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DURATION
1 up to 3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Jun 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 7,280
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
Introduction
Organisations need managers with a thorough understanding of public finance so that they can make financial decisions and design and operate financial systems for collecting, spending and accounting for public expenditure.
Depending on which options you choose, this programme will enable you to make decisions about investment projects, when and how to use privatisation and public-private partnerships, and how to manage the financial relationships between national and sub-national governments.
Why study PGDip Public Financial Management at SOAS?
- SOAS is ranked 38th in the UK for Accounting and Finance (Complete University Guide 2023)
- We're ranked 6th in the UK for graduate employability (QS World University Rankings 2023)
- Interact with talented students, renowned academics, influential business leaders and top policymakers from around the world
- We are specialists in the delivery of more than 40 African and Asian languages.
Admissions
Curriculum
Modules
- Financial Reporting
- Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets
- Privatisation and Public-Private Partnerships
- Public Financial Management: Audit and Compliance
- Public Financial Management: Planning and Performance
- Public Financial Management: Revenue
- Research Methods (M453)
- The IMF and Economic Policy
Career Opportunities
Students of this programme will receive an invaluable preparation for high level appointments in government, public services, international organisations and NGOs.
Faculty
Program delivery
This programme takes a minimum of one year to complete. Each module lasts 10 weeks. You are registered for a maximum of three years.