Financial Engineering (FinTech)

Overview

To train Master's degree holders in a branch of Finance able to apply knowledge about science and practice in financial engineering and practice to form, evaluate and independently make effective and scientifically grounded decisions in use of financial technologies concerning risk and uncertainty, changing society demands and technological progress.

What will students learn in the Financial Engineering (FinTech) at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University ?

• principles and methods of FinTech creation, use and regulations based on the results of fundamental and applied scientific researches 

• how to develop, apply and adapt an adequate for a specific situation means of FinTech for the solution of financial engineering problems in practice and doing a scientific research

• FinTech Evolution and Regulation / Programming for FinTech / Financial Big Data Analytics

• engineering thinking and project based work ability.

• exclusive knowledge and abilities in the field of financial engineering by application software, databases, quantitative research methods.

• special point on the time value of money and on the cognition and evaluation of financial risk under uncertainty when making financial management decisions.

Careers

• FinTech companies 

• banks

• accountancy firms

• insurance companies

• investment banks

• other financial institutions

• public sector employers