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Key details

Start date(s)
January 2026, September 2026
Study Mode
Full-time (1 year)
Full-time (16 months)
Part-time (2 years)
Location
Leeds City Campus
School
Business and Law

Study MSc Financial Technology (FinTech) at Leeds Trinity University and help shape the future of finance.

The financial services industry is undergoing rapid transformation through technological innovation. From AI and blockchain to mobile banking and digital currencies, FinTech is reshaping how we pay, save, and invest, enhancing efficiency, unlocking new business opportunities, and disrupting traditional finance.

Designed for the next generation of finance professionals, this programme equips you with the skills to lead the finance industry into a digital future.

You can choose to study from three study routes:

Full-time, 1 year (September start)

Part-time, 2 years (September start)

Full-time, 16 months (January start, includes a summer break)

The Student Contract

About this course

Studying MSc Financial Technology (FinTech) at Leeds Trinity University places you at the heart of one of the UK's most dynamic and fastest-growing FinTech ecosystems.

Based in West Yorkshire, you'll study in a region that employs over 44,000 people in financial services and contributes more than £5.3bn to the UK economy. Leeds has a growing reputation for its strength in green finance, lending, payments, and RegTech, and is home to over 100 FinTech firms and a thriving network of financial institutions, including the UK's Infrastructure Bank, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and a growing presence from the Bank of England. 

Whether you choose to build your career in Leeds or financial centres around the world, this programme equips you with the skills to thrive in the fast-evolving FinTech sector.

You'll explore the modern payment systems, robo-advisors, and alternative finance in the Financial Technologies and Digital Banking module. In Emerging Technologies in Finance, you'll develop and demonstrate practical skills in AI, blockchain, and machine learning by designing a FinTech solution to address a real-world challenge.

In Entrepreneurship, Regulations and Risk Management, you'll develop the skills to design, evaluate, and launch innovative FinTech business models. You'll assess the regulatory environment and conduct risk audits, preparing you to build responsible and robust FinTech ventures.

Research Methods and Analytics will develop your critical thinking and analytical ability, enabling you to conduct high-quality and ethical research in financial contexts. These skills will prepare you for the Masters Research Project, where you'll apply your learning to a real-world issue or opportunity in FinTech. You'll complete this project through one of three pathways: academic research, consultancy, or venture creation, aligning your final project with your career aspirations.

Career progression

This programme prepares you for a wide range of roles across the FinTech and financial services sectors. Typical graduate career paths include:

  • Financial analysts
  • Corporate analysts
  • Data scientists
  • Consultants
  • Entreprenuers
  • Professionals in banking, regulatory bodies, and financial institutions 
  • Specialists in RegTech, WealthTech, and other emerging FinTech sub-sectors.

You'll also be well-prepared for roles in product development, UX and service design, innovation strategy, compliance and risk analysis, and digital transformation consulting.

For those interested in academic or applied research, the programme also offers a strong foundation for further study at PhD level.

Why study with us

  • Study in Leeds, the FinTech Capital of the North, home to over 100 FinTech firms, major financial institutions, and a thriving digital economy.  
  • Learn from industry experts through guest lectures and real-world insights embedded into your modules.
  • Work on practical projects with FinTech professionals and apply your skills to industry-relevant challenges.
  • Build your network by attending events with FinTech North, Leeds Digital Festival, and innovation hubs such as Nexus.
  • Gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies like AI, blockchain, and machine learning in FinTech applications.
  • Develop solutions in applied learning environments, through case studies, simulations, and the option to develop your own FinTech venture or consultancy project.
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Professional Memberships

Chartered Association of Business Schools

The School of Business and Law is a member of the Chartered Association of Business Schools.

The association supports its members to maintain world-class standards of teaching and research, and helps to shape policy and create opportunities through dialogue with business and government.

Small Business Charter Award

The School has been awarded the Small Business Charter (SBC) award in recognition of our support to small businesses, student entrepreneurship and the local economy.

Business Graduates Association

The School of Business and Law is also an esteemed member institution of the Business Graduates Association (BGA) an international membership and quality assurance body of world-leading and high-potential Business Schools who share a commitment for responsible management practices and lifelong learning.

Logo for the Chartered Association of Business Schools. Small Business Charter Award Logo. Business Graduates Association Logo.

Course modules

You will study a variety of modules across your programme of study. The module details given below are subject to change and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.

Year 1

You may study the following modules throughout your degree.

Financial Technology and Digital Banking – Core

Understand the financial technology landscape and examine the core innovations driving FinTech. Through real-world case studies, you'll explore how technologies like APIs, mobile banking, and robo-advisors are reshaping financial services.

Emerging Technologies in Finance – Core

Develop practical skills in technologies such as AI, blockchain, and machine learning. In this module, you'll work individually or as a team to design and prototype a FinTech solution that addresses a real-world challenge. 

Entrepreneurship, Regulations and Risk Management – Core

Learn how to build responsible and innovative FinTech ventures. This module covers business model design, regulatory frameworks (e.g., FCA, PSD2, GDPR), and risk assessment tools. You'll explore real-world case studies and take part in simulations to develop your understanding of legal, ethical, and operational risks in FinTech. 

Research Methods and Analytics – Core

Build essential research and analytical skills. You'll learn how to design ethical research, conduct a critical literature review, and collect and analyse both quantitative and qualitative data using appropriate tools. 

Masters Research Project – Core

Apply your learning to a real-world problem or opportunity in financial technology. Choose from one of three pathways - academic research, consultancy project, or new venture creation to deliver a substantive, original project aligned with your career aspirations. This supervised project is your opportunity to demonstrate your skills and deliver real impact in the FinTech sector.

Course structure

September - Full-time, 1 year programme
Year Term Module Credits Contact hours
1 Term 1 Financial Technology and Digital Banking 30 40 hours
Emerging Technologies in Finance 30 40 hours
Term 2 Entrepreneurship, Regulations and Risk Management 30 40 hours
Research Methods and Analytics 30 40 hours
Term 3 Masters Research Project 60 6 hours
September - Part-time, 2 year programme
Year Term Module Credits Contact hours
1 1 Financial Technology and Digital Banking 30 40 hours
2 Entrepreneurship, Regulations and Risk Management 30 40 hours
2 1 Emerging Technologies in Finance 30 40 hours
2 Research Methods and Analytics 30 40 hours
3 Masters Research Project 60 6 hours
January - Full-time, 16 month programme
Year Term Module Credits Contact hours
1 1 (Jan - Mar) Financial Technology and Digital Banking 30  
Emerging Technologies in Finance 30  
2 (Apr - May) Research Methods and Analytics module preparation and initial project proposal development
May - Sept Summer break
2 (Sept - Dec) Entrepreneurship, Regulations, and Risk Management 30  
Research Methods and Analytics  30  
2 3 (Jan - May) Masters Research Project 60  

Learning and teaching

You will be assessed using various methods, which include:

  • Assignments
  • Group work
  • Presentations
  • Lab-based and closed book exams

Programme delivery

Your time on campus, learning through in-person teaching, is at the heart of your academic experience and the way we deliver our programmes. This is supported and further enhanced by additional engagement activities and opportunities provided online and through digital teaching materials. This blended approach seeks to ensure a positive learning and teaching student experience.

Your programme of study has been carefully designed around a three-phase model of delivery:

  1. Preparation: You will be given clear tasks to support you in preparing for live teaching. This could include watching a short-pre-recorded lecture, reading a paper or text chapter or preparing other material for use in class.
  2. Live: All your live teaching will be designed around active learning, providing you with valuable opportunities to build on preparation tasks, interact with staff and peers, and surface any misunderstandings.
  3. Post: Follow-up activities will include opportunities for you to check understanding, for staff to receive feedback from you and your peers to inform subsequent sessions, and for you to apply learning to new situations or context.

Preparation, Live and Post teaching and learning and the digital materials used will vary by course, but will be designed to help you structure your learning, take a full and active part in your course, and apply and test your developing knowledge and skills.

Learning and teaching

At Leeds Trinity we aim to provide an excellent student experience and provide you with the tools and support to help you achieve your academic, personal and professional potential.

Our Learning, Teaching and Assessment Strategy delivers excellence by providing the framework for:

  • high quality teaching
  • an engaging and inclusive approach to learning, assessment and achievement
  • a clear structure through which you progress in your academic studies, your personal development and towards professional-level employment or further study.

We have a strong reputation for developing student employability, supporting your development towards graduate employment, with relevant skills embedded throughout your programme of study.

We endeavour to develop curiosity, confidence, courage, ambition and aspiration in all students through the key themes in our Learning and Teaching Strategy:

  • Student Involvement and Engagement
  • Inclusion
  • Integrated Programme and Assessment Experience
  • Digital Literacy and Skills
  • Employability and Enterprise

To help you achieve your potential we emphasise learning as a collaborative process, with a range of student-led and real-world activities. This approach ensures that you fully engage in shaping your own learning, developing your critical thinking and reflective skills so that you can identify your own strengths and weaknesses, and use the extensive learning support system we offer to shape your own development.

We believe the secret to great learning and teaching is simple: it is about creating an inclusive learning experience that allows all students to thrive through:

  • Personalised support
  • Expert lecturers
  • Strong connections with employers
  • An international outlook
  • Understanding how to use tools and technology to support learning and development

Entry requirements

Leeds Trinity University is committed to recruiting students with talent and potential and who we feel will benefit greatly from their academic and non-academic experiences here. We treat every application on its own merits; we value highly the experience you illustrate in your personal statement.

The following information is designed to give you a general overview of the qualifications we accept. If you are taking qualifications that are not included below, please contact our Admissions Office who will be happy to advise you.

  • An honours degree (minimum 2:2) in any discipline.
  • Applicants with significant professional/business experience (at least three years at management level) will be considered following a short interview.
  • This programme welcomes applicants from both finance and non-finance backgrounds.

For more information on meeting English language requirements and academic requirements by country, visit our International Applicants page.

Please contact us for personalised advice on 0113 283 7123 or at admissions@leedstrinity.ac.uk.   

Fees and finance

Funding

UK Home Students:

For information about our tuition fees please visit our Student Fees and Finance pages.

If you studied your undergraduate degree at Leeds Trinity University, you may be eligible for a discount of up to 50% on the cost of your tuition fees.

International Students, including EU Students:

Visit our web page for international students.

Leeds Trinity Alumni Discount

Some Leeds Trinity graduates are eligible for a tuition fee discount on postgraduate courses of up to 50%, excluding PGCE Delivery Partner Model and Lead Partner Model, and Masters by Research courses. You will need to achieve a 2:2 or above in a Leeds Trinity undergraduate course to qualify.

Postgraduate course Leeds Trinity Alumni Discount
MSc programmes 50% for Leeds Trinity graduates with a 1st class honours degree
MSc programmes 35% for Leeds Trinity graduates with a 2:1 honours degree
MSc programmes  20% for Leeds Trinity graduates with a 2:2 honours degree

How to apply

Applications for January 2026 starts are now closed - applications for a September 2026 are open.

Please ensure you complete the application form in full and supply all the required supporting documentation when you make your initial application. Incomplete applications may be rejected.

If you need advice on your application, please contact our admissions team on 0113 283 7123 (Monday to Thursday, 9.00am to 5.00pm, or Friday 9.00am to 4.00pm) or admissions@leedstrinity.ac.uk

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Applicants who require a Student Route Visa

Student Route Visa applications to study in January 2026 are now closed.

Applicants who require a Student Route Visa in order to study in the UK for a September 2026 start - deadline for applications is Monday 1st June 2026.

Part-time study is not available for international students on a Student Route Visa.

For additional information, including academic requirements by country, visit our .

What happens next?

Our admissions team will acknowledge receipt of your application by email.

Where applications are submitted but references are still in progress, admissions will wait for the reference(s) to be received and then will process it, and forward it to the relevant Programme Leader within five days of receipt of the reference(s).

The Programme Leader will make a decision based on your application. You may be asked to provide a reference to demonstrate your academic and non-academic experiences, or you may be invited to attend an interview. If you are successful and are made an offer, the conditions will be outlined in your offer letter.

Applications will be acknowledged within five working days. Applicants will be contacted within 15 working days with a request for additional information, an invitation to an informal interview or an application decision.

Made an offer?

You should accept or decline your offer by emailing admissions@leedstrinity.ac.uk.

If you accept, you'll need to prove you satisfy the conditions outlined in your offer letter.

You may be asked to present the relevant supporting documentation in person to the student information point on campus - if originals are not needed, you’ll be contacted and given details of how to provide the supporting documentation.