Course summary
Empowering future financial leaders with cutting-edge technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Blockchain, our MSc Financial Technology programme prepares global innovators to navigate and redefine the financial landscape. The rapidly growing FinTech sector is disrupting traditional business models and transforming industries worldwide. Companies are seizing new opportunities, and the demand for innovative leaders has never been higher. The MSc Financial Technology at the University of Birmingham is a market-driven programme designed to future-proof your career. Master advanced skills, gain actionable insights, and apply real-world experience. Connect with top industry players and position yourself to shape the future of finance. What makes this course different? Our MSc Financial Technology programme is interdisciplinary. It combines finance, machine learning, AI, blockchain technology and cybersecurity with computer programming and data analytics. The course is delivered by the Business School, School of Computer Science and financial technology experts from industry. This course will develop your understanding of technology that drives the future of finance along with ethical requirements and procedures to keep the business sustainable. The rigorous curriculum will challenge you to come up with innovative solutions to integrate technologies with the theoretical frameworks and institutional settings where they can be applied. The programme will involve simulation workshops, hackathon events, industry-interface events and real time application oriented research projects that will be class leading to enrich your student experience.
- Join a small cohort on this competitive specialist programme and develop a closer relationship with experts, staff and fellow students.
- Engage in hackathon events and real-time industry projects, applying theory to practice, like creating crowdfunding platforms, using blockchain to reduce fraud, developing algorithmic trading applications and financial services apps.
- Benefit from our Sustainable Finance and Innovation Centre, and the ESG hub, undertaking client-based projects and gaining hands-on experience with the latest financial tools and software
- You will have access to our state-of-the-art Bloomberg training suite where a range of trading techniques can be practised.
- Tackle real-world investment challenges, emphasising ethical and sustainable business practices, and contribute to a responsible future.
Entry requirements
A good Honours degree (2:1 or higher) or postgraduate diploma from a UK university or equivalent in a highly quantitative subject (such as Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Finance or Science). You must have obtained good grades in mathematical, quantitative or statistics related modules at undergraduate level, or GCE A-Level grade A or overseas equivalent in Mathematics. Good programming skills, using languages such as C++, SQL, Java, R or Python, and/or two years relevant work experience in the field of science and technology, financial services or treasury management, are not strict requirements but will add weight to your application. Places on this programme are limited, so you may be asked to attend an interview as part of a competitive application process.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
For more detailed information on available funding and fees for postgraduate courses please visit:
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/fees-funding
Provider information
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT