Program Description

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. 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. 

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.

Admission Requirements

• A  New Zealand level 7 bachelor’s degree or recognised equivalent with a B average or better in the 300 level and final year.
• A Bachelor's degree with minimum 60% in relevant field

IELTS Requirements

Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking	Overall
6	6	6	6	6.5

Remarks:

• Total tuition fee is given