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1. Featured Courses

Unlike traditional programs in finance and information technology, financial technology (FinTech) is a newly emerging discipline. Simply piecing together courses from existing departments cannot fully meet the knowledge needs of this field. Different from other domestic colleges, this degree program is offered by a group of faculty members in the College of Management who are passionate about FinTech teaching and research. Drawing on the latest international developments, they have designed a number of innovative courses. To align with the College’s internationalization, most courses are taught in English. The main featured courses include:

Introduction to FinTech: Provides a comprehensive introduction to FinTech, enabling students who previously lacked exposure to quickly understand the applications and industrial ecosystem of this field.
FinTech: Markets & Services: Introduces innovative FinTech models and uses case studies to analyze technological applications and business models, helping students grasp the development of innovative services and strengthen learning outcomes in applied innovation.
Decision Analytics for FinTech: Introduces decision-analytics tools and their applications across different FinTech ecosystems.
Business Model Innovation & FinTech: Uses business-management knowledge to design course content, guiding students to generate innovative FinTech business models and evaluate their feasibility in practice.
FinTech Applications and Practice: As API platforms can manage large volumes of data and services, this course introduces how to build a digital financial API environment and a financial digital-platform sandbox to enhance regulatory efficiency. It is offered in collaboration with Taiwan’s FinTech innovation hubs, and covers topics such as intelligent financial management and the use of RESTful APIs to support the provision and use of various regulatory services.
Blockchain Applications in FinTech: Covers the technical principles of blockchain and its applications, including virtual currencies and smart contracts.
FinTech Capstone Project: Under the guidance of different project advisors, students define a project topic, design a financial service business model, incorporate technology, and assess its benefits, thereby cultivating independent and innovative capabilities in FinTech.
RegTech (FinTech Regulation): Introduces how new technologies (such as artificial intelligence, algorithms, biometrics, cloud computing, and blockchain) and analytical methods can be used to provide effective solutions for regulatory compliance and supervision. RegTech helps supervisory authorities enhance regulatory efficiency while enabling financial institutions to reduce compliance and operational costs.
Sustainable FinTech: Following the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this course discusses how sustainability transforms current investment practices toward social finance, emphasizing people-centered services. FinTech provides effective technologies to support sustainable development and green finance, leading the world toward sustainable and green technologies (such as green accounting and green finance).

Illustration highlighting the key featured courses in the FinTech Master’s Program.

2. Interdisciplinary Learning

Students in this degree program can engage in interdisciplinary learning with faculty members and courses from departments such as Finance, Business Administration, Accounting and Information, Management Information Systems, Financial and Economic Law, and Computer Science and Information Engineering. The program is supported by several key research centers in the College, including the FinTech and Smart Governance Research Center, Big Data Research Center, Manufacturing–Services Integration Research Center, Marketing Strategy and Creativity Research Center, Business–Industry Liaison Research Center, Industrial Development and Forecasting Research Center, Healthcare Information Management Research Center, and Empirical Economics Strategy and Policy Research Center. These centers provide interdisciplinary learning support and allow students to acquire and integrate critical knowledge in a cross-disciplinary environment.

Overview of interdisciplinary learning resources and research centers in the College of Management.

3. Industry–Academia Collaboration

In the area of FinTech, the College currently collaborates with institutions such as the Institute for Information Industry, E.SUN Bank, and Next Bank on industry–academia projects that support course offerings in this degree program. The College has also established long-term partnerships with the finance and accounting industries. In addition to working closely with the Taiwan Stock Exchange and the Securities Association on various research projects, the College has signed cooperative education MOUs with numerous enterprises, financial institutions, and the “Big Four” accounting firms in Taiwan. These partnerships provide students with summer internship opportunities every year. Through the College’s internship-mentor system, faculty maintain close contact with interns and enterprises, helping students adapt to the workplace early, recognize gaps in their knowledge, and clarify their future learning priorities.

Illustration of collaborations between the program and partners such as the Institute for Information Industry, E.SUN Bank, and accounting firms.

4. Internationalization & Exchange

From an internationalization perspective, the degree program is planned in line with the spirit of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in coordination with the government’s New Southbound Policy. Leveraging the international network built under the College of Management’s AACSB accreditation, the program aims to establish dual-master-degree agreements in finance (and FinTech) with 2–3 business schools in Europe, the United States, and Asia. It actively recruits talents from Europe, the U.S., and Southeast Asia and will invite foreign experts to teach in the FinTech master’s program, thereby promoting the internationalization of the curriculum.

Diagram showing international exchange and dual master’s degree cooperation with business schools in Europe, the U.S., and Asia.

5. Digital Sandbox Experimental Base

In 2021, the College of Management established the “FinTech Campus Digital Sandbox Experimental Base” for central Taiwan, serving as a laboratory for FinTech research and development. The Digital Sandbox is supported by API data provided by major domestic banks and enterprises, such as the Taiwan Stock Exchange, Economic Daily News, Mobile ID, beneficial owner information, open-banking data, Wepower big data, and the bills clearing house. With abundant, reliable big data, it reduces the problems of insufficient data and low data credibility. In collaboration with technology companies, the base also conducts field experiments on eKYC remote-identification technologies. Since 2021, FinTech faculty have regularly engaged with startup teams in the experimental base, nurturing seed instructors in FinTech, operating the sandbox, and supporting innovation and entrepreneurship incubation, with the goal of eventually achieving technology transfer from the sandbox. Through this experimental base, the College gains substantial capacity to drive FinTech development and cultivate innovative talents.

Illustration of the FinTech Campus Digital Sandbox Experimental Base, showing big data APIs and eKYC field-testing environment.