Islamic Banking, Finance and Management

The Islamic Banking, Finance and Management programme aims to develop a critical and analytical approach to economics, banking and management from an Islamic perspective. The programme also aims to provide a greater awareness of Islamic values and principles, through critical reflection on and appreciation of their application in management and financial institutions. Students are encouraged to take a scholarly, Islamic approach to one or more specialist areas of economics, banking or management.

Students can choose to study for one of the following:

  • Postgraduate Certificate which focuses on the study of Islamic Economics and Islamic Banking and Finance together with study of one further module to attain a total of 60 credit points.
  • Postgraduate Diploma which builds on these modules and allows students to study a choice of modules to attain 120 credit points.
  • MA Degree which requires research into a specialist area of economics, banking or management of the student's choice and submission of a dissertation of 15,000 to 18,000 words.

Compulsory Modules:

Module Name Credits Module Code More Details
Foundations of Islamic Economics 15 MFP 219 View
Islamic Banking, Theory and Practice 15 MFP 220 View
Research Methodologies 15 MFP 211 View
Islamic Financial Instruments 15 MFP 223 View
Dissertation (Islamic Banking, Finance and Management) 60 MFP 398 View

Optional Modules:

Module Name Credits Module Code More Details
 International Management  15  MFP 212  View
 Financial Systems: Markets And Institutions  15  MFP 214  View
 Regulation and Governance of Islamic Finance  15  MFP 221  View
 Takaful and Re_Takaful: Principles and Operations  15  MFP 226  View
 Islamic Law  30  MFP 102  View
 Quantitative Financial Methods  30  MFP 113  View
 Human Resource Management  15 MFP 229 View
 Organisational Behaviour  15 MFP 230 View