Explore Ontario Tech’s new Master of Financial Data Analytics graduate degree
Develop your skills in data analytics and artificial intelligence into an exciting career in finance
November 22, 2022
At a time of rapid transformation in the world’s financial systems, there is a pressing need to fill the skills gap with graduates who are fluent with advanced quantitative methods, including big data analysis and artificial intelligence. Those who possess a powerful combination of knowledge of financial theory, computational skills and data analytics will be highly sought.
Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, Ontario is helping address these industry challenges through a brand new graduate degree offering: the Master of Financial Data Analytics (MFDA). Developed by Ontario Tech’s Faculty of Business and Information Technology (FBIT), the MFDA degree combines the best of the university’s research and teaching expertise in artificial intelligence (AI), analytics and finance.
As highly qualified finance professionals, Ontario Tech MFDA graduates will be equipped with a deep background in the fundamentals of financial theory, in areas that include:
- financial management
- investments
- derivatives
- risk management
- econometrics
The MFDA also covers all facets of data analytics methods, including data mining, machine learning, AI programming and data processing.
Ontario Tech MFDA prioritizes hands-on learning
The program emphasizes experiential learning with internship or capstone project opportunities, and hands-on experience using real-time data from the top industry and research databases and trading simulations in FBIT’s Finance Analytics Laboratory. As a Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) academic partner, the Ontario Tech MFDA focuses on supporting students preparing for the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) professional designation.
Regardless of previous academic training, Ontario Tech’s MFDA is for you
Applicants to the Ontario Tech MFDA can come from a variety of educational backgrounds, from business, economics and finance, to engineering, science, mathematics, computer science and information technology. Ontario Tech graduates, with strong competencies in finance and data science, will be prepared for career opportunities in investment management, trading, risk management, investment banking, and data analysis.
- Learn more about the application process and requirements.
Did you know?
- Ontario Tech’s School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is home to more than 1,000 students.
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“The Faculty of Business and Information Technology at Ontario Tech University is uniquely positioned to deliver the Master of Financial Data Analytics professional graduate program by integrating our faculty expertise in finance, artificial intelligence and information systems.”
-Dr. Michael Bliemel, Dean, Faculty of Business and Information Technology, Ontario Tech University
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