Banking and Finance Beirut Arab University

Overview

Through a combination of core courses and specialized electives, students gain insights into financial markets, banking systems, and the economic factors that influence financial decision-making. With a focus on real-world scenarios and hands-on experience, Beirut Arab University

’s Banking and Finance program prepares students for a wide range of careers in finance, from banking and investment to corporate financial management. The program also emphasizes ethical practices and the importance of social responsibility in financial decision-making, ensuring that graduates are ready to navigate the complexities of the modern financial landscape.

Key facts

The bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Banking and Finance enables students to demonstrate a wide-range of financial competences and skills. A major in Banking and Finance aims at:

• Ensuring an exceptional and distinctive learning experience.
• Providing an educational environment in which students become skilled in actively pursuing the specific discipline of banking and finance.
• Providing a basic understanding of how to apply key financial concepts and theories.
• Developing financial technical skills.
• Understanding how to integrate among areas of management, economics, accounting and finance.
• Demonstrating the skills necessary to tackle problems within the complex world of international finance and banking.
• Preparing and implementing findings directed at the evaluation of corporate, market, investment and risk management situations.

• Demonstrating business and cultural skills related to the professional workplace in a local and international context.

Careers

Graduates may seek employment in multiple professional settings, since finance professionals are necessary in a wide variety of businesses and organizations.

Hence, our graduates may find careers in payroll, real estate, budget analysis, investor relations, financial reporting and among other areas.

Some career options include:

Banking Professional; Credit Analyst; Personal Financial Advisor; Loans Officer; Financial Analyst; Financial Controller; Risk Analyst; Investments Banker; Security Analyst; Lending Officer; Financial Planner