Entry Requirements
- Applicants should have got a high school diploma or to be awarded a high school diploma before June of their enrollment year.
- Applicants should be at least 18 years old before April of the enrollment year.
- Applicant should be academically prepared for rigorous STEM study across Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
- Applicants should be fluent in English. Chinese Language is not required but a certain level of Chinese would be helpful in study.
- Applicants should not have any criminal-record and must follow the law of China and regulations of SUSTech.
- Applicants need to pass online tests in Math, Physics and English and complete an online interview.
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Program Description
I. Introduction
The rapid development of financial technology has changed the existing financial ecosystem. It is affecting, in every way, the payment method, financial innovation, market operation, service providing, and regulation rules. As a cross-sectional discipline, financial technology is innovating global financial industry. By combining the information science and data science, this new discipline is implementing cutting edge achievements of those areas and will make a big difference in improving the efficiency of
the finance market. With this background, SUSTC creatively launches the major of Financial Technology to fit this big environment.
The graduates from this major will have excellent quantitative and technical skills to meet the requirements of the diversified roles in the financial industry, such as in the field of investment banks, commercial banks, asset management, government regulation, Internet finance, and etc. Graduates will also be prepared to continue with a further study in the area of, but not limited to, finance, business analysis, computer science and information engineering.
Following SUSTC’s philosophy, “innovative, high-end, cutting-edge, international”, this major will fit to the reality of China’s finance reform and development. At the same time, the major will also meet to the needs of the latest research dynamic, nation’s development strategy, and the development of Perl River Delta and Shenzhen City. With the strong supports from our excellent faculties, facilities, and research achievements, the major’s main teaching and research interests will focus on electronic currency technology, finance information science, internet finance, intelligent investment, financial big data and etc. These achievements will make a contribution to China’s finance reform and development, as well as to financial innovation in Perl River Delta and Shenzhen City.II. Objectives and Learning Outcomes
The target of the major is to provide the excellent education to financial technology talents. With well-designed text books and curriculums, the major will efficiently help the students develop core skills to apply to the real problems with the professional knowledge that they have learned in the classes. The students in the major will: meet the needs of socialist market economic construction; comprehensively develop in moral, intellectual, physical and aesthetic aspects; adapt to the open economic environment, and build solid foundations in economics, finance, computer technology and English; master the basic theory and method of financial technology; have a good ideological, business, cultural and psychological quality; have a strong practical, innovation and application ability; be able to work in the frontier areas of innovation such as digital currency, electronic payment, intelligent investment, financial big data and etc.
1. Have a basic understanding of classic theory, growth theory and business cycles theory, should be able to employ qualitative and quantitative methods to analyze and explain to others how various behaviors of economic agents and government policies can be explained by economics. Understand the challenges, practical significance and future impact of financial technology on the traditional financial industry. Understand the major areas of financial technology, the developments in various fields and their application scenarios. Understand the possibilities and opportunities that financial technology provides for the future development of the financial industry. Implement the key technologies of existing financial technology from the perspective of different financial industry.
2. Students will be able to explain basic Corporate Finance concepts, such as time value of money and risk-return trade-off, evaluate firms’ capital budgeting projects, dividend policy and capital structure, Read and analysis financial statements. Evaluate financial statements of a listed company.Students should master basic data structures and algorithms. In addition, they should be also to choose reasonable data structures according to practical demand of algorithms. Students should master basic data structures and algorithms. In addition, they should be also to choose reasonable data structures according to practical demand of algorithms.
3. Students should master basic theories and technologies of artificial intelligence. In addition, they should be also to apply such theories and technologies to develop simple financial intelligent systems. Describe the target and requirements for a spectrum of business data analysis and data mining problems in finance, marketing, etc. Develop the ability to employ data mining algorithms to discover patterns in data to address the selected problems. Creatively apply and adapt the introduced modeling techniques to propose original findings for practical organizational data analysis problems. Creatively communicate analytic procedure and results effectively in presentations with oral, written and electronic formats.
III. Study Length and Graduation Requirements
Study length: 4 years
Degree conferred: Bachelor of Economics
The minimum credit requirement for graduation: 133 credits (not including English courses);IV. Discipline
Financial Engineering
V. Main Courses
Major Foundational Courses: Probability and Statistics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Financial Accounting, Corporate Finance
Major Core Courses: Special Topics in Finance and Entrepreneurship, Financial Data Analysis and Data Mining, Financial Investments, Econometrics, Options, Futures and Other Financial Derivatives, Empirical Methods in FinanceVI. Practice-Based Courses
Internship Programs
Our internship program provides students with professional and real-life business experience during their university years. We encourage students to get first-hand knowledge of how corporations operate on a day-to-day basis by recognizing their hard-work with credits towards graduation and by providing internship subsidies to cover their daily expenses. On top of this, we have established some connections with the business community for internship opportunities with corporations such as the Bank of China.VII. Pre-requisites for Major Declaration
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IX. Costs for Reference
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Entry Requirements
- Applicants should have got a high school diploma or to be awarded a high school diploma before June of their enrollment year.
- Applicants should be at least 18 years old before April of the enrollment year.
- Applicant should be academically prepared for rigorous STEM study across Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
- Applicants should be fluent in English. Chinese Language is not required but a certain level of Chinese would be helpful in study.
- Applicants should not have any criminal-record and must follow the law of China and regulations of SUSTech.
- Applicants need to pass online tests in Math, Physics and English and complete an online interview.
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Fee Structure
Tuition Fee Bachelor RMB 32,200 per year
RMB 128,800 in total (About $ 26,286)Accommodation Fee International students apartment Quad room RMB 1,400 (More Details) Other Fees Service Fee USD 54 Living Expense RMB 2,250 to RMB 2,850 - Application Materials
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With name, passport number & expiration date, and photo included
4. English proficiency test certificate
For example, IELTS or TOEFL, only for applicant whose native language is not English.
*5. Senior high school academic transcript or college transcripts
Academic transcripts in languages other than Chinese or English should be translated into Chinese or English and be certified by notarization.
*6. Two letter of recommendation
From applicant’s high school teachers or college teachers.
*7. Senior high school Certificate/diploma
Certificates in languages other than Chinese or English should be translated into Chinese or English and be certified by notarization.
8. Supporting Documents: Certificate of Good Conduct
Provided by your current/previous school/company in Chinese/English to improve your success rate.
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Change Log
- • The start date has been updated to August 26, 2022 July 1, 2021
- • The application deadline has been updated to May 10, 2022 July 1, 2021
- • The service fee has been updated to 50 USD December 28, 2020
- • The application deadline has been updated to October 5, 2020 September 15, 2020
- • The start date has been updated to August 26, 2020 September 15, 2020
- • The content has been updated. September 15, 2020
- • The application deadline has been updated to October 5, 2021 September 15, 2020
- • The content has been updated. September 15, 2020
- • The application deadline has been updated to April 29, 2020 April 13, 2020
- • The service fee has been updated to 100 USD March 3, 2020
- • The service fee has been updated to 200 USD March 3, 2020
- • The content has been updated. December 18, 2019
- • The content has been updated. December 18, 2019
- • The application deadline has been updated to April 15, 2020 December 18, 2019
- • The tuition fee has been updated to 32200 RMB December 18, 2019
Basic Information
·Starting Date : | Aug 26 , 2022 | |
·Duration: | 4 Years |
Teaching Language : | English |
Application Deadline: | May 10 , 2022 |
Tuition : | RMB 32,200 Per Year |
Application Fee: | USD 0 (Non-Refundable) |
Service Fee: | USD 54 (Non-Refundable) |
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