Sept 2025 Entry
2 years
63 - 69 (plus 3 training credits)
The programme is offered within the BBA (Hons) Scheme.
The exact study duration and number of credits to be transferred will depend on the entry qualification of individual AD/HD admittees.
All BBA (Hons) students must complete a short work placement during their studies, either in the summer or during semester time.
What's New
Programme Aims
This programme aims to provide students with a well-rounded business education and an opportunity to specialise in digital finance and investment management.
The highly practical programme emphasises the application of professional finance and investment knowledge, together with hands-on experience of innovative financial technologies, to address the challenges faced by modern finance and investment professionals.
Characteristics
Our highly qualified academic staff members share their business experiences and research findings with students. Students are able to apply what they have learned through internships.
Our programmes integrate the latest technological knowledge related to business into the curriculum. New concepts such as fintech and big data will be included in specific accounting and finance selected subjects.
Subject to availability, BBA students can spend a semester studying at another university overseas or in the Chinese mainland, with the credits counted towards their PolyU degree.
Work-Integrated Education (WIE)
To graduate, every student must complete 100 hours (3 training credits) of WIE. The School offers opportunities for students to work in firms in Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland during either the spring semester or the summer. These and other forms of work experience count towards the WIE requirement.
Professional Recognition
To be confirmed.
Career Prospects
Graduates of this programme are equipped with the latest practical investment management knowledge, along with hands-on experience of cutting-edge digital finance technologies, that are expected to shape the expertise of the next generation of finance professionals. They are well positioned to join the talent pool to foster Hong Kong's strategic position as a technology-oriented international financial centre and to exploit the opportunities offered by the financial reform in the Greater Bay Area.
Students are admitted to the senior year of the 4-year degree programme and they must complete all of the following subjects to fulfil the credit requirement for graduation. Students are expected to complete the programme within 2 years.
General Specific Requirement (GUR) (9 credits)
| Subject Title | Credits | Year of Study |
| Service Learning | 3 | 2 |
| Cluster Area Subject (M-Chinese History and Culture) # | 3 | 1/2 |
| Cluster Area Subject (English Language) # | 3 | 1/2 |
| General Education Essential Components (National Education, Online Tutorial in Academic Integrity, AI & Data Analytics and Innovation & Entrepreneurship) | 0 | 1 |
Remarks:
#1. Students need to fulfil the Chinese Reading-Writing and English Reading-Writing requirements.
#2. Students not meeting the equivalent standard of the Undergraduate Degree LCR (based on their previous studies in Associate Degree/Higher Diploma programmes and their academic performance) will be required to take degree LCR subjects on top of their normal curriculum requirement.
Discipline Specific Requirement (DSR) (60 credits)
Compulsory Core Subjects for all BBA awards (27 credits)
| Subject Code | Subject Title | Year of Study |
| AF2108 | Financial Accounting* | 1 |
| AF2110 | Management Accounting 1* | 1 |
| AF3313 | Business Finance | 1 |
| AF3513 | Business Law | 1 |
| AF4513 | Corporate Social Responsibility | 1 |
| CBS3221P | Chinese Language Communication for Business | 1 |
| ELC3221 | Workplace English for Business Students I | 1 |
| ELC3222 | Workplace English for Business Students II | 1 |
| MM4311 | Strategic Management | 2 |
*These subjects may be approved for credit transfers.
Specialist Subjects in each BBA programme (33 credits)
BBA students must take 33 credits of subject in their respective business disciplines, including a Capstone Project (6 credits).
Specialist Compulsory Subjects (8 subjects/27 credits)
| Subject Code | Subject Title | Year of Study |
| AF3214 | Python Programming for Accounting and Finance | 2 |
| AF3323 | Investments and Portfolio Management | 2 |
| AF3324 | Banking and Financial Institutions | 2 |
| AF4331 | Business Valuation | 2 |
| AF4336 | Private Banking and Wealth Management | 2 |
| AF4232 | FinTech in Banking and Captial Markets | 2 |
| AF4231 | Machine Learning and Financial Analytics | 2 |
| AF4912 | Capstone Project (6-credit) | 2 |
Specialist Elective Subjects (choose any 2 subjects/6 credits)
| Subject Code | Subject Title | Year of Study |
| AF3212 | Fintech Applications for Accounting and Finance Professionals | 2 |
| AF3213 | Business Analytics in Accounting and Finance | 2 |
| AF3217 | Risk Management | 2 |
| AF4317 | Derivative Securities | 2 |
| AF4320 | Corporate Finance | 2 |
| AF4323 | International Finance | 2 |
| AF4326 | Fixed Income Securities | 2 |
Work-Integrated Education (3 training credits)
To graduate, every student must complete 100 hours (3 training credits) of WIE. The School has also developed opportunities for students to work in firms either during the spring semester or in the summer in Hong Kong or the Chinese mainland to fulfil. These, and other forms of work experience, can count towards the WIE requirement.
63 - 69 (plus 3 training credits)
Programme Leader
Dr Te-Feng Chen
PhD
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An appropriate Associate Degree or Higher Diploma in a relevant Business discipline.
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In addition to academic results, preference will be given to applicants who are able to communicate effectively in English in the interview and written test (optional).
For further programme information, please contact:
The General Office (tel: 2766 7038/2766 7039/2766 4538; email: af.enquiry@polyu.edu.hk).
Required
- Final Year students of Associate Degree have to submit their examination result notifications and/or transcript up to Semester 1 of Year 2 when they apply for the programme.
- They have to submit the full transcript showing they are eligible to graduate and all subjects they have taken, including Semester 2 of Year 2 when the examination result of Semester 2 is finalised between June to August 2025.
To evaluate applicants’ potential and interest in the programme and test their language and communication skills.
About 15 minutes
Suitable applicants will be invited to interviews. No make-up interviews or earlier interviews will be arranged for applicants who fail to attend the scheduled interviews.
