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MSc Financial Technology (Fintech) aims to give you the knowledge and skills required to work in the new and emerging fintech sector. Many fintech companies are small start-ups so business and entrepreneurial skills are important.  Fintech is a disruptive technology, bringing great changes to the ways that banks and insurance companies operate. You’ll be taught innovation management techniques to immediately make a difference in any organisation or company you work for.

 Of course, Fintech is also about technology and our graduates will be able to design and implement software applications that will take advantage of the new open banking regulations. You’ll also have the data analytics and machine learning skills required by new data driven models of financial services provision.

The course is delivered via lectures, seminars, workshops, business games and independent study. This will be supported through:

• A learning environment which fosters debate;
• Modules which encourage students to critically assess theory and practice with a view to creating new concepts and practices for the future;
• Projects which offer practical application of theory to support learning and increase employability.

Programme Overview

Awarding authority		UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING
Academic Year/Time Schedule/Programme Duration		Duration of course is 1 year
Mode		Full Time / Part Time
Teaching Amenities, Facilities etc		Lecture Rooms, Library, Computer Lab, Student Study Space, etc

Eligibility

AGE REQUIREMENTS

20 years old

Academic Requirement

Applicants must have the following:

• A minimum of a Second Class Honours degree or equivalent, in either a numerate subject such as Maths, Computing and Engineering, or a Business and Finance subject. Some experience of computer programming is also required.

Mature Applicants

For admission of matured students that do not meet the entry requirements, they should be at least 30 years old and have at least 8 years of prior learning or working experience in the relevant fields.

To qualify as a mature applicant, you are required to submit a Personal Statement of not more than 200 words and 2 Referee Reports from at least one employer. Shortlisted applicants may be required to attend an interview.

ENGLISH REQUIREMENTS

If English isn’t your first language, you must have one of these qualifications:

• IELTS: 6.5 with 5.5 minimum in each skill or equivalent
• Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): Grade C or above
• Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CAE): Grade C or above
• Pearson Test of English (Academic): 54 with 51 in each component
• IBT TOEFL: 80 with no subtest less than 17

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