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 or 4 semesters.

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, or

  • FINTECH 590: Incubate

• Electives (9 credits)

  • Any FINTECH course

  • One 500-level or higher graduate-level course from ECE, COMPSCI, MATH, or STA may count as an elective. Any further courses taken outside the FinTech program are subject to Program Director approval on whether they can count as electives.