FinTech
Master of Science in Financial Technology
Program Description
Financial Technology (FinTech) is an innovative Master’s program designed with a fundamental objective to make financial services easier, better and faster. From another perspective, with the help of technology, it is to make financial services more user friendly and to provide consumers with access to financial services in new ways. FinTech was brought into the picture due to many factors and to go from the beginning it is the increasing mobile phones usage, the increasing internet accessibility everywhere, and as customers’ expectations in all sectors, customers’ expectations for technological solutions was met in the financial sector as well. At the same time, banking systems starting with fast mobile systems had made mobile applications and Internet branches more commonly used. The FinTech sector, which carries out its operations in a much cheaper, faster and easier way, aims to change the business world from its very beginning. As the FinTech ecosystem in Turkey will continue to grow, it will increase its investments. With the growing FinTech ecosystem, concepts such as cloud-based contactless payments, location-based payments, wearable technologies and the Internet of objects will often take place in the future world. This will increase the importance of FinTech and the width of the ecosystem. In the near future, Turkey will become a regional financial technology Hub by using its geopolitical advantage.With the financial Technology (FinTech) Master’s program, which is designed considering world examples, it aims to adapt to the era’s features.
Eligibility
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Turkish Applicants
International Applicants
Lecturers
Asst. Prof. Bora Erdamar
FIN5237
FinTech 1.0
Turan Sert
FIN5224
Decentralized Finance
Dr. Vedat Güven
FIN5241
Developing FinTech Innovation Strategy
Ebru Güven
FIN5241
Developing FinTech Innovation Strategy
Turkish Applicants
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Curriculum
Master with Thesis
| 1st Semester | |
|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Name |
| BUS5301 | Research Methods and Ethics |
| FIN5228 | Financial Management |
| Elective | |
| Elective | |
| 2nd Semester | |
| Course Code | Course Name |
| FIN5237 | FinTech 1.0 |
| Elective | |
| Elective | |
| Elective | |
| 3rd Semester | |
| Course Code | Course Name |
| FIN5887 | Seminar |
| FIN53888-1 | Thesis |
| 4th Semester | |
| Course Code | Course Name |
| FIN53888-2 | Thesis |
Master Without Thesis
| 1st Semester | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Name | ||
| BUS5301 | Research Methods and Ethics | ||
| FIN5228 | Financial Management | ||
| Elective | |||
| Elective | |||
| 2nd Semester | |||
| Course Code | Course Name | ||
| FIN5237 | FinTech 1.0 | ||
| Elective | |||
| Elective | |||
| Elective | |||
| 3rd Semester | |||
| Course Code | Course Name | ||
| FIN5999 | Project | ||
Elective Courses
| Course Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| FIN5061 | Project |
| FIN5221 | Corporate Finance |
| FIN5222 | International Finance – Foreign Exhange Markets |
| FIN5223 | Applied Macro-Finance |
| FIN5224 | Decentralized Finance |
| FIN5229 | Portfolio Management |
| FIN5230 | Managerial Accounting |
| FIN5231 | Derivatives |
| FIN5232 | Technical Analysis |
| FIN5235 | Fundamental Analysis |
| FIN5236 | Portfolio Theory |
| FIN5238 | FinTech: Technology Innovation in Financial Services |
| FIN5239 | Applications in Financial Technology |
| FIN5240 | Developing FinTech Innovation Strategy |
| FIN5241 | FinTech Analytics- Data-driven Credit Modeling |
| FIN5243 | Blockchain and Cryptoeconomics |
| FIN5463 | Advanced Technical Analysis |
| FIN5477 | Risk Evaluation in Banking |
| FIN5551 | Regulation of Stock Markets |
| FIN5555 | Asset Valuation |
| FIN5685 | Treasury Management |
Tuitions
| Program | Turkish Students | International Students |
|---|---|---|
| Master Program with Thesis | ₺46.291,67 | $12.000 |
| Master Program without Thesis | ₺42.083,33 | $12.000 |
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