MSc Financial Technology (FinTech)
Swansea, United Kingdom
MSc
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: This MSc Financial Technology (FinTech) programme covers fintech applications in banking, insurance, asset management and other finance sectors, focusing on blockchain, digital currencies, Big Data and artificial intelligence. You’ll learn programming, machine learning and network security and gain knowledge of financial markets, institutions and systems. The programme is open to non-computer science undergraduates and can be completed in a single year at Swansea’s AACSB-accredited School of Management campus.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue roles in fintech, banking, insurance, asset management, data analytics, risk management and consulting. Roles include Business Development Manager, Data Specialist, Financial Analyst, Product Manager and Developer.
Are you looking for a career in a rapidly expanding sector? Keen to work in an innovative global industry where your skills are in demand?
This programme will examine applications of financial technology in banking, insurance, asset management and many other finance sectors. You will gain cutting-edge knowledge on finance applications of blockchain technology, digital currencies, Big Data and artificial intelligence.
You will also acquire an in-depth understanding of the financial technology environment, develop skills in programming, machine learning and network security as well as knowledge of financial markets institutions and systems.
Why Financial Technology (FinTech) at Swansea?
- The programme may be completed in a single year
- Open to non-computer science undergraduates - students will typically have a background in Business, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or Computer Science. We are also willing to consider those with other backgrounds and work experience in the sector
- All modules are taught by our world-class academics who have industrial and academic knowledge
- Based in the £22 million School of Management building on the Bay Campus
- The School of Management is accredited by AACSB International, the world’s largest business education association, connecting business schools, businesses and learners, to create the next generation of great leaders.
Year 1 (Level 7T)
Students choose 180 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
- International Financial Markets and Institutions
- Financial Technology Environment
- Quantitative Methods and Economics
- Introduction to Programming for Financial Applications
- Big Data in Finance
- Innovation Management
- Artificial Intelligence - Principles and Concepts
- Blockchain Technology in Finance
- Independent Research Project
You may be eligible for funding to help support your study.
If you're a UK or EU student starting a master’s degree at Swansea University, you may be eligible to apply for Government funding to help towards the cost of your studies. To find out more, please visit our postgraduate loans page.
To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.
Academi Hywel Teifi at Swansea University and the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol offer a number of generous scholarships and bursaries for students who wish to study through the medium of Welsh or bilingually. For further information about the opportunities available to you, visit the Academi Hywel Teifi Scholarships and Bursaries page.
The School of Management also offers a Developing Futures Scholarship for postgraduate (taught) students who have an offer to study at the School of Management.
The scholarship package encourages students to develop a number of professional skills whilst working with the School throughout the academic year.
Financial Technology (FinTech) Employment Opportunities
There is great potential for Fintech expansion in emerging market economies and this programme will produce graduates equipped for successful careers in the growing financial technology discipline. There is a range of possible career options available in the financial services industry:
- Business Development Manager
- Data Specialist
- Financial Analyst
- Product Manager
- Developer
How You're Taught
We are proud to provide an outstanding educational experience, using the most effective learning and teaching approaches, carefully tailored to suit the specific needs of your course. Our courses consist of in-person, on-campus teaching, enabling full engagement with your lecturers and fellow students.
Practical skills sessions, seminars, and workshops predominantly take place in person, allowing for group working and presentations. However, our approach also includes the use of some online learning to support and enhance traditional face-to-face teaching.
Online learning may take place ‘live’ using software such as Zoom, allowing you to interact with the lecturer and peers and to ask questions. Lecture recordings also allow for more flexibility to revisit material, to revise for assessments and to enhance learning outside of the classroom. Some modules have extra resources in our virtual learning environment (Canvas), such as videos, slides and quizzes enabling further flexible study.
