MSc FinTech and Policy at University of Surrey

Programme overview

The new FinTech sector is transforming the global financial services industry, which has increasing demand for advanced data analytics skills and knowledge. Our FinTech masters will give you the theoretical knowledge and practical skills needed to understand the ever-changing FinTech landscape.

Department: Surrey Business School | Duration: 1 year full-time | Study mode: full-time | Intake: February 2027, September 2027 | Location: Guildford, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

In an intensely competitive employment market, employers are increasingly looking for graduates with transferable knowledge and skills that cut across the evolving areas of finance, law and technology. Our FinTech and Policy MSc will enable you to understand the rapidly changing financial market conditions, investment technologies and regulatory climates that drive business decisions around the world. Through a carefully selected mix of compulsory modules, you’ll build a skillset to navigate an increasingly complex, dynamic and global financial environment, whilst optional modules allow for specialisation in areas that are of particular interest to you. Core modules include Overview of Fintech, Python Programming: An Overview, Financial Regulation and Fintech Policy, Fintech and Policy Project, Cases in Fintech and Policy, Financial Modelling, Ethics in Finance.

Career pathways

Our masters will give you the theoretical knowledge and practical skills needed to understand the ever-changing FinTech landscape.

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Entry requirements

A minimum of a 2:2 UK honours degree in any recognised subject is required, although students with degrees with any of the following subjects would be especially well equipped for our MSc programme: Accountancy, banking, business administration, law, politics, economics, engineering, finance, management, mathematics or science or a recognised equivalent international qualification. We may be able to take relevant work experience into consideration if you don't meet these requirements. If you have at least one year of relevant experience in a full-time graduate-level role (or a minimum of two years’ experience in a relevant graduate-level part-time role) please provide full details of your role and responsibilities in your personal statement and CV when you submit your application. IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with 6.0 in each element

Domestic applicants: GBP 15,800 a year (2027/28). Annual tuition fee, full-time route, February 2027 start Source

International applicants: GBP 25,900 a year (2027/28). Annual tuition fee, full-time route, February 2027 start Source

Intake: February 2027, September 2027

Duration: 1 year full-time

Apply through the official page: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/apply/postgraduate

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