The BSc Finance programme of Pan-Atlantic University provides its graduates with proficient mastery in finance and investment management decision-making. It builds them not just to be professionals but to be critical thinkers capable of managing the financial resources of various forms of organizations. The programme will equip students with skills and tools for making apt financial decisions and provide foundational knowledge of finance.
Our aim at the School of Management and Social Sciences (SMSS) is to deliver real-world business solutions in a rapidly evolving global environment and raise students to become responsible leaders. The BSc Finance course achieves this goal by getting the students attuned to the global financial market, with the capacity to make strategic contributions to the management of financial resources.
Students will learn how to:
- Analyze financial statements of private and public firms
- Draw insights to make optimal decisions
- Identify and evaluate investment risk, inflation, and other constraints. Draft financial plans and build financial models
- Manage firms working capital, and hedge foreign exchange risks.
- Construct and manage an investment portfolio to yield optimal returns.
- Make strategic decisions in the area of banking, investment, and finance.
The University has standard facilities, equipment, highly experienced and knowledgeable members of faculty who have both academic and industrial experience. State-of-the-art computer laboratories have standard software packages for financial data analysis.
Our programme promotes ‘learning by doing ’, hence the provision of software packages such as Infoware and Bloomberg market data terminals to educate the students on the dynamics of financial market analysis and securities trading. Also, the ‘Growmykudi’ trading platform is available as a business simulation game to harness the students’ skills in securities trading.
BSc Finance has a compulsory internship programme for three months during the summer holiday of the third year. Students will serve as interns in top companies to learn and acquire practical experience. Any student who wishes to have a voluntary internship during other summer holidays can do so with prior approval.
The course content and evaluation systems are benchmarked with top institutions within and outside the country. Upon completion of the programme, our graduates have the advantage of belonging to the prestigious PAU and LBS alumni network.
O’ Level Requirements
Credit passes in 5 Senior Secondary Certificate (SSC) subjects
or its equivalent, including English Language and Mathematics and any of the following subjects: Economics, Geography, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Studies, Biology, Financial Accounting, Commerce, Business Methods and at not more than two sittings.
UTME Requirements
- Current PAU-Approved cut-off mark
- Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and any other Social Science subject
Direct Entry
In addition to O’Level requirements for the programme, applicants should possess:
(i) 3 A/Level credit passes in Economics and 2 other Social Science subjects from Cambridge A Levels, International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, Pearson Edexcel, or any equivalent diploma programme.
(ii) OND in a relevant discipline with at least an upper credit grade
(iii) HND in relevant discipline with at least upper credit
Inter-University Transfer Requirements
a. A transfer student must be a current student of the university from which he/she seeks to transfer and should have a clean disciplinary record.
b. A transfer student from a Nigerian University is required to possess a JAMB previous Admission Letter.
c. A transfer student should possess the minimum Pan-Atlantic University and departmental entry requirements and should have obtained these before entry into the university from which transfer is being sought.
d. A transfer student shall have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 4.50 on a 5.00-point scale or 3.5 on a 4.0-point scale to qualify for consideration into 200 level.
e. The application should be accompanied by the student’s transcript, which will be verified.
f. If at any stage irregularity is discovered in the papers presented by the students, such students shall be withdrawn from the University.
g. A student can only transfer into the same course of study – or a similar course where applicable – that he/she was engaged in previously in his/her original university.
h. The number of students offered admission by transfer shall not exceed 10% of the number of students in the class they are to join.
i. All applications for inter-university transfer will remain open until the close of the admissions process.