BBA in Finance
Length: 4 years
Language of instruction: 100% English
Advantages: The Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) program in Finance is aimed at training highly qualified and competitive professionals in investment banking, financial planning, corporate finance, financial market institutions and more. The content of the program covers 91% of the CFA Level 1 professional certification ensuring high competitiveness of future graduates in the international and local labor market. Participation in the CFA Institute University Affiliation Program entitles us to annually nominate scholarships for our top students to pass CFA Level 1 exam and provides progression to the ISE MNU Master’s program in Finance covering CFA Levels 2 and 3.
Learning outcomes:
| Course Title | ECTS | Required/Elective |
| General Education Courses (58 ECTS) | ||
| History of Kazakhstan | 5 | R |
| Kazakh-1,2/Russian-1/2 | 10 | R |
| Cambridge English | 20 | R |
| Information and Communication Technologies | 5 | R |
| Introduction to Social Sciences (Модуль СПЗ) | 8 | R |
| Philosophy | 5 | R |
| Critical Thinking | 5 | R |
| School Required Courses (25 ECTS) | ||
| Business Communications | 5 | R |
| Ethics and Professional Standards | 5 | R |
| Academic Writing | 5 | R |
| Introduction to Research Methods | 5 | R |
| Data Analysis – 1 | 5 | R |
| Mathematics and Economics Required Courses (30 ECTS) | ||
| Mathematics – 1 (Calculus) | 5 | R |
| Mathematics – 2 (Linear Algebra) | 5 | R |
| Statistics | 5 | R |
| Econometrics | 5 | R |
| Microeconomics – 1 | 5 | R |
| Macroeconomics – 1 | 5 | R |
| Business Core Courses (38 ECTS) | ||
| Principles of Accounting | 5 | R |
| Principles of Finance | 5 | R |
| Principles of Management | 5 | R |
| Principles of Marketing | 5 | R |
| Corporate Issuers (CFA) | 5 | R |
| Financial Statement Analysis | 5 | R |
| Strategic Management | 5 | R |
| A Step to Graduate | 3 | R |
| Major Courses (25 ECTS) CFA Track | ||
| Valuation | 5 | R |
| Securities and Derivatives | 5 | R |
| Investment Management | 5 | R |
| Refinitiv Workspace Certification | 5 | R |
| Fixed Income Securities | 5 | R |
| Electives (40 ECTS) | ||
| Organizational Behavior | 5 | E |
| Introduction to Fintech | 5 | E |
| Financial Institutions and Markets | 5 | E |
| Financial Risk Management | 5 | E |
| Selected Topics in Finance | 5 | E |
| CIMA BA/ACCA Track | ||
| Corporate and Business Law | 5 | E |
| Financial Accounting – 1 | 5 | E |
| Financial Accounting – 2 | 5 | E |
| Taxation | 5 | E |
| Managerial Accounting – 1 | 5 | E |
| Audit | 5 | E |
| Corporate Finance | 5 | E |
| Financial Management | 5 | E |
| Financial and Tax Reporting | 5 | E |
| Internship | 12 | R |
| State Exam/Bachelor’s Thesis | 12 | R |
ISE students have an opportunity to get not only a diploma of MNU University but also a diploma of a foreign partner university during 4 years of the Bachelor’s programme.
Participation Requirements:
Program conditions:
Partner Universities:
France: Excelia Group – Human Resources, Marketing, Management, Finance (2+2, 1+3)
Korea: SolBridge International Business School – Business Administration (2+2)
Germany: Hof University of Applied Sciences – Management, Personnel Management, Finance, Accounting (free tuition) (2+2, 3+1)
Scotland, UAE and Malaysia: Heriot-Watt University – Accounting (2+2, 3+1)
United Kingdom: Oxford Brookes University – Accounting
For more information, please contact Kuralai Kazikhan Kazikhan_k@kazguu.kz
Country/University Programme Requirements (academic year) Dual Diploma Programme
HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY Scotland, UAE and Malaysia
Educational programmes:
BBA in Accounting
• Successful completion of the required number of credits for 2nd and 3rd year students;
GPA 3.0 or above;
• IELTS 6.0 with 5.5 in each 2+2, 3+1 component – The University is the eighth oldest higher education institution in the UK;
• The University has five campuses located in Edinburgh, the Scottish Borders, Dubai, Malaysia and the Orkney Islands;
• Students are required to pass an internal examination;
• Full-time employment;
• Graduates will receive 2 diplomas from MNU and Partner University;
• Each year, in September and October (for spring semester applications) and March and April (for autumn semester applications), the University’s International Office sends students to our partner universities for 1-2 semesters through bilateral agreements and memorandums.
Eligibility Criteria:
Universities hosting MNU students on academic mobility programmes:
Belgium: University of Liege
Finland: Hame University of Applied Sciences
Czech Republic:
Spain: Universidad de Jaén
Lithuania: Vitautas Magnus University
Poland: University of Opole
Korea: Solbridge Business School
Germany:
Indonesia:Universitas Airlangga
France:University of Toulouse
Latvia: Turība University
Hungary: University of Dunaújváros
Contacts:
If you would like to know more about academic mobility and eligibility criteria for the exchange programme, please contact the International Office, mobility@kazguu.kz
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