Master of Engineering in Financial Technology

Program Code: E-EGR-FNTK
Degree Designation: Master of Engineering
Department: Institute for Enterprise Engineering
Website: masters.pratt.duke.edu/fintech/degree/

Program Summary

Financial technology, or FinTech, describes the innovative applications of computer software and networks, and other information technology, on financial institutions and markets. This includes technology enabling digital currencies (such as cryptocurrencies), digital assets, financial process automation, wealth management and trading, robotic advising, payment and transactions, financial data analysis, credit and lending, and much more.

Learn financial technologies and how to apply them—including computing fundamentals, blockchain, digital wallets, cryptocurrency, and smart contracts. Our master's students also take courses that build their management and communications skills— for a full professional degree.

The degree can be completed full-time on-campus in 3 semesters.

Class Attendance Policy for On-Campus FinTech MEng Students 

On-campus FinTech MEng students are expected to attend class regularly and in person, adhering to the Graduate dates within Duke’s Academic Calendar when applicable. It is critical that students attend the first day and the last day of class for all courses in which they are enrolled, as well as all applicable Orientation programming for new students in August. Note that instructors may have additional attendance guidelines for their class that you must follow that go beyond the baseline of this attendance policy. Please refer to each course’s syllabus for more specific information regarding individual professors’ attendance policies.

A student seeking an “excused” absence must work directly with her or his course faculty (or the program director and master’s coordinator in the case of Orientation programming). Students must initiate the request in advance and as soon as possible. A student may be excused from attendance due to truly extenuating circumstances such as significant illness, personal/family emergency, or important religious observance. Whether an absence is excused or not, a student will be held fully accountable for any in-class graded participation or assignments an absence caused the student to miss.

Academic Requirements

• Core Industry Preparatory Courses (2 courses)

  • MENG 540 

  • MENG 570

• Internship/Project and Assessment (2 courses)

  • MENG 550

  • MENG 551

• Technical Core (5 courses)

  • FINTECH 501

  • FINTECH 510

  • FINTECH 512

  • FINTECH 520

  • FINTECH 522 

• Capstone (1 course)

  • FINTECH 502

• Electives (9 credits)

  • A comprehensive list of elective courses is available to students on the program webpage and the Stellic degree audit site.