FinTech MS

Explore the Intersection of Financial Services and Technological Innovations

FinTech is changing the world we live in. The evolving intersection between the financial services industry and technological innovations is driving the need for highly trained professionals with both advanced financial skills and requisite technological skills.

With an MS in FinTech ” provided in partnership by the College of Business and College of Engineering & Computer Science ” you be able to capitalize on the opportunities and challenges triggered by the disruptive technologies of FinTech. The program™s interdisciplinary curriculum provides you with employable technical skills in areas such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, crowdfunding, cybersecurity, mobile application development and peer-to-peer lending.

Throughout your courses, gain hands on experience collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams and solving real-world challenges. Learn how to:

• Gain a deeper understanding about the current financial system, critically examine inefficiencies and develop effective/efficient solutions
• Formulate business plans for a new FinTech venture that solves a necessity in the current market and defend the plan
• Conceptualize, design and implement websites and artificial intelligence systems
• Use data to inform financial decision making and implement technologies

Whether you™re looking to complete your master™s in FinTech online or on campus, UCF provides you with the options and flexibility needed to help you live, work and learn. Upon graduating, you be prepared to work at the nexus of emerging technologies and the financial sector. This rapidly growing industry is in high-demand across the nation, providing you with stability and the opportunity for career advancement.

Related Graduate Certificates:

• Cyber Risk Management Certificate
• Entrepreneurship Certificate

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited U.S. institution recognized by UCF or its equivalent from a foreign institution AND a GPA of 3.0 or more (on a 4.0 maximum) in all work attempted while registered as an undergraduate student OR while registered as an upper-division undergraduate student (normally based on the last sixty attempted semester hours); OR, a graduate degree or professional degree or equivalent from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or its equivalent from a foreign institution in a field related to the discipline of the program to which the student is applying.
• Students applying to doctoral programs should refer to the graduate catalog requirements for their program.
• Students applying to doctoral programs must also submit three letters of recommendation, a resume or curriculum vitae, and a written essay.
• International students must demonstrate their proficiency in the English language. International students, except those who are from countries where English is the only official language, those who have earned a degree from a regionally accredited U.S. college or university, or those who have earned a degree from a country where English is the only official language or from a university at which English is the only official language of instruction, are required to submit a score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or IELTS before they can be admitted to the university. A computer-based TOEFL score of 220 or 80 on the internet-based TOEFL (or equivalent score on the paper-based test) or 6.5 on the IELTS is required unless otherwise specified by the program.
• International students applying to master’s or doctoral programs that do not require a GRE (or GMAT), except those that have earned or will earn a Masters or Doctoral degree from an accredited U.S. institution recognized by UCF, must submit a course-by-course evaluation of their official transcripts from a credential evaluation service recommended by UCF. This course-by-course evaluation must show a GPA that is equivalent to a 3.0 from an earned degree that is equivalent to a U.S. bachelor’s degree.
• UCF now accepts scanned copies of official transcripts as part of your application materials. You will have the ability to upload these materials during the application process. After you have been offered admission to a graduate program and prior to the beginning of the semester term, you will be required to submit your official transcripts. When obtaining official transcripts, be sure to request that the transcripts show the degrees you have earned.

• those who are from countries where English is the only official language;
• those who have earned a degree from a regionally accredited U.S. college or university;
• those who have earned a degree from a country where English is the only official language;
• those who have earned a degree from a university at which English is the only official language of instruction; or
• those who have successfully completed UCF English Language Institute Level 8 or higher with a grade of “B” or better at UCF Global.