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MSc Islamic Finance and Sharia Governance (Online)

Arab Leadership University

Arab Leadership University

Master's

MSc Islamic Finance and Sharia Governance (Online)

Arab Leadership University

Arab Leadership University (online)

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Tuition

Free (online)

Degree

M.Sc.

Delivery

Full-time · Online

Duration

2 years (18 mo)

Language & requirements

Taught in: English, Arabic

Tuition fees

  • INTERNATIONALFree (online)

About Arab Leadership University

Fully online Arabic digital university serving the League of Arab States.

Overview

This MSc is for bankers, internal Sharia reviewers, and family-office staff who already live inside murabaha files, AAOIFI footnotes, and board packs that mix English term sheets with Arabic fatwa extracts. Arab Leadership University will not appoint you to a Sharia board and will not treat a ministry attestation stamp as academic evaluation. You will map product governance from origination to the board, write bilingual memos a GCC committee can table, and separate marketing slogans from documented screening. Online study is tuition-free aside from the examination fee. Capstones use anonymised product or waqf files, not a generic sukuk essay copied from a London textbook.

Delivered fully online with live seminars, recorded lectures, and tutor support.

**Award:** Arab Leadership University **Credits:** 36 | **Typical duration:** 2 years (18 months)

Course structure

4 terms · 16 modules · 36 credits

Module 1: Product architecture

  • ALU1101·Murabaha, Ijara, and Wakala File Architecture
    3 credits
  • ALU1102·Sukuk Governance versus Marketing Labels
    3 credits
  • ALU1103·AAOIFI, IFSB, and Internal Policy Hierarchies
    3 credits
  • ALU1104·Bilingual Term Sheets and Fatwa Extracts
    3 credits

Module 2: Sharia governance process

  • ALU1105·Sharia Secretariat Workflows and Minute Discipline
    3 credits
  • ALU1106·Conflict, Related Parties, and Founder Pressure
    3 credits
  • ALU1107·Screening Lists without Scholar Theatre
    3 credits
  • ALU1108·Attestation Practice versus Academic Evaluation
    3 credits

Module 3: Family office and GCC context

  • ALU1109·Family Enterprise Liquidity and Islamic Windows
    3 credits
  • ALU1110·Vision 2030 Localisation and Product Staffing
    3 credits
  • ALU1111·GCC Dual Listing and Cross-Border Files
    3 credits
  • ALU1112·EN+AR Committee Writing
    3 credits

Module 4: Capstone

  • ALU1113·Product Incident and Remediation Memos
    3 credits
  • ALU1114·Research Methods for Islamic Finance Governance
    3 credits
  • ALU1115·Ethics of Claiming Compliance
    3 credits
  • ALU1116·Capstone: Bilingual Product Governance File
    3 credits

Learning outcomes

  • Apply discipline-specific theory to complex professional problems
  • Design and execute research or applied projects to postgraduate standard
  • Communicate findings clearly to academic and industry audiences
  • Demonstrate ethical, inclusive practice in global workplaces
Apply at Arab Leadership University →University website

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