Universities United Kingdom Glasgow Caledonian University Courses MSc Financial Technology

MSc Financial Technology
at Glasgow Caledonian University

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Tuition Fee £ 14,500
Country Rank-
Duration12 Months
Score IELTS: 6

Program Overview

The MSc in Financial Technology is designed to prepare you for a career in banking and finance with an emphasis in technologies and data management. In addition to the fundamental skills and knowledge of finance, you will be exposed to leading-edge concepts in artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain (cryptocurrencies), and big data analysis among other emerging topics.

The curriculum draws on GCU’s expertise in diverse areas of finance including regulation, risk analysis, modelling, and securities and investments within the framework of systems architecture, software development, and data management. The content and teaching strategies are designed to help you gain the essential skills and knowledge to prepare you to grow as a professional within the changing landscape of the banking and finance industry.

Advances in technology have brought about radical changes to financial operations, products and services. Key amongst them are activities such as the provision of credit (disintermediation through peer-to-peer lending and crowdfunding), payment systems (blockchain technology and digital currencies), investments (algorithmic trading, online stockbroking services), and personal finance (robo-advisory services for individual investors). These innovations depend on secure and efficient communication systems and the processing of large amounts of data via machine learning algorithms.

The modules in this course will help you gain an understanding of the evolving nature of financial technologies: impact on financial rules and regulation, analysing and managing financial risk, current and emerging trends in different financial sectors as well as challenges and opportunities to the subject and practice of finance. On an equal basis, the course's modules focus on enhancing your skills and knowledge of software development, artificial intelligence, data visualisation and ethics, putting these into practice to solve real-world problems.

Course Content
Module list
Bank Operational Risk Management, Software Development for Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Data Ethics and Research Methods, Financial Services Regulation, Fundamentals of Financial Technology, Financial Risk Modelling, Data Visualisation, Masters Finance Research Project
Entry Requirement
All entry requirements listed here should be used as a guide and represent the minimum required to be considered for entry. Applicants who are made a conditional offer of a place may be asked to achieve more than is stated.

Minimum academic requirements
Minimum academic requirement: UK honours degree 2:2 (or equivalent) in a relevant computing subject or in a finance subject with an appropriate maths or computing component.

English language requirements
Academic IELTS score of 6.0 (or equivalent) with no element below 5.5.
Fees & Scholarships
Annual full-time tuition fees
- Home (Scottish) and RUK: £7,000
- International: £14,500
Additional costs
As a student at the University, there are additional fees and costs which may or may not apply to you, but that you should be aware of.
Career Prospect
Looking at the broader financial services (FS) workforce in Scotland also provides a steer in relation to aspects such as skills demand within this sector. In 2020, the most in-demand skills within the sector in were commonly digital-based including Java, software engineering, SQL and Python. Digital transformation was also identified within the FS sector as one of the key drivers for skills demand. Digital delivery of services within the sector is expected to result in a need to refocus/upskill sections of the workforce resulting in demand for critical families of skills such as data analytics, software development, business analytics and financial crime.

The government’s Kalifa Review of UK Fintech, commissioned by HM Treasury, published its recommendations on how to best support the growth and development of the UK’s fintech sector. One of the key recommendations from the report has potential direct implications on a new master’s course in this field: "Build a pipeline of fintech talent by supporting fintech scaleups to offer embedded work placements to further education and higher education students and Kickstarters" and "...facilitate stronger connections with universities and the fintech ecosystem" in order to enhance fintech's appeal as a graduate destination and deepen relations between industry and academia.

Cost Of Studying At Glasgow Caledonian University

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250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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MSc Financial Technology at Glasgow Caledonian University