Application deadline
30-06-24
Start
01-10-24
Price: 17500
End
31-10-25
Duration
13 months
DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA
http://www.gsom.polimi.it
Description
The programme is made up of three building blocks. First, combining theory with
practice, the programme provides a strong basis on finance (corporate finance, financial
intermediation, capital markets), information technology, computer programming and
quantitative finance (asset management, risk management, derivative evaluation). The
second building block covers the technologies and methodologies of digital innovation
that play a preeminent role in Fintech: big data management, cybersecurity, distributed
ledger technologies, smart contacts, blockchain, machine learning, natural language
processing, data visualization. Then the programme enters into the Fintech domain
analyzing how it can transform the classical intermediation activity (banking, insurance,
asset management) and how it can disintermediate traditional players in a peer to peer
perspective (cryptocurrencies, smart payments, peer to peer lending, crowd funding).
Attention will be devoted to how artificial intelligence may change some aspects of the
finance activity (big data, risk management, algorithmic trading, customer relationship,
systemic risk, etc.) and to the development of a business ideas in the fintech
environment.
Educational project
The programme targets young graduates who want to specialize in the Fintech area by
deepening their knowledge of digital technologies and their application in the financial
world, e.g. banks, insurance companies, asset management. The aim is to train
professionals who are able to understand/manage the digital transformation in finance
building on different skills and capabilities: knowledge of the financial system and of
financial intermediation, information technology skills, quantitative methods applied to
finance. The programme builds on close collaborations with the financial world to mix
up
theoretical competencies on methods and technologies with the expertise of the
financial world and fintech applications/opportunities. The course, held entirely in
English, is delivered in Milan and lasts twelve months, included the final project work.
Requirements
This Master program is designed for candidates holding a Bachelor or a Master of Science.
Equivalent foreign degrees in their respective University Systems will be considered
Location
Milan
Faculty and staff
Director
EMILIO BARUCCI
Co-Director
DANIELE MARAZZINA
Department/School/Institution
POLIMI Graduate School of Management (MIP Politecnico di Milano – Graduate School of Business Società Consortile per Azioni)
ED. 26/A VIA LAMBRUSCHINI 4C
20156
MILANO
Contact person
SILVIA GIANNONE
0223992820
0223992844
infomasters@gsom.polimi.it