FinTech with Business Analytics MSc

Program Overview

FinTech with Business Analytics MSc

Overview

This course has been designed to prepare graduates and professionals with the skills to launch a career in FinTech or business analytics.

Course Structure

This innovative course has been designed for learners who wish to specialise in one of the most exciting areas of finance and gain a deeper understanding of finance applications that are transforming the financial services sector.

Modules

Core Modules

• Blockchain Technologies and Cryptocurrencies: This module delves into the transformative potential of Blockchain technology, equipping you with a comprehensive understanding of its design principles, emerging platforms, and diverse applications.
• Business Intelligence and Analytics in Finance: This module introduces students to business intelligence and analytics in financial contexts, with a focus on classification and clustering methods.
• Capstone Project: This Capstone Project module within the School of Finance and Accounting PG programme offers you the opportunity to gain research methods knowledge and development skills as well as knowledge of how to undertake a work-based project.
• Data Science and Machine Learning: Data science and machine learning have become key drivers of business change and value generation in the modern digital economy.
• Ethics and Professional Standards: Given the global trend towards more ethical and sustainable business practices, this module equips you with a deep and nuanced understanding of the ethical and professional challenges inherent in the rapidly evolving FinTech sector.
• Financial Markets and Institutions: This module offers a detailed coverage of global financial markets, institutions and their services and securities.
• FinTech Innovation: This module provides you with a comprehensive understanding of the key drivers of innovation within FinTech and the disruptive role that FinTech has played within the wider financial markets.

Option Modules

• Banking Technology: This module provides a rigorous introduction to the key aspects of FinTech and to understand the transformational impact of this on the global banking sector.
• Risk Management for FinTech: This module provides a detailed overview of the fundamental types of risk encountered by FinTech firms and examines how these can either be avoided or mitigated.
• Sustainability in Finance with ESG: This module provides an in-depth exploration of sustainability in finance, with a strong focus on the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors into financial decision-making processes.

Entry Requirements

• A minimum of a lower second class honours degree (2:2).
• This degree is designed to enable students from different disciplines to change careers and enter the Fintech field.
• Students are expected to have a background in a numerical subject to cope with the high levels of programming and statistics involved.
• Alternative professional qualifications with at least three years of relevant professional experience will also be considered.
• If your first language is not English, you should have an IELTS 6.5 overall, with a minimum of 6.0 in each component.

Fees and Funding

• UK tuition fee: £14,900 (Price per academic year)
• International tuition fee: £18,000 (Price per academic year)
• Alumni discount available
• Funding options available, including Student Finance England (SFE) and scholarships

Teaching and Assessment

• Your learning experience is designed to provide both a practical and theoretical understanding of the structure, function and management of FinTech and applications of financial data analytics to a variety of problems and projects in the financial services.
• Teaching methods include lectures, seminars, case study analysis, and project work.
• Assessments include time-constrained exams, individual and team-based coursework, and presentations.

Facilities

• The Learning Platform
• Lecture theatres
• Library
• Bloomberg Financial Market Suite
• Digital Marketing Lab
• Meeting spaces
• Cafe

Course Location

• Marylebone Campus, University of Westminster
• 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW

Westminster Business School

• Based in the heart of London's political, media and financial services
• Excellent industry links and a strong commitment to social enterprise
• Courses accredited by professional bodies including ACCA, CIOB, CIM, CIPD, and RICS

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