Academic Faculty Sharing IV: FOF cultivates highly skilled professionals with enhanced teaching resources
The Faculty of Finance (FOF) at the City University of Macau (CityU) is among the first colleges of its kind in the city and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It boasts a teaching staff composed of globally renowned academics, who have rich teaching and industry experience. FOF emphasizes the cultivation of solid foundations in Economic and Financial Theories, Financial Literacy, and Financial Market Analysis capabilities. The faculty has formed close strategic partnerships with renowned institutions of higher education and financial business communities at home and abroad, providing students with excellent practical training and employment counseling opportunities.
- FOF has obtained the Silver Status of the Business Graduates Association (BGA) in recognition of its professional setup. Its distinguished curriculum focuses on Fintech, Finance Leasing, and Green Finance frontier development. The faculty adopts a results-oriented teaching approach to cultivate financial talents. It offers three degree programs, including Bachelor of Applied Economics, Master of Science in Finance, and Doctor of Philosophy in Finance.
- In collaboration with the Hengqin Innovative Institute for Finance and Management (HIIFM) and the Hengqin-Macau Youth Entrepreneurship Valley, FOF has formed a hub that promotes exchanges among businesses, academia, and research institutions for talent cultivation. Students and faculty are encouraged to conduct joint projects and participate in various exchange activities and workshops related to research development, education, and field visits.
- Various partnerships have been established with renowned universities, as well as leading enterprises in mainland and overseas to launch summer internship programs for students.
- Well-known industrial elites will be invited to share cutting-edge information with students in order to enhance their professional literacy.
- Leading refereed journals have featured research findings and papers developed by faculty and students.
FOF Academic Faculty Sharing
Assistant Professor Derick Lin Deqin, Program Coordinator of Bachelor of Applied Economics
Research Interests and Areas of Expertise: Green Finance, Financial Time-Series Data Analysis
The Bachelor of Applied Economics program covers two main areas: Economics and Finance. In 2022, FOF successfully joined the University Affiliation Program of the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA Institute) and obtained the Silver Award certification from the BGA in 2021. The program boasts a strong teaching staff, with most teaching members holding Ph.D. degrees from renowned universities. In addition, industry experts and renowned scholars are invited to give academic lectures to enrich and broaden students’ horizons. The program offers a special class – Finance Elite Cohort, which adopts a English-taught small-class pedagogical approach with academic advisors to further improve students’ learning experience and effectiveness.
FOF has established the Finance Laboratory, which is equipped with professional statistical software, including R, Matlab, and Stata, as well as important databases such as Bloomberg and CSMAR, to provide crucial support and assistance for scientific research projects. The program has established extensive and in-depth cooperation with institutions such as Bank of China Macau Branch and China Taiping Insurance (Macau) Co., Ltd., providing students with ample opportunities for research and practice to enhance their ability to apply their knowledge to practices.
Professor Zhou Yonghong, Postgraduate Program Coordinator
Research Interests and Areas of Expertise: Political Economy, Economic Growth and Development, Hong Kong Economy, Macao Economy
The Master of Science in Finance covers various areas such as Financial Economics, Behavioral Finance, Green Finance, Financial Technology, Portfolio Management, Financial Markets, and Governance. The program focuses on experiential learning, with financial simulation as the core teaching method. The program has outstanding teaching staff, and the Financial Laboratory provides excellent software and hardware to support academic development and research projects. Students will gain a new learning experience through active participation in course assignments, lectures, and field visits.
This program caters to the demand for financial talent in the Greater Bay Area and aims to enhance students’ financial research and practical capabilities through cutting-edge financial theory studies. With a focus on “Featured Finance” and “Modern Finance,” the program strengthens Macao’s role as a financial service platform between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, promotes the moderate diversification of Macao’s economy, and cultivates talent to serve the development of the Greater Bay Area and the country's financial sector.
The Doctor of Philosophy in Finance program covers various areas such as Financial Economics Analysis, Econometrics, Data Analysis and Modeling, Financial Law and Policies, Game Theory and Financial Innovation, and International Financial Theories and Policies. The program combines academic and applied practices, and invites academic experts and senior professionals from the industry to conduct cutting-edge research and academic salons to enhance students' analytical skills and research thinking. Through a comprehensive learning curriculum, the program aims to cultivate advanced academic and applied talents for the development of the Greater Bay Area and the country's financial sector.
Welcome to Faculty of Finance!
The Faculty of Finance (FOF) keeps innovating with global social and economic development to develop an application-oriented curriculum setting. The faculty centers on experiential learning and integrates industry-academia collaborations into pedagogies. Going forward, FOF will continue to take the development of Macao and the Greater Bay Area as the platform to cultivate sought-after financial talents.
