Bachelor of Banking, Finance and Technology
Course details
| NZQF Level | 7 |
|---|
About the course
Get ahead of the FinTech revolution with New Zealand's first specialist FinTech degree. This specialist degree will equip you for a career in the cutting-edge world of fintech, where new technologies like blockchain, and crytpocurrencies are shaking up the banking and finance sectors. You will gain expertise in financial markets, digital finance, banking operations, automated trading, as well as blockchains, cryptocurrencies, cybersecurity, impact investing, and more. At Waikato, our lecturers have international expertise in this field, and degree content will be continuously refreshed to ensure it remains up-to-the-minute. In the last decade, the digitisation of global financial systems has led to the meteoric growth of new technologies such as blockchain and cryptocurrencies (eg. Bitcoin). Discover how these innovations are transforming the way that people exchange financial data to pay for goods and services directly from their phone, transfer funds, borrow money, and even make financial investments with apps like Sharesies. There are diverse career opportunities in the world of fintech for our graduates. These include startup businesses disrupting the sector, retail/investment banks, consulting firms, large organisations with finance teams, and central banks like that develop policies and regulate digital currencies.
About the provider
The University of Waikato, located in the central North Island cities of Hamilton and Tauranga, is an internationally recognised tertiary institution offering degree programmes designed to produce job-ready graduates. Each year, the University provides more than 2,000 industry placements and internship opportunities, believing its students benefit from the chance to put the theory they have learnt in classrooms, into practice in a real-world employment environment. When students choose to study at waikato, they gain a globally recognised education. In 2019, the QS World University Rankings placed the University of Waikato 266th in the world, an improvement of 135 places in five years. The University is also in the top 5% of all globally ranked institutions for research impact, meaning their research is among some of the most influential in the world.