Prince Sultan University is the first among
Saudi private (non-profit) universities and the fourth among all Saudi
universities to have met the conditions for the University Affiliation by the
prestigious professional institution for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA
University Affiliation Program).
Prince Sultan University achieved a new scientific
and professional accomplishment by obtaining accreditation from the Chartered
Financial Analyst (CFA Institute) represented by the Bachelor’s Program in Finance
at the College of Business, where it joined the CFA University Affiliation
Program, which is considered the most important professional fellowship program
in the field of financial sciences and investment. This confirms the excellence
of the study plans for the Bachelor of Finance program.
The university
affiliation criteria is based on the inclusion of study plans for the topics of
the CFA certification exams, the quality of the content provided in the
university courses, in addition to modern teaching methods that keep pace with
scientific and practical developments in the financial field. The courses
offered in the Bachelor of Finance program have been carefully mapped with the
ten main knowledge areas and the eighty-four sub-fields of the professional
certificate of the chartered financial analyst (CFA).
Among the most
important advantages achieved to the students of the finance program are;
prepare students to sit for the professional certification exam for the
certified financial analyst with its three levels as soon as they finish the
curriculum of the BSc program in finance, giving students a competitive
advantage in the labor market which increases the employment rate for BSc
Finance university graduates, the CFA institute also offers scholarships to
students of Prince Sultan University - Department of Finance, including an
exemption from registration fees for the professional fellowship program and a
50% discount in registration fees for the professional certification CFA exams.
Students of the Finance Department will also be able to access educational
databases published by the Chartered Financial Analyst Institution. The
university will also have the opportunity to participate with the global CFA
institute and its regional office in the Kingdom in holding seminars and
conferences specialized in the financial and investment fields, in addition to
participating in organizing specialized competitions held by the CFA institute
at the local and international levels.
It worth noting
that a comprehensive major review of the study plans for the Bachelor of
Finance program were conducted to comply with the requirements of the labor
market and the CFA university affiliation standards. The review included
reformulating the course specifications and including the latest references and
modern teaching methods that depend on linking theory with practical reality.
The new plan also introduced many new courses that did not exist in the past to
comply with the requirements of technical progress in the financial field and
business fields in general. Among the most important new courses were:
financial modeling, financial technology, study and evaluation of financial
assets, financial ethics and rules of trust, analysis and financial statements
reporting and financial artificial intelligence. Perhaps one of the most
prominent components of the study plan is a practical course taught in the
computer lab, which provides the student with the opportunity to apply all
scientific theories in the financial field and simulate the real business
environment.
The Department
of Finance includes the largest number of students in the College of Business
studying in the Bachelor of Finance program and the Master of Business
Administration program - specializing in finance. It also includes twenty-one
faculty members, all of them are distinguished by science, extensive knowledge,
and distinguished scientific research in various financial fields, which
enhanced the excellence of the program’s graduates. Since the establishment of
the program in 2005, most of the graduates were able to obtain prestigious jobs
in leading institutions and companies.