30th Jan,2023 Monday
12:00 noon 
Curriculum Structure
Curriculum Structure
Students are required to complete a total of 12 courses including:
Fundamental
Core Courses
Advanced
Core Courses
Elective
Courses
Capstone
Course
Total
Courses
4 Fundamental Core Courses
- Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (Faculty of Engineering)
- Corporate Finance and Asset Valuation
- Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
- Regulation of Financial Markets (Faculty of Law)
5 Advanced Core Courses
- Advanced Financial Programming and Databases
- Derivative Securities
- Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Finance
- Mathematical Techniques in Finance
- Quantitative Trading
2 Elective Courses
- Asian Financial Markets
- Behavioral Finance
- Current Topics in Finance
- Current Topics in Financial Technology
- Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation Strategy
- Entrepreneurship in Finance: Hedge Funds, Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Equity Valuation and Investment Management
- Financial Services Regulations
- Fund Management and Alternative Investments
- Fundamentals of Banking Institutions: Accounting and Disclosure Rules
- Introduction to Cryptocurrencies and Digital Assets
- Introduction to FinTech and its Impact on the Future of Banking and Finance
- Real Options and Dynamic Corporate Finance
- Seminar in Commercial Banking and Real Estate Financing
- Text Analytics and Natural Language Processing in Finance and FinTech
- Offered by Faculty of Engineering (Maximum 1)
- Deep Learning
- Financial Fraud Analytics
- Offered by Faculty of Law (Maximum 1)
- E-Finance: Law, Compliance and Technology Challenges
- Privacy and Data Protection
- Law of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing and Compliance Issues
- Other Masters Programmes Elective Courses**
- Master of Accounting
- Master of Economics
- Master of Finance
- Master of Global Management
- Master of Science in Business Analytics
- Master of Science in Marketing
1 Capstone Courses
- Big Data in Finance
Remarks: Not all of the courses listed above will necessarily be offered each year and the above list is subject to further adjustments.
** Up to two elective courses may be taken from other taught postgraduate programmes offered by the School, subject to availability and review by the Programme Director based on your profile, capabilities, and performance in the Master of Finance in Financial Technology Programme.
Course Exemption
Course exemption of up to two required courses, except the capstone course, may be granted (normally by examination) if candidates:
1. Produce evidence, such as a transcript and course syllabus, that a course is equivalent in content to another course taken elsewhere for which a satisfactory grade has been obtained, or
2. Are holding relevant professional qualifications which were obtained before admission to the programme.
No credits will be given for the exempted course and candidates shall be required to take an approved alternative course of the same credit value.
Advanced Standing
Advanced standing of up to two required courses, except the capstone course, may be granted if:
1. The course is completed at a graduate, postgraduate or master level from a recognized programme elsewhere within the last four years before admission to the programme and a good grade in the course was achieved, or
2. The candidate possesses a relevant professional qualification which was obtained before admission to the programme.
In such cases, no replacement courses will be required and the tuition fees will be adjusted accordingly.
Applications for course exemption and advanced standing are subject to the approval of the Master of Finance in Financial Technology Programme Director and committees concerned.