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Master of Business Administration
MBA with Fintech and Digital Finance Online
Our MBA with Fintech and Digital Finance Online combines digital risk management, financial technology and cloud-based tools with evolving regulation and AI integrated learning online, equipping you to navigate global financial landscapes and make confident decisions in a digital economy.
Course length
1 to 2 years
Study mode
Full-time or Part-time
Method
Online
Overview
Why choose our MBA with Fintech and Digital Finance Online course?
- Disruptive Fintech Architecture – Deep dive into the mechanics of blockchain, decentralized finance (DeFi) and AI driven automation redefining the global banking infrastructure.
- Capitalising on Venture Capital – Learn how to evaluate, pitch and fund disruptive financial startups, preparing you to lead or invest in high-growth FinTech ventures.
- Flexibility of study – Decide whether to study full-time, part-time, on-campus or 100% online. General MBA programme electives include options focused on different industries, including healthcare, professional services, technology and business legal issues.
- Career-focused curriculum – Develop hands-on experience with AI tools throughout your MBA while gaining expertise in ESG, AI regulation, data privacy and responsible leadership.
- Executive challenge modules – Strengthen the capabilities AI can’t replicate, including emotional intelligence, resilience, adaptability and critical thinking through practical executive-style challenge modules.
About our MBA with Fintech and Digital Finance Online course
Position yourself at the heart of the global financial landscape. As London strengthens its position as a global finance hub, there is an increasing demand for visionary leaders who can master digital risk management and navigate the complexities of evolving regulation.
This master's programme at The University of Law allows you to develop the capacity to harness financial technology, cloud based tools and AI integrated learning, directly aligning your critical thinking with the technical attributes employers demand. By leveraging our unique legal heritage, you’ll gain a competitive edge in managing the regulatory challenges of modern finance.
Our online MBA offers flexibility to balance your work, life and career goals without ever compromising on educational experience. Delivering the exact same academic rigour and comprehensive content as our on-campus degree, you’ll still benefit from access to campus resources, study materials and dedicated support networks.
At the end of the course, you’ll be prepared to progress from technical positions into strategic leadership roles. Whether you aim to become a management consultant or general manager, your specialised knowledge in Fintech and digital finance will allow you to drive innovation and manage digital assets across a wide range of global business careers.
This course is also offered as a 2-year full-time Professional Practice programme which is aimed at fostering the employment opportunities of students. Offering greater flexibility than a traditional Placement Year, our Professional Practice Year allows you to decide how to put your skills into practice. Choose between an academic dissertation, business plan, business or consultancy project, or a paid placement in industry, depending on the option that is best suited to your future career path.
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Course Content
Modules
Semester 1
| Compulsory modules (15 credits each) |
AI and Analytics for Strategic DecisionsThis module reviews the entire analytical process, from initial problem formulation to the deployment of solutions using contemporary technologies. You’ll examine the critical intersection of human cognition and expertise with predictive analytics, generative AI, deep learning and agentic systems, whilst addressing vital safety and ethical considerations.
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Economic Paradigms for Sustainable DevelopmentExplore classical, neoclassical, ecological, institutional and heterodox paradigms, assessing their relevance to climate change, inequality, global governance and rapid AI advancement. In this module through facilitator led workshops, policy analysis and case studies, you’ll navigate the socio-economic friction between commercial growth, environmental limits and social equity.
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The MBA Challenge: Creating the Leader’s MindsetThis module explores contemporary leadership challenges, focusing on emotional intelligence, ethical sustainability and cultural intelligence through real world examples. Supported by targeted leadership coaching sessions, you’ll participate in interactive workshops, role playing scenarios and experiential activities to master persuasive communication and negotiation.
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In Semester 1, you will choose one elective module from the following:
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Enterprise Transformation: AI and BeyondEquip yourself with the strategic capability to lead AI powered innovation within dynamic and uncertain corporate landscapes. This module focuses on driving large scale digital transformation, exploring how established organisations transition towards sustainable, human centric operating models. You’ll analyse how generative AI, advanced analytics and IoT optimise complex corporate processes. Through practical engagement with enterprise tech ecosystems, including digital twins and mixed reality, you’ll learn to enhance operational efficiency and modernise customer experiences.
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Strategic Legal Frameworks for Global BusinessIn this module, you’ll learn to use legal frameworks as strategic tools for responsible innovation and competitive advantage. You’ll explore the economic and ethical foundations of global business structures and regulatory environments. Through practical application, you’ll build essential competencies in creating and protecting intellectual property, managing cross-border contracts and navigating data governance and emerging technologies.
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Semester 2
| Compulsory modules (15 credits each) |
Strategic Accounting and Decision MakingThis module equips you to understand financial statements and management accounting tools, prioritising strategic, high-level interpretation over rote calculations. You’ll examine how to use financial metrics to evaluate business performance, support robust governance and drive ethical stakeholder engagement within a global context.
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Marketing and Value Creation in an AI-Driven WorldPrepare to lead strategic value creation in a commercial landscape increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence. This module focuses on the vital role of human judgement, examining how to guide AI outputs and balance machine efficiency with imagination and cultural continuity. You’ll analyse real-world cases exploring the tensions between automation and creativity, purpose and profit and marketing analytics and governance.
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Fintech for MBAExamine how financial technology is transforming the structure, delivery and regulation of global financial services. This module explores how fintech ventures, challenger banks, embedded finance and platform-based ecosystems are redefining traditional business models. You’ll evaluate fintech ventures and see how traditional institutions respond to disruption. By analysing regulatory, sustainability and ethical challenges, you’ll sharpen your collaborative leadership and critical analysis skills.
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The MBA Challenge: Strategy Formulation and ExecutionEquip yourself with the strategic acumen and integrative skills necessary for senior leadership roles. This module combines case study analysis with a dynamic business simulation to explore the complexities of formulating and executing corporate strategy. Focusing on the role of the CEO, you’ll learn to foster a shared vision, align diverse functional areas and drive performance while addressing sustainability and ethics. By interpreting study materials and evaluating real world cases, you’ll develop vital skills in teamwork, critical analysis and oral persuasion.
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Semester 3
| Compulsory modules (15 credits each) |
Technology Driven Operations ManagementDevelop the practical skills required to manage, measure and improve daily business operations in the artificial intelligence era. This module explores how operational realities dictate customer satisfaction, corporate strategy and reputation. You’ll examine process perspectives, logistics and strategic alignment, balancing technological advancements with vital human contributions.
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Human Capital ManagementExplore the core theoretical concepts and practical challenges of human resource management and organisational behaviour. This module provides a comprehensive understanding of how modern people management practices directly intersect with workplace dynamics. You’ll examine essential topics including workforce planning, talent acquisition, performance management, employee retention and human resource analytics, while integrating vital ethics, diversity and global perspectives.
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Digital FinanceExplore the digital transformation of financial markets, data infrastructure, money and decision making. This module examines the critical technologies reshaping modern finance, including artificial intelligence, blockchain, algorithmic trading, crypto assets and financial data analytics. You’ll investigate how these disruptions impact corporate treasury, capital markets, risk management and regulatory stability.
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The MBA Challenge: Integrating the OrganisationThis module uses an integrative approach, examining all internal departments alongside external stakeholders to make sense of rapidly changing global contexts. Through holistic case study analysis and interactive workshops, you’ll explore topics such as business model transformation, technology trends and diversity. By evaluating conflicting viewpoints, decision making biases and ethical considerations, you’ll sharpen your critical analysis and teamwork skills. You’ll develop the vital ability to extract meaning from complex situations and solve problems to help organisations grow sustainably.
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Integrated Development and Career Design (0 credits)This module focuses on integration, personal reflection and the application of design thinking principles to your development and career planning.
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Year 1
Semester 1
| Compulsory modules (15 credits each) |
AI and Analytics for Strategic DecisionsThis module reviews the entire analytical process, from initial problem formulation to the deployment of solutions using contemporary technologies. You’ll examine the critical intersection of human cognition and expertise with predictive analytics, generative AI, deep learning and agentic systems, whilst addressing vital safety and ethical considerations.
|
Economic Paradigms for Sustainable DevelopmentExplore classical, neoclassical, ecological, institutional and heterodox paradigms, assessing their relevance to climate change, inequality, global governance and rapid AI advancement. In this module through facilitator led workshops, policy analysis and case studies, you’ll navigate the socio-economic friction between commercial growth, environmental limits and social equity.
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Semester 2
| Compulsory modules (15 credits each) |
Strategic Accounting and Decision MakingThis module equips you to understand financial statements and management accounting tools, prioritising strategic, high-level interpretation over rote calculations. You’ll examine how to use financial metrics to evaluate business performance, support robust governance and drive ethical stakeholder engagement within a global context.
|
Marketing and Value Creation in an AI-Driven WorldPrepare to lead strategic value creation in a commercial landscape increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence. This module focuses on the vital role of human judgement, examining how to guide AI outputs and balance machine efficiency with imagination and cultural continuity. You’ll analyse real-world cases exploring the tensions between automation and creativity, purpose and profit and marketing analytics and governance.
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Semester 3
| Compulsory modules (15 credits each) |
Technology Driven Operations ManagementDevelop the practical skills required to manage, measure and improve daily business operations in the artificial intelligence era. This module explores how operational realities dictate customer satisfaction, corporate strategy and reputation. You’ll examine process perspectives, logistics and strategic alignment, balancing technological advancements with vital human contributions.
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Human Capital ManagementExplore the core theoretical concepts and practical challenges of human resource management and organisational behaviour. This module provides a comprehensive understanding of how modern people management practices directly intersect with workplace dynamics. You’ll examine essential topics including workforce planning, talent acquisition, performance management, employee retention and human resource analytics, while integrating vital ethics, diversity and global perspectives.
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Year 2
Semester 1
| Compulsory module (15 credits) |
The MBA Challenge: Creating the Leader’s MindsetThis module explores contemporary leadership challenges, focusing on emotional intelligence, ethical sustainability and cultural intelligence through real world examples. Supported by targeted leadership coaching sessions, you’ll participate in interactive workshops, role playing scenarios and experiential activities to master persuasive communication and negotiation.
|
In Semester 1, you will choose one elective module from the following:
| For student selection (electives are 15 credits each) |
Enterprise Transformation: AI and BeyondEquip yourself with the strategic capability to lead AI powered innovation within dynamic and uncertain corporate landscapes. This module focuses on driving large scale digital transformation, exploring how established organisations transition towards sustainable, human centric operating models. You’ll analyse how generative AI, advanced analytics and IoT optimise complex corporate processes. Through practical engagement with enterprise tech ecosystems, including digital twins and mixed reality, you’ll learn to enhance operational efficiency and modernise customer experiences.
|
Strategic Legal Frameworks for Global BusinessIn this module, you’ll learn to use legal frameworks as strategic tools for responsible innovation and competitive advantage. You’ll explore the economic and ethical foundations of global business structures and regulatory environments. Through practical application, you’ll build essential competencies in creating and protecting intellectual property, managing cross-border contracts and navigating data governance and emerging technologies.
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Semester 2
| Compulsory modules (15 credits each) |
Fintech for MBAExamine how financial technology is transforming the structure, delivery and regulation of global financial services. This module explores how fintech ventures, challenger banks, embedded finance and platform-based ecosystems are redefining traditional business models. You’ll evaluate fintech ventures and see how traditional institutions respond to disruption. By analysing regulatory, sustainability and ethical challenges, you’ll sharpen your collaborative leadership and critical analysis skills.
|
The MBA Challenge: Strategy Formulation and ExecutionEquip yourself with the strategic acumen and integrative skills necessary for senior leadership roles. This module combines case study analysis with a dynamic business simulation to explore the complexities of formulating and executing corporate strategy. Focusing on the role of the CEO, you’ll learn to foster a shared vision, align diverse functional areas and drive performance while addressing sustainability and ethics. By interpreting study materials and evaluating real world cases, you’ll develop vital skills in teamwork, critical analysis and oral persuasion.
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Semester 3
| Compulsory modules (15 credits each) |
Digital FinanceExplore the digital transformation of financial markets, data infrastructure, money and decision making. This module examines the critical technologies reshaping modern finance, including artificial intelligence, blockchain, algorithmic trading, crypto assets and financial data analytics. You’ll investigate how these disruptions impact corporate treasury, capital markets, risk management and regulatory stability.
|
The MBA Challenge: Integrating the OrganisationThis module uses an integrative approach, examining all internal departments alongside external stakeholders to make sense of rapidly changing global contexts. Through holistic case study analysis and interactive workshops, you’ll explore topics such as business model transformation, technology trends and diversity. By evaluating conflicting viewpoints, decision making biases and ethical considerations, you’ll sharpen your critical analysis and teamwork skills. You’ll develop the vital ability to extract meaning from complex situations and solve problems to help organisations grow sustainably.
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Integrated Development and Career Design (0 credits)This module focuses on integration, personal reflection and the application of design thinking principles to your development and career planning.
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If you have chosen the Professional Practice year, you can undertake a work placement or business project in your second year.
| Professional Practice options |
| Work Placement |
| Dissertation |
| Business Plan |
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Teaching and Assessment
How you'll learn
Study online through a blend of live teaching sessions and independent learning activities. Each module includes weekly timetabled online classes where you’ll engage with lecturers and fellow students in real time.
You’ll have access to all learning materials through our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), including online library resources, module discussion forums and direct communication with your lecturers.
Assessment
Assessments are designed to meet the programme and module learning outcomes and are both formative and summative. The formative assessments include the preparation and feedback from teaching sessions such as seminars, workshops, tests and presentations. The summative assessments may include class participation, group projects or presentations, individual presentations and portfolios.
Group work is a key component of assessment for most modules in the MBA, as employers have identified effective groupwork as a key skill for effective management.
Full-time students: Your one-year course will be divided into three semesters of 13 weeks, and you’ll study 60 credits of taught modules per semester.
Ten of the modules are shared with all students studying an MBA degree. Two of the modules are specific to the pathway, and one module is an elective.
Students will be timetabled for teaching on campus up to three days a week.
Full-time with Professional Practice students: The first year will be identical to the one-year course variation. The second year consists of a work placement or a year doing a dissertation, business project, consultancy project or business plan.
Part-time students: You’ll complete 30 credits of taught modules per semester, rather than 60 credits of modules for full-time study.
Our Student Journey Advisors at The University of Law will support and advise you throughout your studies with us, ensuring you have the best possible experience.
Our Academic Coaches will offer guidance throughout your course as well as assistance and advice as required during your time with us. They'll also be on hand to help you develop your plans for your future career.
We also offer career support and networking opportunities including one-to-one executive coaching and an annual alumni networking week in person.
Course dates
Application and booking deadlines vary by intake - take a look at our key application and enrolment deadline dates for more information.
To get a full picture of how studying this course works during the year, take a look at our course date breakdowns.
Fees and Applying
Course fees
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Online |
£16,500 (or £15,950 for domestic students with the £550 MBA Campus Award*) |
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2-year programme with Professional Practice |
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Online |
£18,150 |
All fees above include a deposit amount of £250.
The University of Law offers a wide range of scholarships and bursaries which makes studying more affordable than ever. You could also be eligible for a Postgraduate Loan.
If you're an alumnus of the University, you may be eligible to receive our £1,000 General Alumni Discount.
Entry Requirements
2:2
Undergraduate DegreeUK entry requirements
2:2 or above from a UK Bachelor's degree, or equivalent qualifications.
International entry requirements
An English Language level equivalent to IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component.
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