Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Management

Programme Objectives

This programme is designed to provide the knowledge and skills needed to become an effective financial leader and manager in any reputable organization. It embraces students from all backgrounds but with some working experience. The main goal of the program is to equip students with knowledge and competencies and transform them into effective financial leaders and managers of reputable organizations.

The objectives of the program are to:

  • Equip the students with analytical, critical thinking and other key financial managerial skills.
  • Enable students develop analytical financial tools for decision making in technically competitive corporate world.
  • Train financial leaders and managers who can ably apply technology/ICT in financial management and operations of organizations.
  • Equip students with the theoretical and practical knowledge in financial problem solving, financial policy formulation and implementation and in financial management of organizations.
Learning Outcomes

To develop knowledge and skills to:

  • Be able to appreciate present financial information.
  • Develop an understanding of Financial Management decisions.
  • Manage and assist the management in financial related works.
  • Plan and manage auditing activities; and
  • Develop and analyze the budget of an organization.
Admission Requirements

The admission requirements comprise any of the following:

  • A Bachelor’s degree in any field or its equivalent from a recognized institution;

OR

  • A professional qualification equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree from a recognized professional body.
Program Duration

The program will extend over a period of one academic year. An academic year shall consist of two semesters and one recess term. A semester shall consist of 15 weeks of lectures. A recess term shall consist of 10 weeks.

Program Options

Code

Name

LH

PH

TH

CH

CU

 Year One Semester One (6 Cores)

BBA 7106

Organization Theory and Management

30

-

30

45

3

BBA 7101

Enterprise Management

30

-

30

45

3

BBA 7105

Managerial Accounting

30

-

30

45

3

BBA 7110

Total Quality Management

30

-

30

45

3

RMS 7101

Research Methods

30

15

15

45

3

BEC 7100

Managerial Economics

30

-

30

45

3

Semester Load

18

 Year One Semester Two (6 Cores)

Code

Name

LH

PH

TH

CH

CU

CIS 7200

Management Information Systems

30

30

-

45

3

HPA 7209

Corporate Governance and Decision Making

30

-

30

45

3

BBA 7210

Managerial Finance

30

-

30

45

3

BBA 7208

International Financial Management

30

-

30

45

3

BBA 7207

Financial Reporting

30

-

30

45

3

BBA 7212

Strategic Human Resource Management

30

-

30

45

3

Semester Load

18

Minimum Graduation Load = 36 Credit Units

Fees per semester

Local Students (East African Community)

Fees per semester (UGX)Functional Fees (UGX)Application Fees (UGX)
1,500,000300,00050,000

International Students

International students pay international student tuition fees which is rated in dollars and this specifically covers only the cost of teaching and many student support services. This tuition below is per academic session and includes both the tuition and functional fees.

Category of ProgrammeFees per academic session (USD)Application / Admission Fee
Master's Degree$950$30
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