The Master of Business Studies in Finance (MBS-F) is a two-year postgraduate degree program. The curriculum is designed to equip students with essential knowledge across various business disciplines such as Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Operations, and Human Resource Management. The program also emphasizes understanding business culture, environmental challenges, and organizational issues through classroom lectures, assignments, projects, presentations, case studies, industrial visits, workshops, and seminars.

Upon completion of the MBS-F degree, graduates are expected to develop:

• Managerial skills across different management functions

• Effective communication skills relevant to business practice

• Decision-making abilities supported by research

• Entrepreneurial skills with a focus on risk-taking

General Objective:
The program aims to develop socially responsible, creative, and analytically driven management professionals.

Specific Objectives:

• Enhance students’ capacity for financial decision-making

• Build confidence for holding middle and senior management roles

• Equip students with knowledge and skills to solve practical business problems creatively

• Integrate management education with Information Technology skills

• Prepare students to initiate and manage new ventures

Key Features:

• Over nine specialized finance subjects

• A 6-credit dissertation in the fourth semester

• A national-level field-based project between semesters

• Live projects every semester

• Case study-based learning

• Presentations and compulsory research papers

• Professional training opportunities

Eligibility:
Applicants must have completed a Bachelor’s degree (2, 3, or 4 years) in any discipline from Tribhuvan University or any other university recognized by Tribhuvan University.

Admission Process:
Applicants must pass the LBC Management Admission Test (LBCMAT), which follows international standards and includes sections on verbal ability, quantitative ability, logical reasoning, and general awareness. The test comprises 100 objective questions, with 25 questions per section, totaling 100 marks. Candidates must achieve the minimum qualifying score set by the examination committee to proceed to the interview stage.

Shortlisted candidates based on the LBCMAT results will be interviewed for final selection.

Curriculum Structure:
The program consists of 60 credits spread evenly over four semesters.

First Semester

• Business Communication (3 credits)

• Economics for Managers (3 credits)

• Marketing Management (3 credits)

• Statistics for Managers (3 credits)

• Organizational Behavior (3 credits)
  Total: 15 credits

Second Semester

• Business Environment in Nepal (3 credits)

• Financial Management (3 credits)

• Human Resource Management (3 credits)

• Financial and Managerial Accounting (3 credits)

• Operation Research Management (3 credits)
  Total: 15 credits

Third Semester

• Business Research Methodology (3 credits)

• International Business (3 credits)

• Management Information System (3 credits)

• Corporate Taxation (3 credits)

• Specialization (Choose one):

  • Investment Management (3 credits)

  • Microfinance Theory and Practice (3 credits)
    Total: 15 credits

Fourth Semester

• Strategic Management (3 credits)

• Specialization (Choose any two):

  • Financial Market and Institution (3 credits each)

  • International Finance

  • Bank Operation and Management

  • Commodity and Derivative Market

• Dissertation (6 credits)
  Total: 15 credits