3 Years, Higher Diploma

The following Professional Programme aims at providing the student with the necessary knowledge and skills to be able to cope with requirements of continued development and modern professional challenges. The student will be adequately prepared to take successfully the College’s examinations, (and be awarded the officially approved certificates), as well as the examinations of the corresponding Professional Body.

This programme of study is registered with the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture

Banking Certificate & pre-associateship route

Preliminary Section

  1. Business Calculations
  2. Business Communications
  3. The Business of Banking

Final Section

  1. Economics & the Bank’s Role in the Economy
  2. Introduction to Accounting
  3. Banking: The Legal Environment
  4. Supervisory Skills
  5. Banking Operations: UK Lending & International Business
  6. Customer Services: Marketing & The Competitive Environment

Associateship

Core

  1. Law Relating to Banking Services
  2. The Monetary Financial System
  3. Accountancy
  4. Management

OPTIONS (ANY 4 SUBJECTS TO BE CHOSEN)

Group 1 – Retail Banking and Building Society Practice

  1. Branch Banking – Law and Practice
  2. Financial Services
  3. Housing
  4. Insurance
  5. International Trade Finance
  6. Investment
  7. Lending
  8. Management of Information Technology
  9. Marketing of Financial Services
  10. Residential Lending and Property Law

Group 2 – Executor and Trustee Business

  1. Administration of Estates
  2. Administration of Trust
  3. Investment
  4. Taxation

Group 3 – Corporate and International Finance

  1. Banking Operations – Regulations, Market Practice & Treasury Mgt
  2. Corporate Banking – Practice and Law
  3. International Trade Finance
  4. Multinational Corporate Finance
  5. Offshore Practice and Administration