Blockchain and Financial Technologies MSc

This course is in clearing

Overview

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MSc

Blockchain and Financial Technologies MSc, home applicant, full time

  • Home Applicant
  • Full time, 1/2 years
  • Pound 10800 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3500

MSc with Placement Year

Blockchain and Financial Technologies MSc, home applicant, full time

  • Home Applicant
  • Full time, 1/2 years
  • Pound 10800 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3500

MSc

Blockchain and Financial Technologies MSc, home applicant, full time

  • Home Applicant
  • Full time, 1/2 years
  • Pound 11340 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3,500

Blockchain and Financial Technologies MSc, home applicant, part time

  • Home Applicant
  • Part time
  • Pound 1890 per 30 credit module

Blockchain and Financial Technologies MSc, international applicant, full time

  • International Applicant
  • Full time, 1/2 years
  • Pound 16740 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3,500

MSc with Placement Year

Blockchain and Financial Technologies MSc, home applicant, full time

  • Home Applicant
  • Full time, 1/2 years
  • Pound 11340 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3,500

Blockchain and Financial Technologies MSc, international applicant, full time

  • International Applicant
  • Full time, 1/2 years
  • Pound 16740 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3,500

What makes this course different

Enhanced knowledge

Integration of concepts, techniques and applications to enhance students' knowledge and skills in the intelligent systems' pipeline.

Innovative technology

Create innovative solutions through the integration of a range of standard and specialised Intelligent Systems, Machine Learning, and Deep learning tools/technologies.

One of the best modern universities for computing in London

Our computing courses are ranked 2nd in London and 3rd in the country overall amongst all modern universities (Guardian 2019).

Course modules

NOTE: Modules are subject to change. For those studying part time courses the modules may vary.

What we're researching

Circularity and Blockchain Technology for Food Redistribution and Community Well-being

Focusing on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger, this project aims to develop an initial proof of concept software solution via a feasibility study addressing the food insecurity problem, using the Circular Economy theory and blockchain technology in the redistribution of food and other essentials by expanding the donor network available to charitable food distribution networks.  Embedding the theory in a blockchain solution to solve the food insecurity problem can enhance the way people donate food items, donation transparency (which leads to increased donations), donor anonymity (for data protection) and enable tracking or provenance of donations via an immutable database (via blockchain technology). On the other hand, the software solution can be extended to the donation of recyclable materials to other interested organisations (e.g., manufacturers of skincare products using coffee bean oil or coffee grounds in the UK) enabling donor organisations apply for tax deductions using a fail-proof data source.

The Award  (£23,000) has been funded by UCL, Centre for Blockchain Technologies. 

UEL  Principal  Investigator: Dr Bilyaminu  Auwal Romo 

Your future career

Explore the different career options you can pursue with this degree and see the median salaries of the sector on our Career Coach portal.

How we support your career ambitions

We offer dedicated careers support, further opportunities to thrive, such as volunteering and industry networking. our courses are created in collaboration with employers and industry to ensure they accurately reflect the real-life practices of your future career and provide you with the essential skills needed. You can focus on building interpersonal skills through group work and benefit from our investment in the latest cutting edge technologies and facilities.

Career Zone

Our dedicated and award-winning team provide you with careers and employability resources, including:

  • Online jobs board for internships, placements, graduate opportunities, flexible part-time work.
  • Mentoring programmes for insight with industry experts 
  • 1-2-1 career coaching services
  • Careers workshops and employer events 
  • Learning pathways to gain new skills and industry insight

Mental Wealth programme

Our Professional Fitness and Mental Wealth programme which issues you with a Careers Passport to track the skills you’ve mastered. Some of these are externally validated by corporations like Amazon and Microsoft.

Our Mental Wealth programme

We are careers first

Our teaching methods and geographical location put us right up top

  • Enterprise and Entrepreneurship support 
  • We are ranked 6th for graduate start-ups 
  • Networking and visits to leading organisations 
  • Support in starting a new business, freelancing and self-employment 
  • London on our doorstep

How you'll learn

Our specialist laboratories have everything you will need to develop a thorough critical understanding and gain valuable hands-on experience in a wide range of emerging technologies. You will learn to critically develop and evaluate information security policy and assess the effectiveness and improvement of information systems security within the financial systems.

Guided independent study

When not attending timetabled lectures or workshops, you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-study. This will typically involve skills development through online study, reading journal articles and books, working on individual and group projects and preparing coursework assignments and presentations. Your independent learning is supported by a range of excellent facilities including online resources, and specialist facilities, such as game labs, the library, the full Microsoft Office software, including MS Teams, and Moodle: our Virtual Learning Environment.

Academic support

Our academic support team provides help in a range of areas - including learning and disability support.

Dedicated personal tutor

Our dedicated and specialist staff will support you throughout the course and you will be assigned a personal tutor, a course tutor and module tutors to oversee your progress. Dr Amin Karami, the programme leader, has a wide range of expertise in big data analytics, computational intelligence and cyber security in both industry and academia.

Workload

This programme consists of four taught modules and an optional placement year. As a key element of this course, you will be asked to complete a dissertation on a cutting-edge topic of your choice. Whatever topic you choose, your dissertation will make an active contribution to the field, providing you with excellent experience for a future career in blockchain and financial technologies.

How you'll be assessed

You will be assessed using a mixture of practical coursework and a theory exam. Coursework can take a variety of forms, including laboratory work, data analysis and oral presentations. 

The research dissertation is assessed on a final written report, a poster presentation and a practical component. You will receive detailed feedback on all assessment outlining strengths and areas of improvement.

Campus and facilities

Docklands Campus, London, E16 2RD