Master of Fintech and Investment Management
Course details
| NZQF Level | 9 |
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About the course
Expand your skills and nurture an exciting future with advanced understanding of the new technologies, financial strategies and business models changing the face of business, including agribusiness.
Study for free
If you're a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident, residing in New Zealand at the time of study, you may be eligible for free tuition fees. Part time study options may be available. Terms and conditions apply. Learn more.
About this programme
New finance-based technologies and innovation strategies are revolutionising the global economy.
Banking, investment and commerce are increasingly driven by the application of data, backed by transaction information held on new blockchain platforms.
Lincoln University’s Master of Fintech and Investment Management grows the advanced skills you’ll need to evaluate and apply fintech priorities to finance, investment, information technology as well as agriculture.
It will cultivate your ability to help businesses (including agribusinesses) flourish through applying new disruptive technologies and leaner, data-driven business models.
This programme is ideal if you already have a conventional finance background and want to upskill, or if you have a bachelor’s degree in an unrelated subject.
If you begin study in the February or July intake, the programme will take 18 months to complete (allowing for a summer break). To progress to the compulsory specialist courses, you’re required to complete 60 credits of underpinning courses.
You can complete the programme in 12 months if you start in November.
How you’ll grow
- Through advanced learning on blockchain technologies and how they are redefining workflows, global payments and prosperity creation, as well as specialist courses covering investment management, software development, big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence, and an indepth grounding in fintech business analysis.
- By learning how fintech platforms streamline business activities with mobile payments and money transfers, peer-to-peer lending, fundraising and crowd-sourcing
- By gaining knowledge of the changing regulatory and legal financial landscape, cyber security and policy issues, online lending and wealth management, demonstrated through theory and real-world industry-specific business cases
- Through specialist courses covering investment management, software development, big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence plus an in-depth grounding in fintech business analysis,
- By gaining hands-on experience through fintech contemporary research and industry placement.
- By laying the foundation to achieve the globally recognised Chartered Financial Technologist (CFT) professional designation.
Career opportunities
The rapid adoption of fintech worldwide has created escalating demand for trained professionals with both fintech and financial analysis skills.
Your strong foundation in investment management plus fintech-related skills will give you a clear advantage in career roles in New Zealand and overseas.
These include fintech product management, customer experience management, fintech compliance and risk control management, fintech start-ups analysis, wealth management, investment analysis, specialist agribusiness finance and consulting, information technology, agricultural and horticultural finance and investment consulting.
About the provider
Lincoln University is one of the eight government universities in New Zealand. Established in 1878, it is governed by the Lincoln University Council.
Based in Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand, Lincoln offers a unique experience, a perfect balance of student and academic life and a host of recreation activities around the region.
The institution is rated the 15th best small university in the world by the QS World University Rankings. It is home to a diverse group of nearly 4,500 students who come from more than 80 different countries around the world.
Lincoln graduates have a 6 percent higher employment rate than those from other New Zealand universities and the number of students graduating from Lincoln is higher than the national average.
Students can choose from a wide range of specialist courses from three faculties and one division – the Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce; the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences; the Faculty of Environment, Society and Design; and the University Studies and English Language Division.
Lincoln has dedicated itself towards undertaking meaningful research that makes a globally positive impact. Its sustainable approach and commitment towards handling climate change issues have attracted many postgraduate students studying at the institution.
The university also engages in other land-based research and hosts a range of research centres, including food research and innovation, land, environment and people, wildlife management and conservation, and soil and environmental research.
The university shares ties with leading organisations as well as research centres, which help students gain additional skills and knowledge through practical learning experiences.
The Lincoln University Students' Association (LUSA) is an active student body that governs a variety of clubs and organisations on campus.