Master of Commerce with Specialisation in Financial Technology

at University of New South Wales - Kensington Campus Australia

Choose from 21 specialisations to bridge the knowledge and skills gap between information technology and business. With this double degree, you'll be able to approach problems with innovative solutions by harnessing your business acumen and IT expertise to maximise social impact.

The Master of Information Technology/Master of Commerce is the first of its kind and was designed by two leaders in their field of education, UNSW Engineering and UNSW Business School, and in consultation with industry and employers and most importantly, you. Break the mould with a skill set unique to your interests and position yourself to lead organisations through digital transformation.

This degree is ideal for people with very specific or niche interests as there are 21 specialisations to choose from. Combine two specialisations plus unique experiences at UNSW to become a changemaker and influencer of the new digital age. The business acumen you'll learn alongside deep engineering knowledge primes you to bring engineering solutions to the wider business and take on a more impactful role in organisations.

This postgraduate double degree will upskill you in your discipline specific skills as well as broad business skills such as Management, Leadership and Problem Solving at an organisation level. This double degree is ideal if you're an early or mid-career professional seeking to advance your career, or if you're a career-changer wanting to re-skill for the wide range of business and technology-related roles that are growing and evolving daily.
The Master of Information Technology provides a broad-based IT education, and more specialised knowledge in up to two areas, enabling you to work in a range of positions in the IT industry.

Both degrees allow you to specialise, choosing from a range of disciplines, to pursue your career ambitions. This program will enable you to graduate with two Masters degrees after three years. If you qualify for advanced standing through Recognised Prior Learning you'll be able to complete both degrees up to a year and a half sooner meaning you could have two postgraduate degrees after just a year and a half.

Key features
In the Master of Information Technology/Master of Commerce, you'll graduate with two independently recognised degrees that offer in-depth knowledge with integrated skills across two distinct yet complementary areas of business and engineering.

Your learning will be hands-on and practical as you gain access to real-world scenarios to test your new skills and knowledge. You'll learn from experts in the field for each of the 21 specialisations, many still closely connected to industry. 

This degree is brand new and based on what industry and our prospective students were looking for. We've connected with industry to design this degree to ensure your education is relevant to their business needs. It's future focused and progressive so that your study will give you the tools to excel in the jobs of today and step up to meet the jobs of tomorrow. 

You’ll study in a research-intense environment where you’ll be exposed to fundamental knowledge and cutting-edge advances in computing and information processing so you can bring the latest practices into the workforce.

• Boost or change your career in less than two years
• Choose from 21 specialisations
• Get professional accreditation
• Work experience opportunities 
• Industry networking opportunities
   

Design a degree that sets you apart
We understand your career goals and interests are unique to you, so we’ve designed a degree that sets you up to specialise in growing niche areas.

In the Master of IT component of this degree, you can choose up to two majors to further develop specialised knowledge tailored to your career. They include: 

• Artificial Intelligence 
• Bioinformatics 
• Database Systems 
• Data Science and Engineering 
• E-Commerce Systems 
• Information Technology 
• Internetworking

The Master of Commerce provides a high quality, industry relevant business education. If you're a non-business graduate wanting to develop your skills and knowledge in business, or if you are a business graduate who would like to broaden your business knowledge, you can specialise, choosing from a range of disciplines, to pursue your career ambitions. Choose from specialisations including:

• Accounting
• Global Sustainability and Social Impact
• Economics and Finance
• Strategy and Innovation
• Finance
• Financial Technology
• Business Analytics
• Cybersecurity, Risk and Privacy
• Digital Transformation
• Marketing Analytics
• Marketing
• International Business
• Human Resource management
• Risk Management

Design is always changing how we experience our world. Take what you learn and create with confidence, designing a future that celebrates your passion and purpose.

Industrial design
Influence lifestyles by designing the daily products, systems, and services people use. Prepare for an industrial design career with experience and confidence. You'll be able to turn innovative thinking into strategic solutions that are functional, fulfill a genuine market demand or societal need, and are emotionally engaging and desirable.

Experience practical studio classes and theoretical courses in manufacturing, materials, sustainability, user empathy, and design research. You'll learn how to enhance human and environmental wellbeing and generate insightful, life-centered product ideas.

Through our strong industry links, you'll explore and test real-world scenarios and develop meaningful partnerships with leaders in the field. Become a competitive, versatile, and job-ready industrial designer with a clear ability to see complex problems as opportunities for impressive designs.

This double degree is designed to allow students to gain accreditation as both Engineers and Surveyors, which gives them flexibility in their future careers.The Civil Engineering degree provides students with an excellent grounding in theory and applications, through the study of structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, transport engineering and water engineering, as well as construction and management.

The Surveying component prepares graduates for opportunities in the various branches of Surveying and the numerous Spatial Information disciplines. The degree covers general scientific and IT principles, as well as specialised Surveying and Spatial Information topics.

UNSW Master of Engineering (Mining) is a two-year full-time postgraduate degree taught at Australia’s top engineering faculty. Upon graduation you’ll have the engineering accreditation to help you get ahead in your career. The flexible degree offers in-depth knowledge and technical ability in your specialisation of mining while contributing to your ongoing professional development. You’ll develop your skills in engineering management, analysis and design that you’ll apply through practical experience in industrial training.

This degree is designed for students with an undergraduate degree wanting to pursue a career in the Engineering profession with an accreditation by Engineers Australia. You’ll graduate with a qualification that is internationally recognised by the Washington Accord and is globally recognised to facilitate the mobility of engineers.

Through this degree, you’ll gain the theory, tools and strategies required of today’s Mining Engineers and gain advanced knowledge in:

•     Project management
•     Mining engineering and mine design
•     Geotechnical engineering
•     Mine geomechanics
•     Environmental management
•     Mineral processing
•     Mine ventilation and water
•     Hazard identification, risk and safety management
•     Waste management

The Master of Engineering includes an integrated 60 days industrial training component and courses to develop your technical knowledge and skills in engineering management, analysis and design to ensure you graduate career-ready and accredited.

You’ll have the opportunity to undertake an extensive research project to extend your knowledge in a specific area of interest. The project enables students to gain valuable skills in project planning and management and learn methods to undertake the critical analysis, interpretation and communication of results.

The UNSW Bachelor of Arts is a three-year degree when studied full time. As you develop your worldview through personalised course combinations, you’ll define a future life purpose suited to your passions and skills.

Defy the limit of a singular career focus with industry-crossing skills in critical thinking, problem-solving, effective communication, and informed research. What’s more, you’ll develop these skills while exploring what fascinates you, with subjects from creative arts and the humanities to social sciences, languages, and business.

Prepare to challenge your assumptions and apply new thinking to academic traditions and real-world problems. How can we think differently about climate change? Human rights? The ethical future of technology? Broaden your understanding of the world and gain the skills to make a difference.

Global development
Why are some countries developing so quickly while others seem left behind? Global development looks at the impact of change across social, political, and economic environments. Explore issues from urbanisation to widening disparity, environmental threats, and the dominance of communication technologies. Learn the many ways we can create practical and positive change at local, national, and global levels.

The UNSW Master of Engineering Science in Petroleum Engineering is a two-year postgraduate degree in the School of Minerals and Energy Resource Engineering. You’ll gain the accreditation for a career in petroleum engineering, the oil and gas industry and other related sectors.  

You’ll explore a broad range of areas related to employment in petroleum engineering including:

•     Project management
•     Reservoir engineering
•     Geophysics
•     Drilling engineering
•     Fluid mechanics

If you come from a general engineering background and want to transition into a specialised role, the petroleum engineering specialisation will help you get there. The degree is also designed for anyone working in the industry and wanting to deepen their knowledge and experience.  

As part of an internationally renowned Engineering faculty, you’ll prepare yourself for the workplaces of the future in oil, gas and mining. You’ll learn to look for hands-on solutions, applying established engineering methods to complex industrial challenges. 

UNSW’s Bachelor of Commerce/Arts is a double degree that will equip you with business experience and expertise, combined with the creativity, analytical and critical thinking skills that come with an arts degree. Both degrees offer flexibility, allowing you to shape your degree to match your ambitions and interests.

The Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) has been designed with consultation from industry to set you up for lifelong employability. By combining your BCom with a Bachelor of Arts, you can choose from a diverse range of majors and subjects in the arts, humanities and social sciences. You'll develop an in-depth knowledge and breadth of understanding, gaining the tools to think critically, communicate effectively and conduct independent research.

UNSW’s Bachelor of Commerce/Arts is a double degree that will equip you with business experience and expertise, combined with the creativity, analytical and critical thinking skills that come with an arts degree. Both degrees offer flexibility, allowing you to shape your degree to match your ambitions and interests.

The Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) has been designed with consultation from industry to set you up for lifelong employability. By combining your BCom with a Bachelor of Arts, you can choose from a diverse range of majors and subjects in the arts, humanities and social sciences. You'll develop an in-depth knowledge and breadth of understanding, gaining the tools to think critically, communicate effectively and conduct independent research.

You’ll graduate with a unique combination of skills and knowledge that will prepare you to adapt and thrive in the careers of the future.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Major)
You’ll develop entrepreneurship skills that help you survive, thrive and drive disruption. Your skills and experience will equip you to lead innovation and inspire colleagues in corporations, social enterprises, non-profit companies, government, or as CEO of your own startup. UNSW Business School has helped more startup founders and our graduates have created more billion-dollar companies than any other university in Australia. 

The UNSW Bachelor of Arts is a three-year degree when studied full time. As you develop your worldview through personalised course combinations, you’ll define a future life purpose suited to your passions and skills.

Defy the limit of a singular career focus with industry-crossing skills in critical thinking, problem-solving, effective communication, and informed research. What’s more, you’ll develop these skills while exploring what fascinates you, with subjects from creative arts and the humanities to social sciences, languages, and business.

Prepare to challenge your assumptions and apply new thinking to academic traditions and real-world problems. How can we think differently about climate change? Human rights? The ethical future of technology? Broaden your understanding of the world and gain the skills to make a difference.

Media, culture and technology
The way we produce and consume media has a profound impact on modern life. It takes critical thinking and analysis to understand how media, technology and culture collide. Cut through the disinformation and understand the history, legacy, and ongoing impact of media through the 20th and 21st centuries across an ever-changing tech landscape

The Master of Infectious Diseases Intelligence (MIDI) (Extension) prepares you for a career in health emergencies, outbreaks, infectious diseases risk assessment and emergency response related to infectious diseases and other threats.

You will gain advanced disciplinary knowledge and skills needed for professional practice in control of infectious diseases and emergencies across a range of contexts including ministries and departments of health, government organisations, non-government and voluntary organisations, and primary care and community healthcare services in both public and private sectors. This degree also includes a research project which will cultivate your critical thinking and communication skills as you explore major issues in the control of infectious diseases. The degree fosters judgment-ready practitioners who can contribute to improving population health outcomes specific to infectious diseases in diverse settings.

This degree is designed for anyone wishing to gain a better understanding of infectious diseases intelligence in the era of new and emerging disease threats, and management approaches for the identification, assessment, prevention and control of infectious diseases.