Fast-track Programme - ISFA

Fast-track Integrated Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree Programme

The AMA fast-track programme offers a unique opportunity for high-achieving students to complete both undergraduate and taught postgraduate studies in a shorter timeframe while benefiting from reduced tuition fees. Students can enrol in the programme either in Year 1 or Year 3, depending on their academic standing. Typically, students complete their studies within an additional year beyond the undergraduate normal study duration, with the added advantage of being able to double-count up to 30% of the credits from the taught postgraduate programme towards their undergraduate degree. Upon successful completion of this fast-track programme, graduates will receive two parchments, enhancing their qualifications and career prospects in the competitive fields of finance and analytics.

Undergraduate Programme	Taught Postgraduate Programme
BSc (Hons) in Investment Science and Finance Analytics	MSc in Quantitative Finance and FinTech

Entry Path and Admission Requirements

Year 1 Entry

JUPAS (Local): At least Level 5** in 2 subjects and with HKDSE Best Five score of 26 or above (Conversion scale: 5**=8.5; 5*=7; 5=5.5; 4=4);
Non-JUPAS (Local) and Non-JEE (Mainland): IB score of 39 or above (or equivalent)
JEE (Mainland): Total score within the Top 3% of the province of the examination year.

Year 3 Entry

Attained a cumulative GPA (CGPA) of 3.30 or above at the end of Semester 2 of Year 2, and
Recommended by the Programme Leader

*** Maintain Enrollment in the Fast-track Programme*****

Students are required to maintain a CGPA of 3.30 or above to stay on the Fast-track programme.

Students enrolled in the Fast-track programme can normally complete both undergraduate and taught postgraduate programmes in full-time mode within 5 years.

4 years for BSc (Hons) in Investment Science and Finance Analytics + 1 year for MSc in Quantitative Finance and FinTech

Students in the fast-track programme can take up to 9 credits (30% of the credit requirement for the TPg curriculum) from the following Level 5 subjects within their Ug curriculum as alternatives to the corresponding undergraduate subjects. These credits will also contribute towards the taught postgradaute programme award.

Below are details of how Level 5 subjects, available to students in the Fast-track programme, can substitute the original subjects in the undergraduate curriculum.

Level 5 subjects^#	Credits	Original ISFA subjects to be replaced	Credits
AMA535A Mathematical Models of Derivative Pricing	3	AMA4325 Derivative Pricing	3
AMA566 Advanced Topics in High Frequency Trading	3	AMA4380 Algorithmic and High Frequency Trading	3
AMA568 Advanced Topics in Quantitative Finance AND / OR AMA571 Financial Technology	3	AMA4390 Quantitative Finance and Financial Technology	3

^#Remarks

Students are expected to complete AMA535A and will be recognized as having fulfilled the requirement for the DSR compulsory subject AMA4325 Derivative Pricing. They are no longer required to enrol in AMA4325.
Students have to enrol in AMA535A, and select up to 2 elective subjects among AMA566, AMA568 and AMA571.
Students are not permitted to enrol in both AMA566 and AMA4380 Algorithmic and High Frequency Trading (an elective of BSc(Hons) in Investment Science and Finance Analytics).
Students are not permitted to enrol in both AMA568/AMA571 and AMA4390 Quantitative Finance and Financial Technology (an elective of BSc(Hons) in Investment Science and Finance Analytics).

For further details of the programme requirements, please refer to the PRD below.

Enquiries

AMA General Office

TU732
2766 6946 / 3400 3747
isfa.info@polyu.edu.hk
msc.qfft@polyu.edu.hk