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Expected Duration
1 year
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Round 1:
12:00 noon (GMT +8), January 10, 2025Round 2:
12:00 noon (GMT +8), March 14, 2025
12:00 noon (GMT +8), January 10, 2025Round 2:
12:00 noon (GMT +8), March 14, 2025
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Overview
The Master of Sustainable Accounting and Finance (MSAF) programme at the HKU Business School offers a coherent and systematic curriculum to fresh college graduates and young professionals in response to the increasing demand for sustainable accounting and finance talent, which has outgrown the supply in Hong Kong, mainland China, and around the world.
The programme aims to provide students with a strong foundation in theoretical concepts, market practices, and tools related to sustainable accounting and finance. By completing this programme, students will be well-equipped for successful careers that contribute to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and the two-degree temperature of Paris Agreement. The curriculum addresses important topics for investors, managers, and policymakers, including innovative financial instruments. The programme also emphasizes interdisciplinary learning by offering courses on ESG from diverse perspectives such as finance, accounting, economics, and management.
Students need to complete a total of twelve courses. In addition to the core and elective courses offered by the programme itself, students can take up to two elective courses from other taught postgraduate programmes offered by the School.
The programme aims to provide students with a strong foundation in theoretical concepts, market practices, and tools related to sustainable accounting and finance. By completing this programme, students will be well-equipped for successful careers that contribute to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and the two-degree temperature of Paris Agreement. The curriculum addresses important topics for investors, managers, and policymakers, including innovative financial instruments. The programme also emphasizes interdisciplinary learning by offering courses on ESG from diverse perspectives such as finance, accounting, economics, and management.
Students need to complete a total of twelve courses. In addition to the core and elective courses offered by the programme itself, students can take up to two elective courses from other taught postgraduate programmes offered by the School.
Entrance Requirements
1. A recognized Bachelor's degree or equivalent;
2. Statements from two referees; and
3. A TOEFL/IELTS* score if you are not from an English teaching university.
*A minimum score of 550 (paper-based test) or 80 (internet-based test) in TOEFL, or a minimum overall band of 6 with no subtest lower than 5.5 in IELTS is required.
2. Statements from two referees; and
3. A TOEFL/IELTS* score if you are not from an English teaching university.
*A minimum score of 550 (paper-based test) or 80 (internet-based test) in TOEFL, or a minimum overall band of 6 with no subtest lower than 5.5 in IELTS is required.
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HKU Business School
The HKU Business School takes an entrepreneurial approach to meeting the challenges and embracing the opportunities of a rapidly changing global economy and business environment by drawing together the strengths of six academic areas, namely Accounting and Law, Economics, Finance, Innovation and Information Management, Management and Strategy and Marketing.
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