Welcome to the BSc. Financial Technology (Online)

The programme offered combines knowledge of economics, finance and information technology, enabling you to understand key directional issues centred around e-finance, financial analytics, data visualisation and processing or machine learning. During your education, you will also learn about tools that support the digitalisation of financial processes – such as Python programming, artificial intelligence or blockchain.
Gain the financial technology (FinTech) skills essential for a career in tomorrow’s financial institutions. With developments in computing continuing to accelerate, understanding their applications to financial markets will make you highly employable in a variety of industries.
The BSc offers you the opportunity to gain experience at the cutting edge between finance and computer science. You’ll develop quantitative and analytical skills as well as your coding and programming capabilities. You have access to our Bloomberg Financial Markets Lab, located in the Business School, and to Thomson Reuters service platforms. This allows you to take part in real-time financial and trading simulation, supervised by academic and industry experts. 
Career Path
This course prepares you for roles in the exciting and growing industry known as financial technology (FinTech), where there are opportunities in banks, consultancies, investment companies, asset management companies, stock brokerage firms and peer-to-peer lending companies.