Master of Science in Fintech

At this time, the NYU Stern MS in Fintech is not accepting any new applications while the program undergoes a marketing and admissions review.

Fintech is revolutionizing how firms create and deliver products and services, provide new gateways for entrepreneurship, address privacy and regulatory challenges, and seed opportunities for inclusive growth. Increasingly, technological advances are transforming the main financial intermediation functions including payments, capital raising, investment, remittances, managing uncertainty and risk, market price discovery, and mediating information asymmetry and incentives.

Fintech business leaders - whether they work at incumbent financial institutions, fintech startups, tech companies, or fintech roles at non-fintech firms - need to be fluent in evolving methodologies (e.g, machine learning and artificial intelligence, foundational fintech technologies like blockchain, and core financial services practices and operations) to lead innovation in financial services enterprises.

NYU Stern’s MS in Fintech Program is designed for professionals looking to become leaders in the fintech space. This includes experienced finance professionals who are looking to understand the special challenges of digital transformation in their field, professionals with experience in data science and technology who are looking to deepen their understanding of the financial services industry, and fintech leaders who are looking to understand fintech industry trends. Our students work in the fintech industry, or in a non-fintech industry in a fintech function.

Our global program, delivered in-person with one online module, gives working professionals a deep understanding of the technological transformation of finance. Learn how technology reshapes payments, money transfer, capital allocation, markets, and insurance. Navigate the changes machine learning, digital currencies, and platform strategies bring to finance. MSFT is an ideal program for professionals deepening their knowledge of the financial services sector while exploring exciting drivers of industry growth. The program prepares professionals to lead tech-first financial services businesses.

The MS in Fintech program provides domain knowledge in finance as well as an understanding of tech evolution and enabling technologies. It also focuses on technological transformation and financial functions critical to understanding the fintech space. 

NYU Stern's MS in Fintech Program is designed with full-time working professionals in mind. The program is a one-year, part-time program divided into 1 online and 6 onsite modules, with independent study in between. Read more about the launch of the program here.
 

Fortune interviewed Kathleen DeRose, MSFT Academic Director, on the emergence of fintech as a field of study for higher education. Read the article here. 

Poets&Quants highlighted MSFT to provide more insight on the new degree. Read the article here.

MSFT Academic Director Kathleen DeRose discusses the MSFT Program with Fortune Education. Read more here.

NYU Stern's MS in Fintech is highlighted in Government Technology: "Is Higher Ed Meeting the Need for Blockchain Professionals?"

Kathleen DeRose, MSFT Academic Director, discusses the fintech space with AACSB. Read the article here.

Business Because highlights the MS in Fintech Program and discusses the rapidly growing fintech sector.

“We’ve designed the curriculum to ensure executives are prepared with the most relevant knowledge and tools," states Kathleen DeRose, MSFT Academic Director, in an article published in the Financial Times discussing trends in the fintech industry. Read the article here.

NYU is listed among CoinDesk's top universities for blockchain in 2022. Read the story here.