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Financial Technology MSc

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Find out more about our Financial Technology taught Master's degree at Warwick

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Acounting and Sustainability students at the University of Warwick

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P-H60Z

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MSc

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1 year full-time

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23 September 2025

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Warwick Business School

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University of Warwick

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This interdisciplinary course will teach you to innovate and adopt new technologies to transform the financial industry, democratise finance, and accelerate financial inclusion.

The course was devised out of our Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology, a world-class, cutting-edge research hub focusing precisely on this subject.

You’ll first be trained in quantitative methods, data science, artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, finance, and information systems. As your knowledge develops, we’ll be encouraging you to evolve your creative mindset by challenging and critically evaluating established paradigms within the field.
 
Not just another finance course with a couple of crypto or AI modules, our MSc Financial Technology provides an in-depth, specialised curriculum designed for the FinTech era.

Key benefits

  • Acquire the skillset needed for a successful career at the intersection of technology, AI, and finance
  • Exposure to presentations from leading FinTech practitioners and networking opportunities
  • Study and work with the Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology
  • Unique FinTech in Practice option to finetune the skills learned on the course in a realistic, situational format
  • Gain expert insight taught by renowned faculty from our Finance and Information Systems Management & Analytics Group (ISMA)
  • Candidates from diverse backgrounds welcome

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To complete your degree, you will have the option to choose between the Research Paper or self-sourced Internship, or FinTech in Practice:

Research Paper 

The Research Paper route offers the opportunity to synthesise, apply and extend your knowledge gained during the course, with a 6,000 word final dissertation. Students choosing this route must select the Research Methods optional module.

Internship route 

You can organise a self-sourced internship over 6 to 12 weeks, after all other modules are completed. You'll conduct a critical evaluation of your experience during your placement, reflecting on challenges, development and skill acquisition.

FinTech in Practice route 

Apply and refine new skills through our unique FinTech in Practice module, addressing practical industry challenges in conjunction with leading FinTech practitioners and businesses. This module provides an opportunity to explore a project of practical relevance in financial technology together with the Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology, or one of its industry partners. This will give you the chance to finetune the skills learned on the course in a realistic, situational format.

This module involves three trips to The Shard, London. The first two trips are four days each, students will be exposed to presentations of FinTech companies presenting their business models and current challenges. The last trip will be a three-day event where students present their solutions to faculty and industry representatives.

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The class size for this course is around 200 students.

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Students on this MSc will typically receive between 27 and 30 contact hours per module, via a mixture of virtual and in-person support.

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Assessment on the course will be comprised of a mix of exams, individual and group work, and tests.

Your timetable

Your personalised timetable will be complete when you are registered for all modules, core and optional, and you have been allocated to your lectures, seminars and other small group classes. Your core modules will be registered for you, and you will be able to choose your optional modules when you join us.

There may be events taking place in the evenings. Classes may run up to 7pm, and other events, such as careers presentations may take place later or on weekends. Occasionally, classes and exams may be held on weekends. We will notify you in advance if this is the case.

This is a full-time course, so there are no holidays as such. However, the two weeks covering Christmas and New Year are guaranteed to be free from lectures. There may also be weeks free over the Easter period (check with your programme team). Resit exams may take place outside of standard teaching periods.

Reading lists

If you would like to view reading lists for current or previous cohorts of students, most departments have reading lists available through Warwick Library on the Talis Aspire platform.

You can search for reading lists by module title, code or convenor. Please see the modules tab of this page or the module catalogue.

Please note that some reading lists may have restricted access or be unavailable at certain times of year due to not yet being published. If you cannot access the reading list for a particular module, please check again later or contact the module’s host department.

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  • 2.1 achieved at Undergraduate level
  • We do not require a GMAT or GRE score, this will not be considered as part of your application or affect your outcome.

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  • Band B
  • IELTS overall score of 7.0, minimum component scores of two at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0 or above.

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There are no additional entry requirements for this course.

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