Fintech Program

Applied Financial Technology (AFT) New York 

#FINTECH

Financial Technology (FinTech) is a broad but rapidly-evolving area, covering new predictive analytics methodologies, financial optimization, cyber-currencies, data-driven risk methodologies, cybersecurity in finance, new distribution technologies (e.g. blockchain), high-frequency trading methods, and machine applications in finance including the insurance industries.

  • 3 Months Academic Classes in Data Science for Finance 
  • Up to 12M Internship in New York  *J1 visa sponsors for Paid internships*

With the exciting developments in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and applied optimization, the financial service industry is undergoing profound changes. New and efficient data-driven methods are being employed to address many of the fundamental problems arising in the financial service industry.

MIM is pleased to answer market demand by offering, starting in September 2020, a diploma program in Applied Financial Technology (or Applied FinTech-AFT) in New York City. This new program will be headed by Dr. Thomas F. Coleman (University of Waterloo, Fellow: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics). This program is for foreign and domestic students with (or soon to receive) a bachelor’s or master’s degree, with some strength in the mathematical sciences, looking to expand their horizons in FinTech.

Upon satisfactory completion of the program, students will receive a “Diploma in Applied Financial Technology” certificate of completion from MIM as well as be eligible to receive the University of Waterloo's Certificate In Data Finance.

Start Dates

Spring: April 12, 2021
Summer: July 12, 2021
Fall : September 27, 2021
Winter: January 11, 2022

Entrance Requirements

Associate/Bachelor Degree
* TOEFL PBT450/
IBT45 or equivalent

Fees

Tuition: $8,000
Students can apply for a Paid Internship upon successful completion of the program.
*Additional $2,000 for University of Waterloo Certificate in Data Finance

Course Schedule
Q1 : 3M Academic Program

Q1

3M AFT Academic Coursework

4 FINTECH Core courses:
  • Data Finance 1 (including an introduction to programming in MATLAB)
  • Data Finance 2 (including an introduction to programming in R)
  • Numerical Methods
  • Quantitative Method

Plus 2 Elective courses

Q2 

3M Internship

  • After completion of 3M Academic AFT Program (Includes 30 h Business Capstone class)
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