The BASc(FinTech) degree is designed to nurture financial technologists and entrepreneurs with essential knowledge in both finance and technology, so they can take leading roles in innovation and applications of financial technology.
An emerging interdisciplinary area with very high impact on the economy of every society, this programme combines computing, finance, and policies and regulations to give students a thorough grounding in FinTech.
The programme consists of foundation courses in mathematics, statistics, finance, computing and law, as well as courses in:
FinTech
Distributed ledger and blockchain technology
Big data and data mining
Computational finance and algorithmic trading
e-payment and crypto-currency
Financial programming and databases
Mathematical finance
etc.
Arts and social sciences
Training students to have a broader mindset and allowing them to apply their knowledge and skills adaptively and creatively in this fastgrowing discipline.
This programme prepares graduates with knowledge in both finance and technology, allowing them to have a broad career pathway as they could take up positions in FinTech industry, finance and IT industries.
Faculty of Engineering
Email: enquiry@cs.hku.hk
Tel: 2859 2180