Financial Technology University of Aberdeen

Overview

 The Financial Technology programme at University of Aberdee offers a rigorous introduction to Python, the dominant programming language in FinTech as well as machine learning and data science. The programme also highlights the inherent risks to the industry such as security breaches and the effects these can have on banks and other financial service providers.

This Financial Technology programme at University of Aberdeen is open to people from any discipline and will provide students with an interdisciplinary learning experience in financial services and technology from experts in their respective fields.

The Business School is internationally recognised and plays a major role in industry through research, and consultancy. Not only will you acquire the business knowledge essential to success, you’ll also develop the crucial characteristics – such as strong communication and interpersonal skills, quantitative knowledge and technical skills – most sought after in the highly competitive global business environment.

The School of Natural & Computing Sciences has a long-standing reputation in Intelligent Systems, with world recognised expertise in areas such as multi-agent systems, natural language generation, knowledge graph and semantic web.

By bringing together students from both financial and computing backgrounds, students will benefit from a richer experience, learning from their peers and gaining an in-depth understanding of both sectors and how they interconnect.

Career opportunities:

The MSc Financial Technology programme positions graduates for a variety of exciting FinTech career pathways with practical skills and expertise in mathematics, computer science, finance, and economics.

This programme provides you with the technical and analytical skills needed to successfully adapt to wide-range of situations in the ever-changing world of computing and finance. Some become software developers, business analysts, consultants, data scientists, or follow other roles.