Ambitious professionals in both finance and non-finance sectors can now fast track their way to a top Australian MBA qualification with the famous Postgraduate Diploma in Business and Finance qualification offered by the Business School of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka).
The Postgraduate diploma course which has been in existence for more than 30 years is one of the most sought after qualifications by both professionals from the finance and accounting sectors as well as from professionals from the non-finance and non-accounting sectors in the country.
Students can follow the postgraduate diploma if they possess a degree from a recognized university or have an equivalent professional qualification.
Students who have obtained the Executive Diploma in Accounting and Finance and the Executive Diploma in Business and Accounting also offered at the CA Business School can sit for the postgraduate diploma.
Students who qualify for the postgraduate diploma will also get five exemptions when they sit for the MBA programme offered by the University of Southern Queensland, recognized as one of Australia’s top 20 MBA programmes and has successfully being conducted in Sri Lanka for well over ten years with over 400 students completing the MBA programme.
CA Sri Lanka President, Mr. Sujeewa Rajapakse stressed that the CA Business School has always been in the forefront in offering the best local and foreign qualifications for professionals in the country. “The CA Business School which has been in existence for over a period of ten years, has a range of professional and academic qualifications for the long term development of professionals who hail from the finance and non-finance sectors,” he said.
According to Mr. Rajapakse, the CA Business School has also been instrumental in introducing Sri Lankan professionals to the highly acclaimed and world renowned executive education programme conducted by one of the world’ top business school’s INSEAD.
Chief Executive Officer of CA Sri Lanka, Mr. Aruna Alwis, noted that this year will be an important year for the CA Business School as it will soon be housed in a very modern building with ultra-modern facilities with the best of lecture rooms, for the benefit of students following courses at the CA Business School.
The duration of the postgraduate diploma course is one year and covers an extensive outline which are deemed important in today’s business world. The programme is broken into four semesters and covers the following modules: Principles of Financial and Cost Accounting, Quantitative Techniques for Business, Business Environment, Research Methodology, Financial Statement analysis, Financial planning and control, Information Strategy, HR Strategy, Strategic Management Accounting, Financing Strategy, Principles of Valuation, Marketing Strategy and integrated Case Study / Research.