Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Masters in Financial Engineering (FinTech)
- Vilnius, Lithuania
- Žaliapurviai, Lithuania
Master degree
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2027
TUITION FEES
EUR 5,450 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for non- EU
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Key Summary
About: The Master's in Financial Engineering (FinTech) at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University trains graduates to apply scientific knowledge in financial engineering and technologies. You'll form, evaluate and make science-based decisions under risk and uncertainty to meet changing societal demands. The programme covers quantitative finance, risk management, modelling and data analytics, and links technology, engineering and business in a research-led environment.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work in FinTech companies, banks, accountancy firms, insurance companies, investment banks, other financial institutions, public sector employers, or pursue doctoral study in management or economics. Roles: quantitative analyst, risk manager, financial engineer, fintech developer, data analyst.
To train Master's degree holders in a branch of Finance able to apply knowledge about science and practice in financial engineering and practice to form, evaluate, and independently make effective and scientifically grounded decisions in the use of financial technologies concerning risk and uncertainty, changing society demands and technological progress.
1 semester
- Investment Management
- Methodology of Scientific Research
- Financial Engineering
- Analysis of Investment Possibilities (with course project)
- Master Graduation Thesis 1
- Payment Industry
- Financial Systems
- Risk Engineering
- Value Engineering
- Methodology of Scientific Research
- Anatomy and Engineering of the Value (with course project)
- Financial Engineering
- Master Graduation Thesis 1
- Payment Industry
- Financial Systems
- Risk Engineering
- Financial Technologies (FinTech)
- Methodology of Scientific Research
- Financial Engineering
- Master Graduation Thesis 1
- FinTech Evolution and Regulation (with course project)
- Payment Industry
- Financial Systems
- Risk Engineering
2 semester
- Investment Management
- Research Activity Practice
- Management of Financial Investment (with course project)
- Master Graduation Thesis 2
- Quantitative and Expert Solution Methods
- IT Security Management
- Investing Psychology
- Anatomy and Management of Sustainable Development
- Value Engineering
- Research Activity Practice
- Master Graduation Thesis 2
- Chain of the Value Creation (with course project)
- Quantitative and Expert Solution Methods
- IT Security Management
- Investing Psychology
- Anatomy and Management of Sustainable Development
- Financial Technologies (FinTech)
- Programming for FinTech (with course project)
- Research Activity Practice
- Master Graduation Thesis 2
- Quantitative and Expert Solution Methods
- IT Security Management
- Investing Psychology
- Anatomy and Management of Sustainable Development
3 semester
- Investment Management
- Master Graduation Thesis
- Management of Investment Projects (with course project)
- Value Engineering
- Projects on Value Creation (with course project)
- Master Graduation Thesis
- Financial Technologies (FinTech)
- Financial Big Data Analytics (with course project)
- Master Graduation Thesis
What Will Students Learn?
- principles and methods of FinTech creation, use, and regulations based on the results of fundamental and applied scientific research
- on how to develop, apply, and adapt an adequate for a specific situation of FinTech for the solution of financial engineering problems in practice and doing a scientific research
- FinTech Evolution and Regulation / Programming for FinTech / Financial Big Data Analytics
- engineering thinking and project-based workability.
- exclusive knowledge and abilities in the field of financial engineering by application software, databases, and quantitative research methods.
- special point on the time value of money and the cognition and evaluation of financial risk under uncertainty when making financial management decisions.
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the University website for more information.
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the University website for more information:
VILNIUS TECH Scholarships
Deadline - April 20th
Master can be employed in:
- FinTech companies
- banks
- accountancy firms
- insurance companies
- investment banks
- other financial institutions
- public sector employers
or continue to study Doctoral degree in management or economics.
No worries, you can check all the presentation on demand.
1.5 years (3 semesters) graduation is finalized with the defense of Final project