Starting Date: August 2023

Duration: 2 years (Full-time)

Application Deadline: February 2023

The Islamic Finance Program of the Hamad Bin Khalifa University is a specialized program that teaches qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis in both Islamic and conventional finance.

This innovative program has been developed to offer students a unique opportunity to enjoy a strong multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary graduate education across a range of core subjects. It also enables participants to pursue a specialization in one of several important areas, including Islamic Finance and Sustainable Finance.

The mixed philosophy of the program enables graduates to attain the skills needed to understand the global financial system, and proposes viable alternatives to existing models, by blending guidance from Shari’a with modern scientific knowledge and the techniques of economics and finance.

This popular master’s program is one of an extremely limited number of top-tier specialized Islamic Finance programs globally.

Topics covered include:

– Islamic Banking and Financial Markets
– Islamic Financial Contracts
– Islamic Corporate Finance and Financial Engineering
– Islamic Asset, Funds and Portfolio Management
– Analysis of Financial Statements with Applications to Islamic Banks
– Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing

Key information

Duration: 2 years, Full-time

Starting: August 2023

Apply before: Mar 2023, National

Apply before: Feb 2023, International

Tuition fee: 9887 USD/year

Program Focus:

• Islamic banking in Qatar constitutes approximately 25 percent of local banking activity. The Islamic Finance program of the Hamad Bin Khalifa University is focused on giving graduate students a greater understanding of the practical business applications of Shari’a (Religious Juridprudence).

• By emphasizing practical as well as theoretical aspects of Islamic finance, students are better able to address global opportunities and participate effectively in business and financial sectors.

Source: https://www.mastersportal.com/studies/86007/islamic-finance.html