Financial Technology with Placement Credit University of Gloucestershire

Overview

The Financial Technology with Placement Credit course from University of Gloucestershire modules focus on answering the technical questions of what technological capabilities could achieve within the field of finance, acknowledging the robustness and speed at which these technologies evolve. You’ll have an opportunity to visit Canary Wharf in East London, the financial hub of the world, to interact with financial technologist to witness the rapidity at which financial technologies are evolving.

You’ll also be able to tour the London Stock Exchange (LSE) to develop further understanding on how financial engineering impacted the financial markets.

The certificate stage modules provide a solid foundation so that you can appreciate what’s possible from adopting technology-based architectures as the basis of decision-making and implementation. The hands-on approach to coding and programming will build the necessary expertise for analysing large financial, social and business-related datasets.

The diploma stage modules will help you understand the nature of existing and emerging challenges for the financial services industry specifically and businesses in general.

At the masters’ level stage, you’ll have the choice between a dissertation and a business case analysis module. Apart from the traditional academic dissertation, you’ll have the opportunity to demonstrate originality in creating or developing solutions to live and emerging issues in industry.

Career opportunities:

This course provides you with the skills and knowledge to lead projects and create compliant, technologically advanced financial solutions. You’ll benefit from the links that we have established with various businesses specifically in the areas of Fintech offering great placement and internship opportunities that could result in exciting career opportunities. These include St. James’s Place (a UK-based wealth management firm), as well as local businesses.

Access to the Fintech hub and incubation centre helps students build connections and network within the community. The graduates go on to work in various roles across Fintech, business or data analysts, consultants, product managers, or developers.