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  • DeadlineStudy Details: MSc 1 year full-time

Masters Degree Description

Recent development in big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, and machine learning have fundamentally shifted the way in which financial institutions operate, innovate, strategise, and compete, allowing more financial transactions to be conducted online. In addition, Financial Technology (FinTech) start-ups are dealing with a range of consumer financial services, including mobile payments, (peer-to-peer) lending, and financial advice in the investment industry (robo-advisers).

Driven by this emerging trend, the demand for hybrid experts in both finance and technology has drastically increased. Our MSc Financial Technology provides progressive learning towards the frontiers of knowledge in finance, information technology, and how the two intertwine.

You will study modern finance theory, financial markets, information technology and its application in finance. This will help prepare you to become a hybrid expert in the finance and the technology industries, enhance lifelong learning skills and personal development to contribute to society at large.

Entry Requirements

2:1 (or international equivalent) in economics, finance, accounting, business/management, computer science, maths, or engineering. Applicants must have completed a minimum of two quantitative modules relevant to the subject area, with a 2:1 (or international equivalent) in each module, during their undergraduate study.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

Career destinations for our postgraduates include:

  • accountants
  • finance and investment analysts and advisers
  • marketing associate professionals
  • human resources managers
  • management consultants
  • business analysts
  • business development managers
  • financial managers
  • data analysts

Module Details

Core modules

Semester one

  • Financial Markets and Instruments
  • Programming for FinTech
  • Quantitative Research Methods for Finance and Investment

Semester two

  • Data Analytics and Machine Learning for FinTech
  • FinTech Regulation and Data Protection
  • Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

Summer

  • Financial Technology Dissertation
  • Business Project (Summer)*60 credits

Optional modules

Two from:

  • Information System Design and Development
  • Digital Marketing
  • Venture Capital and Private Equity
  • International Finance
  • Central Banking Theory and Practice
  • Behavioural Finance
  • Financial Econometrics

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