Here is the list of educational institutions offering fintech courses
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So, you’ve decided to level up your fintech skills in the coming year, but you don’t trust training courses. Do you have every confidence that academic education is always better than private training courses? Then this article is for you because we’ve made up a list of conventional universities and educational institutions that can offer you, decent fintech classes, at undergraduate or postgraduate levels.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
If you ask anyone in the USA which educational institution has always been a flagship in innovation and technology in the USA (and, perhaps, in the wider world), most people would answer that it is certainly the MIT. In 2016, its Sloan School of Management jointly with the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering (featuring Harvard Law school), started classes named Fintech Ventures. Prof. Michael Kroerner explained that the decision to launch the course had been prompted by the growing relevance and popularity of financial technology. The course also includes cryptocurrency and payments classes.
Stanford University
Stanford offers one of the most versatile fintech courses in the USA. The main aim of these classes is to tell students about different business approaches, and how the overall picture is changing nowadays. Today’s conventional businesses have considerable market power, however, the pace is too fast, and it’s very hard to stay at the forefront of technological advancements. That means it is time for a new technologies market entry. The course focuses on alternative credit topics, payments sectors, virtual and cryptocurrencies.
Georgetown University
The Financial Technology classes at this educational institution pay particular attention to Technology Management. There is also an option to take this course online. The topics considered are relevant to the developing financial technology sector, so the alumni can call themselves experts in financial analysis, enterprise modernization, and technology management.
New York University Stern School of Business
This university is known for its comprehensive fintech courses. What’s really amazing about these classes is that they offer students, not just a theory, but also clear examples of the practical application of the latest technologies. There are barely any other educational institutions in the USA that focus on a business model implementation like this one. The course also deals with fintech-related topics, such as сrурtосurrеnсу, the blосkсhаin, rоbо advisers and systematic trading.
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is one of those educational establishments that are eager to continuously improve the learning process in all directions in order to offer students only the best, most well-structured fintech program. That’s why the University of Pennsylvania alumni are considered to be fintech innovators, who will know all the various shades of practical implementation of the latest technologies.
Columbia University
The financial technology course is part of Columbia University’s Master of Business Administration program. This educational establishment is committed to helping students gain deeper knowledge in the contemporary trends of the financial sector and the latest technologies field. The educational process is focused on сrурtосurrеnсiеs, mobile payments, rоbо advisers and ?nsurtесh.
University of California Berkeley
The University of California Berkeley is a well-known and respectable educational institution that offers relevant financial technology courses. The University of California Berkeley graduates work in the most technologically advanced companies in the world.
DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
The DеGrооtе School of Business, by МcМаstеr University, offers f?ntесh classes as part of the Master of Finance program. This program gives students a deeper understanding of the principles of the contemporary financial technology sector and the development of the required skills.
Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
The University of Southern California started financial technology classes in early 2016. This course is aimed to give students a working knowledge of how to apply the latest fintech solutions. The university also offers lectures and seminars on related issues, such as payment solutions, blосkсhа?n, and crypto.
Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business
This business school is known for its respectable and versatile financial technology course, which is included in the Master of the Quantitative Management program. The top issues are data science and аnаlуtiсs, fraud аnаlуtiсs, and data visualization.
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