Financial Technology MSc

University of Liverpool

This programme is neither exclusively quantitative or qualitative in nature, but rather has been carefully designed to provide you with a robust understanding of the commerciality as well as technological underpinnings of this evolving and multifaceted space. The MSc Financial Technology will provide you with expert knowledge of both the academic and commercial aspects of this new world. We aim to future-proof your learning and employability across fields such as blockchain, digital banking, the future of global payments, cryptocurrencies, digital business strategy, big data, LawTech, programming with Python as well as the future of management. You will receive rigorous training in research methods, ethics, and quantitative methods for managerial accounting and finance. Trading Bootcamp and Bloomberg You will gain access to AmplifyME Pathways, a leading experiential learning platform that allows students to develop real-world skills through access to structured pathways to live, interactive simulations across global markets, investment banking and quantitative finance. Furthermore, our Bloomberg suite will allow you to become familiar with the Bloomberg Terminal and achieve a Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC) certification which is widely recognised in the finance industry. Financial Platforms and Databases You will also have access to platforms such as LSEG Workspace and Datastream, WRDS, CRSP, Compustat, FactSet, and ESG databases including MSCI One and S&P Trucost. Software training includes EViews, Stata, Matlab and Python. You will have the opportunity to culminate this learning in your final dissertation at the end of the programme which may take the form of an academic empirical piece of work of your choosing, or instead be entrepreneurial and applied in scope through collaboration with companies already operating in the FinTech industry.