Graduate Certificate in Financial Planning at The University of New South Wales

The course is designed to expose students to the new ways financial services are being delivered using advanced technologies, big data and the internet and their transformative power in reshaping business models. The course includes the study of how data is collected and used in fintech development and applications and a workshop-type unit for budding entrepreneurs and innovators. The course is practice-oriented with an alignment to the entrepreneurial, innovative and creative forces that are disrupting traditional business models that exist in developed countries and are now pushing developing countries into a richer future.

The Graduate Certificate in Data Science in Quantitative Finance is designed to meet the evolving modelling needs of the quantitative finance industry in data science and analysis. The program, comprising of machine learning theory and applications and advanced quantitative methods, provides participants with additional specialised skill sets specifically in data science that are in high demand, even among the more traditional financial organisations. This data science program also enables Master of Quantitative Finance graduates to extend the specialist skills and expertise of the quantitative finance specialisation through completion of the Graduate Certificate in Data Science in Quantitative Finance as a standalone graduate certificate. The subjects in this course are technical in nature and focus on quantitative finance applications through examples and case studies. The course aims to extend technical skills acquired in quantitative finance or other technical specialisations.