Master of Science - Islamic Banking and Finance
Course structure
We offer you the opportunity to study our MSc Islamic Finance, or MSc Islamic Finance combined with another business topic. Our degrees are flexible, and this gives you the chance to focus on a specific area that interests you. It also shows future employers where your specific interests and skills are. There are three Islamic Finance degree options for you to choose from, we refer to these as specialist pathways. The option you choose to study is what will be printed on your graduating certificate.
Teaching
Dundee University teaching methods include:
- lectures
- workshops
- group-work
- student presentations
Typically, lectures are larger classes as they may contain students from across a range of degrees. Topics covered during lectures can then be discussed and debated further in tutorial/seminars, which are typically much smaller classes, up to 25/30 students, allowing more interaction and opportunity to learn further.
Many of our teaching sessions focus on employability, including guest lectures from industry professionals and industry-run workshops. In previous years we have partnered with EY, BlackRock and IBM, to deliver guest lectures and workshops to give our students first-hand experience of what is required in industry. We also gain the support from a large number of local and national SME’s who offer consultancy projects for our students to work on. These are designed to add to your teaching and offer you more opportunities to plan for your future career by learning directly from business professionals.
They also encourage group work, group projects, student poster presentations and other methods which help to build student confidence and prepare for the business world.
These three members of staff are our colleagues from Al Maktoum College, who support teaching on this degree.
- Alija Avdukic is the Deputy Programme Director and course lecturer.
- Dr Mohammad Alsaghir is course lecturer.
- Dr Ata Rahmani is course lecturer
Assessment
Assessments will vary depending on your choice of modules.
You will be assessed through a combination of methods, which may include
- coursework
- exams
- group projects
- presentations.
Some of these are submitted during the semester and others may take place at the end of a semester.
Coursework usually accounts for between 40-50% of the overall degree. This will depend on your final choice of modules.
Careers
for Islamic Finance MSc
This course will give you the skills and understanding to work in a variety of conventional and Islamic businesses such as banks, insurance companies, financial service companies, and trading brokers.
You may also want to apply for roles in the finance arms of industries and commercial firms outside of the finance sector.
Islamic finance and banking is a growing area of business across the globe, and not solely linked to Muslim countries. Many Western banks and financial services are opening up to offering Islamic banking and finance products to customers.
Entry requirements
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