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FinTech is an emerging but important area that has been developing rapidly in recent years. The MScFinTech program at HKUST is designed for talents and working professionals who want to combine technical and financial knowledge to generate innovative solutions that meet the challenges of this emerging field. In view of the multi-disciplinary nature of FinTech, the MScFinTech program, jointly run by the School of Business and Management, School of Engineering, and School of Science, draws expertise from timely areas such as information technology, blockchain, data science, machine learning, and decision analytics. The program provides students with fundamental knowledge and important skills relating to popular financial technologies and their engineering and financial principles, thereby enhancing their market competitiveness in the booming FinTech field. Our graduates are able to analyze the engineering mechanisms and financial principles of new and emerging financial technologies, and to formulate and solve FinTech-related problems using practical means supported by the latest engineering methodologies and quantitative techniques.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Computer Science and Information Systems
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
FinTech is an emerging but important area that has been developing rapidly in recent years. The MScFinTech program at HKUST is designed for talents and working professionals who want to combine technical and financial knowledge to generate innovative solutions that meet the challenges of this emerging field. In view of the multi-disciplinary nature of FinTech, the MScFinTech program, jointly run by the School of Business and Management, School of Engineering, and School of Science, draws expertise from timely areas such as information technology, blockchain, data science, machine learning, and decision analytics. The program provides students with fundamental knowledge and important skills relating to popular financial technologies and their engineering and financial principles, thereby enhancing their market competitiveness in the booming FinTech field. Our graduates are able to analyze the engineering mechanisms and financial principles of new and emerging financial technologies, and to formulate and solve FinTech-related problems using practical means supported by the latest engineering methodologies and quantitative techniques.
Admission Requirements
6.5+
80+
Applicants must possess a bachelor’s degree from a recognized university or tertiary institution. Applicants preferably should have a programming and mathematics background. Applicants are also highly recommended to have a satisfactory GMAT/GRE score, but it is not compulsory. For English Proficiency Requirements, please refer to HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School. For full-time applicants, no minimum work experience is required. However, any relevant work or business experience will add weight to the application under consideration. For part-time applicants, at least two years of full-time post-qualification work experience is highly recommended, but it is not a compulsory requirement.
MSc in Financial Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
12 monthsProgramme duration
46,543 USDTuition Fee/year
01 Feb, 2024Application Deadline
1Scholarships
Programme overview
Main Subject
Computer Science and Information Systems
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
In view of the multi-disciplinary nature of FinTech, the MScFinTech program, jointly run by the School of Business and Management, School of Engineering, and School of Science, draws expertise from timely areas such as information technology, blockchain, data science, machine learning, and decision analytics.
The program provides students with fundamental knowledge and important skills relating to popular financial technologies and their engineering and financial principles, thereby enhancing their market competitiveness in the booming FinTech field.
Our graduates are able to analyze the engineering mechanisms and financial principles of new and emerging financial technologies, and to formulate and solve FinTech-related problems using practical means supported by the latest engineering methodologies and quantitative techniques.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Computer Science and Information Systems
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
In view of the multi-disciplinary nature of FinTech, the MScFinTech program, jointly run by the School of Business and Management, School of Engineering, and School of Science, draws expertise from timely areas such as information technology, blockchain, data science, machine learning, and decision analytics.
The program provides students with fundamental knowledge and important skills relating to popular financial technologies and their engineering and financial principles, thereby enhancing their market competitiveness in the booming FinTech field.
Our graduates are able to analyze the engineering mechanisms and financial principles of new and emerging financial technologies, and to formulate and solve FinTech-related problems using practical means supported by the latest engineering methodologies and quantitative techniques.
Admission Requirements
For full-time applicants, no minimum work experience is required. However, any relevant work or business experience will add weight to the application under consideration.
For part-time applicants, at least two years of full-time post-qualification work experience is highly recommended, but it is not a compulsory requirement.
Domestic
International
Scholarships
Engineering MSc International Scholarship
Value
$12000
Deadline
1 Jun 2026
Application requirements
QS Event Attendance is NOT required
Entry requirements
You must be admitted to this school to be awarded
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