Scholarships & funding opportunities

Data Lab Scholarships for MSc Financial Technology

With generous funding from the Data Lab, we have 4 scholarships towards tuition fees for the MSc Financial Technology 2020 entry (full-time only).

Applications are open to Scottish and EU students only, and each scholarship will cover the full tuition fee. The application deadline is 1st June 2020.

  • Number of scholarships 4
  • Value Full tuition fee
  • Opens 6 March 2020
  • Deadline 1 June 2020
  • Help with Tuition fees

Eligibility

Candidates interested in applying for these prestigious scholarships are required to provide a brief statement (up to 300 words) which should clearly articulate their interest in the growing area of data science and analytics and their reasons for applying for the scholarship.

 

  • Minimum second-class Honours degree, or overseas equivalent in accounting, economics, business studies or a subject area with a strong quantitative bias. The programme requires no prior knowledge of finance. 
  • Final year undergraduate students are eligible to apply.
  • Strictly Scottish/EU students only.
  • All students in receipt of a scholarship must successfully complete an online MOOC in Data Ethics, AI and Responsible Innovation as part of their studies.
  • Attendance at Data Lab Events expected.
  • Students will be required to attend introductory sessions in Mid-September.
  • Applicants must have an offer of a place on the programme.

 

The MOOC is a new requirement imposed by The Data Lab as a condition of scholarship. It is hosted by the University of Edinburgh and will take 2-3 hours per week, over a period of five weeks: https://www.edx.org/course/Data-Ethics-AI-and-Responsible-Innovation.

Further Information

For more information about the programme, please visit: Financial Technology (MSc)

For admissions into the programmes, please visit: www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus

 

Please note

Please be advised that this scholarship is administered by Data Lab. If you're successful in your application then some information will be shared with Data Lab. This is a condition of scholarship. Your contact details i.e. name and University email address will be provided by the University toData Lab, for the purposes of administering the MSc course. The ESF Participant Form which you must complete advises that your data will be used by the University for ‘reporting and monitoring purposes and shared with relevant agencies.’ The ‘relevant agencies’ in this instance are Data Lab and the Scottish Funding Council.