Course Overview

The MSc Strategic FinTech is the only specialist FinTech master's programme pitched at the executive level.

The course aims to equip middle to senior managers with the skills and knowledge to understand and exploit FinTech as a strategic resource and manage the consequences of FinTech-related disruption to organisations and industries.

The MSc is delivered in partnership with the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance, which will operate from a new state-of-the-art building in FinTech Bay.

The course features:

• a strategy and leadership-level focus on the topic

• an executive style and format

• work-based learning and customisable project options

The possibility of completing the programme with a business start-up project is also seen as a unique, high value offering in the Bahraini market.

The Strategic FinTech master's will be delivered in a student-centric, flexible, modern format. It will integrate the latest theory, practice and implementation approaches.

The programme will address recurring themes of managing and leading effectively in a context of digital disruption, the digital economy, and the digital transformation of banking and finance industries, processes, applications and products & services.

Participants will acquire deep insights into emerging technologies impacting financial industries and how to interpret strategies, invest, innovate, drive change & lead people effectively in this dynamic context.

General Eligibility

Academic requirements

Minimum second-class honours degree, or overseas equivalent, in accounting, economics, business studies or a subject area with a strong quantitative bias.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• IELTS 6.5 score, with no individual score lower than 5.5.