Master of Commerce in Development Finance at University of Cape Town

Programme overview

Programme providing advanced competence in development finance and a platform for sustainable development finance research, equipping students to apply development finance techniques in developing and emerging markets and to conduct independent research.

Faculty: Faculty of Commerce | Department: Graduate School of Business | Duration: Minimum 2 years, up to 3 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

What you will study

Nine compulsory courses including Micro-Enterprise Finance, Project Finance, International Finance for Development, Quantitative Methods in Development Finance and Public Sector Finance, one elective such as Climate Finance or Sovereign Debt Management, and a 60-credit minor dissertation.

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Application information

Entry requirements

An NQF 8 or equivalent qualification in Economics, Accounting, Finance or another finance-related field with a strong quantitative background; or an NQF 8 qualification in a non-finance discipline with at least 3 years of finance-related experience and a strong quantitative background.

Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

The application fee is R100 for undergraduate and postgraduate applications from South Africa and the SADC region, and R300 for applications from outside the SADC region; it is non-refundable and payable by direct deposit, EFT or credit card (online). UCT students and graduates are exempt except for GSB programmes.

Apply through the official page: https://applyonline.uct.ac.za

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