The module will address and review essential preliminaries of algebra and mathematical functions, such as linear, polynomial, exponential, and logarithmic functions; expanding on numerical series as well as context- based optimisation problems.

AF4032 - Core, 20 Credits Careers in Accounting, Economics and Finance

This module provides you with the skills and knowledge you need to successfully secure a relevant undergraduate placement and/or a graduate-level role in your chosen discipline of Accounting, Finance and Economics. You will cover a number of key topics including career planning, writing CVs, cover letters and application forms, psychometric testing, competency-based interviews, assessment centres and current trends in recruitment and selection practice in accounting, finance and economics

AF4037 - Core, 20 Credits Business and Financial Analysis

You will learn practical methods of analysing and comparing businesses and effectively interpret their financial results, in doing so you will be introduced to critical thinking skills. The module introduces you to the skills and techniques required to analyse and interpret financial statements and related information. This provides a framework within which you will be introduced to the concepts used in business valuations. You will be encouraged to consider the limitations of business and financial statement analysis as applied in different decision contexts, such as investment and lending decisions.

AF4038 - Core, 20 Credits Financial Decision Making

You will learn how financial information can be used to assist managers and external user groups in their decision-making processes. You will initially look at the informational needs of outside user groups, the nature of the information they are provided with, and how this information can be analysed and interpreted in order to enhance the effectiveness of their decision making.

Topic areas will include:

The reporting frameworks and ethical principles that underpin financial reporting

The nature of international financial reporting standards

Format and content of the statement of profit or loss and statement of financial position

The statement of cash flows

Analysis and interpretation of financial statements using ratio analysis

You will then examine how financial information can facilitate managers in making operational decisions in relation to planning and control.

Topic areas will include:

Costing (full and variable costing)

Cost, volume, profit analysis

Relevant costs for decision making

Budgeting and variance analysis

Balance scorecards

Working capital management

Finally, you will explore the motivations for entrepreneurial activity and techniques that can be used to appraise investment decisions.

Topic areas will include:

Investment appraisal techniques (payback, accounting rate of return, net present value and internal rate of return)

Practical aspects of investment appraisal (inflation and capital rationing)

Risk and uncertainty

AF5030 - Core, 20 Credits Financial Markets and Institutions

You will learn the key aspects of the regulations, ethics and professional body requirements that define the ‘rules’ for the financial sector. You will draw from a range of historical case studies to see how regulation within the financial system has transformed. You will be encouraged to discuss and critique the latest regulation changes using academic literature to back up your arguments. You will explore the main financial instruments that are issued and traded including: money market instruments; bonds; equities; foreign exchange; and Insurance. You will learn about these instruments in the context of risk taking and the worldwide markets in which they are traded as well as the principal institutions that use these instruments.

AF5036 - Core, 20 Credits Mathematics and Statistics for Economics and Finance

Building on knowledge gained at level 4, you will continue to learn and increase your skills in applying a variety of practical mathematical and statistical methods specific to the disciplines of finance and economics. On the side of mathematics, this module will expand on geometric series, optimisation methods and techniques, differentiation and integration. On the side of statistics, you will review the derivation of probability distribution and start exploring aspects of linear regression analysis. The module will address formal derivations of mathematical and statistic functions by applying theories and techniques to practical economic and finance cases and examples

AF5037 - Core, 20 Credits Personal Finance and Wealth Planning

You will learn about personal finance and wealth planning with a view to understanding how different financial products can be used to satisfy different client needs and circumstances. You will learn about client appraisal; personal taxation (to include income tax, capital gains tax and inheritance tax); building an investment portfolio; mortgage finance; the handling of personal debt; insurance planning; retirement planning and estate planning in the financial planning process.

AF5031 - Core, 20 Credits Professional Practice in Accounting, Economics and Finance

This innovative module attempts to provide students with a range of skills and practices, taught in the context of the particular functional specialism, which will prepare the student for a range of future opportunities. This module aims to prepare you for your future studies at Level 6 and work-based learning. It focuses on developing your skills and abilities to critically assess, analyse and manage business-based problems and projects, with emphasis on a range of business models.

AF5038 - Core, 20 Credits Derivatives and Risk

On this module you will be introduced to complex financial instruments, derivatives. You will learn about the features of derivatives, the risks they are often designed to manage or speculate upon and the ways that money flows ‘through’ the transactions they create. You will learn how to calculate profits and losses resulting from transactions involving derivatives. The module specifically introduces you to Futures, Forwards, Options, and Swaps, as well as examples of exotic derivative types (such as carbon derivatives).

AF5039 - Core, 20 Credits Econometrics

Building on mathematical and statistical prior knowledge, the module introduces students to the theory and application of econometrics. You will learn classical econometric models such as simple and multiple regression analysis, assumptions and properties of statistical estimators, and the reasoning for violating these assumptions in specific cases. The module covers modelling and statistical inference techniques for single and multi-equation systems, and the use of these techniques with regard to data prediction, model evaluation and forecasting.

AF6030 - Core, 20 Credits Sustainable Development and Responsible Business

This module aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of key literature, research and economic policy debates in the area of environmental sustainability and responsible business. The objective of the module is to provide students with appropriate tools and technical know-how to critically discuss the trade-offs between economic development and environmental protection and moving capitalism towards a wider sense of accountability. The module will explore and examine the linkages between economic policies and environmental sustainability, the effects of international trade and globalisation on environmental resources, the role of international environmental agreements and the emergence of new forms of financial reporting centred on the principles of sustainability and social accountability.

Key topics covered in this module include:

Fundamentals of Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development
Economic Growth and Environmental Conflicts
Measuring Sustainable Economic Welfare
Contingent Valuation and Revealed Preference Methods
Alternative Concepts of Capital: Environmental Accounting, Integrated Reporting, and the Triple Bottom Line
International Trade and Environmental Protection
Stakeholder Activism and Social Responsibility
Political Ecology: Challenging Narratives of Environmental Degradation
Financial Reporting and Climate Change
The Circular Economy
The Role of Social and Solidarity Economies

AF6036 - Core, 20 Credits Risk in Financial Insitutions I

In this module you will learn about the capital risks faced by financial institutions. These include credit risk, risks from securitisation exposure, market risk and liquidity risk. You will study the specific areas of credit, market and liquidity risk in the context of the relevant regulatory framework (The Basel Accords) and draw on case study material provided by high profile banks and financial institutions. You will be expected to develop an understanding of the nature of these interlinked risks as well as to understand how they are measured and managed in line with regulations.

AF6042 - Optional, 40 Credits Dissertation

The Dissertation module aims to equip you with the necessary intellectual and practical skills for undertaking an individual student-led, ethical investigation into an accounting, economics or finance (AEF) related problem or issue. In addition, the Dissertation aims to equip you with key transferable, employability skills, time management, project management, communication (written and verbal), negotiation, persuasion and influence, discovery, initiative, creativity and innovation in problem-solving and analysis.

The module is student-led but you are supported by, introductory lectures and workshops as well as guest lectures which introduce undertaking AEF research followed by one-to-one or small-group supervision meetings with an academic from the AEF subject discipline.

The lectures and IT workshops will provide a thorough grounding into undertaking an extended piece of researching, focusing on:

Refining a research aim/question (focusing and scoping the research) and project proposal
Developing a literature review
Researching ethically
Quantitative research and analysis techniques
Qualitative research and analysis techniques

Upon completion of the AFM Dissertation module you will be able to:

Conduct independent and ethical academic research involving the application and critical evaluation of appropriate theories and models.
Engage critically with relevant literature to establish a framework in which to analyse and synthesise the results of your primary or secondary research.
Generate / collect relevant primary or secondary data using an appropriate and justified method.
Analyse your data using an appropriate and justified method of analysis.
Recognise the ethical implications of your work.
Critically evaluate the source of your data and the method you adopted.

AF6037 - Core, 20 Credits Risk in Financial Institutions II

In this module you will focus on the specific area of treasury risk arising from interest rate and foreign exchange rate risk. You will also explore the ever- changing world of operational risk within financial institutions. You will investigate how the risks faced by financial institutions are linked via systemic risk and learn which institutions may be more susceptible to shocks. You will also learn how to measure and manage aspects of these banking risks with the help of case studies set within banking and finance institutions. Further, a key aspect of the module is to determine why an effective fraud risk assessment framework is essential to financial institutions to avoid financial Loss and reputational damage. Prominent real-life financial disasters will be examined to demonstrate how these issues can impact upon banking and financial institutions.

The module will cover topics such as:

Interest rate risk: the level and movement of interest rates; term structure theory; sources of interest rate risk to the banking book; measurement models (repricing gap, maturity and duration models); asset and liability management; Regulatory requirements.
The impact of foreign exchange rate on financial institutions.
Operational risk: sources; measurement models; operational risk management policies and procedure; regulatory implications.
How to develop a Fraud risk assessment and execute it within the global and digital banking environment.
The concept of systemic risk within the financial system and the macroprudential regulations developed to mitigate such a risk.

AF6038 - Core, 20 Credits Investment Management

This module aims to provide you with the knowledge and skills to apply a variety of quantitative and financial tools to construct, rebalance and evaluate a portfolio consisting of financial assets, mainly equities (including collective investments including SRI funds). The module is organised within the themes of rational and behavioural decision making in relation to investments. You will learn the about the psychological influences on decision making as well as the principles of market efficiency in the context of investment in real world financial assets. You will be exposed to a wide range of techniques for use in rebalancing, comparing, analysing and evaluating portfolios made up of financial assets. Furthermore, you will gain a practical understanding of various aspects of asset allocation, portfolio management strategies and important behavioural issues affecting portfolio choice.

Outline syllabus:

Investment Process and Asset Allocation
Portfolio Theory and Diversification
CAPM and other asset pricing models
Efficient Market Hypothesis
Equity Valuation
Portfolio Evaluation
Behavioural Finance
Irrationality Biases, Bubbles and Herd behaviour

AF6042 - Optional, 40 Credits Dissertation

The lectures and IT workshops will provide a thorough grounding into undertaking an extended piece of researching, focusing on:

Refining a research aim/question (focusing and scoping the research) and project proposal
Developing a literature review
Researching ethically
Quantitative research and analysis techniques
Qualitative research and analysis techniques

Upon completion of the AFM Dissertation module you will be able to:

Conduct independent and ethical academic research involving the application and critical evaluation of appropriate theories and models.
Engage critically with relevant literature to establish a framework in which to analyse and synthesise the results of your primary or secondary research.
Generate / collect relevant primary or secondary data using an appropriate and justified method.
Analyse your data using an appropriate and justified method of analysis.
Recognise the ethical implications of your work.
Critically evaluate the source of your data and the method you adopted.

Admission Requirements & Fees

General Requirements

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English language Proficiency

Special Requirements

At least IELTS 5.0 or equivalent, with a minimum IELTS component score of 4.5

Completed foundation year from a recognised institution by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Qatar (e.g. University Foundation College, Academic Bridge Program)

Completed 2-year diploma from a recognized institution by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Qatar (e.g. University of Doha for Science and Technology (formally CNAQ) and Community College of Qatar)

Tuition Fees and Registration Fees

Application Fees300 QAR
Tuition Fees 76000 QAR
The yearly fees will stay the same every year

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