Master of Financial Technology

To be eligible to study this course, applicants must meet the following entry requirements:

• A recognised bachelor degree (or equivalent qualification) with WAM of 65 or above as determined by the UNSW Entry Calculator in any of the following areas: business, commerce, information systems & technology management, information technology, computer engineering and software engineering; AND
• Be proficient in the English language.

Entry via nested qualification

• For those who do not qualify for direct entry into the master’s program, you may be eligible for entry into the Graduate Certificate in Financial Technology. Generally, if you successfully complete the Graduate Certificate with a WAM of 65 or above, you can progress to the Graduate Diploma and/or Masters.

In this finance course the subjects you may study include:

List A – Core Courses:

• FinTech Ecosystem and Industry Insights
• Decentralised Finance
• RegTech Applications for Banking and Finance
• Tech Disruption in Payments and Transfers
• Tech Disruption in Funding and Lending
• InsurTech and Financial Risk Management
• Technical Tools for FinTech^
• Problem-solving Methods for FinTech^*
• Data Management for FinTech^*
• Robo-Advisory and Portfolio Optimisation^*
• Managing a FinTech Startup#
• Applied FinTech Project#

List B – Elective Courses

• Managing People, Analytics and Change
• Data and Ethics
• Principles of Programming
• Foundations of Cyber Security
• Big Data Management
• Foundations of Data Science

Available elective courses will vary per program and study period

^Courses requiring programming (Python) knowledge. *Pre-requisite: Technical Tools for FinTech. #Capstone courses. Pre-requisite: Completion of 48 Units of Credit (UOC), which is the equivalent of 8 courses. Masters students must complete either Managing a FinTech Startup or Applied FinTech Project.