Institution: NUS Asian Institute of Digital Finance
Program Type: PhD
Field/Skills tags: Payment solutions, cryptocurrency, smart contract, credit analytics, p2p lending and crowd-funding, robo-advisor, algorithmic trading, data analytics innovations
Nett Fee After Subsidies (Singaporeans): $0
Full Time/Part Time: Full time
Financial technology (abbreviated as FinTech) refers to a broad spectrum of the technology and innovation of financial services. Examples of FinTech innovations include (mobile) payment solutions, cryptocurrency, smart contract, credit analytics, P2P lending and crowd-funding, robo-advisor, algorithmic trading, and various financial data analytics innovations.
The NUS PhD (Digital Financial Technology) programme is jointly hosted by the NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering (NGS) and the Asian Institute of Digital Finance (AIDF). It prepares students with a distinctive set of interdisciplinary skills for careers in academia or industry. With this PhD program, AIDF aims at admitting elite students with computing, finance, or STEM background. The goal is to train top graduates who can excel with a strong technical foundation and independent research ability for driving financial innovations in academia or in FinTech industries.