Vision

The Department of Banking and Finance's vision is to make a distinguished contribution to supplying the local and regional market with graduates who are professionally and academically qualified and able to successfully assume the responsibilities of work in financial and banking institutions.

Mission

The summary of the mission is to provide a set of basic and qualitative courses to document and consolidate financial and banking knowledge academically and professionally for students, as well as providing them with applied skills through training and practical programs in institutions related to the specialization, which qualifies them and enables them, after graduation, to practice work in banks and other financial institutions and capital markets efficiently.

Goals

The Department seeks to achieve the following objectives:

• Preparing students enrolled in the program scientifically and practically and qualifying them in the financial and banking field, and providing them with the necessary skills in line with the philosophy of modern financial concept.
• Enriching students’ knowledge of modern financial information and linking it to the reality observed by students through financial newsletters, reports or specialized websites.
• Developing students’ skills and abilities to analyze financial statements, newsletters and reports issued by markets and financial institutions, especially banks
• Consolidating and developing scientific research skills and their applications among students in the field of finance and banking.

Graduates' Areas of Work:

A graduate of the Finance and Banking Sciences major can work locally and regionally in various financial and banking institutions, the most important of which are different banks, insurance companies, post offices, savings and investment funds, and exchange companies, in addition to job opportunities in the stock markets, whether within the institutions themselves or in financial brokerage offices.

Finance and Banking Program Description:

Targeted Scientific Outputs of the Program :

A - Knowledge and Understanding:

1- Knowledge of the foundations and principles of finance and investment.

2- Knowing the mutual influences between markets and financial institutions and macroeconomic variables.

3- Increase the ability to deal with the labour market requirements.

B- Intellectual Abilities

1- Developing investment decision-making and financial analysis skills.

2- Use quantitative methods in financial and technical analysis and decision making.

3- The ability to identify influential relationships between finance and economic development.

C Professional and Practical Skills:

1- Providing a learning environment suitable for the financial environment

2- Develop computer skills in financial and banking applications

3- Using financial analysis methods and managing local and international investment portfolios.

D- General Skills

-1- Employing financial and banking theories to serve investment methods and appropriate financing for companies.                 

2- Encouraging interaction between the student and the financial and banking environment.

3 - Familiarity with the foundations and principles associated with finance and banking.

study plan