Master in Financial Technology and Computing

Admission

The formal requirement for admission is a Bachelor's degree granted by a recognised university in Informatics, Engineering, Mathematics, Finance, or Economics. Students with other degrees may be admitted on a case by case basis as well.

Candidates with a Bachelor's degree from a recognized University of Applied Sciences may be admitted with 30-60 additional ECTS to be earned during or before the beginning of the program, with Bachelor courses according to a study program defined by the scientific director. Admissions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. Students with other degrees may be admitted on a case-by-case basis as well.

Language

Admission to English-language graduate-level (Master) programmes at USI requires a good command, or advanced knowledge, of the English idiom. Non-English native speakers applying for the Master, or whose previous degree was obtained in another language than English, are required to provide an internationally acknowledged language certificate equal to the B2 level (IELTS 5.5), as defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR), or equivalent (e.g. TOEFL, IELTS, etc.).

Students admitted on the above-mentioned condition must achieve a C1 (IELTS 7.0) competence in English within the maximum time required to obtain the Master's degree. The level can be certified either by attending a language course offered at USI during the Fall and Spring semester, and by taking the final exam, or by providing an internationally acknowledged language certificate.

A complete list of the accepted English language certificate is available at https://www.usi.ch/en/education/master/admission.