Career Prospects
Targeting informatics bachelors and students with related degrees, the FinTeC master provides students with an existing background in informatics the skills necessary to enter the exciting new field of Finance Technology. A core of carefully selected finance and informatics courses provide a thorough understanding of the domain, while a broad offering of electives from both finance and informatics offer a personal learning path tailored to the needs and interests of each student.
The primary labor market for the graduates of the programme is to be found in small Fintech startups, medium to large companies in the finance sector (e.g., banks, insurers, hedge funds) as well as the public sector, both in Switzerland and abroad. Many existing financial companies struggle with keeping up with recent developments in finance technology and thus are in great need of informatics professionals who have a thorough understanding of finance. Potential job profiles range from system architect to system developer to service designer to financial consultant. With a FinTeC master, students will be able to help banks, trading companies, and insurers master this new reality, or, alternatively, be well positioned to challenge existing players with their own startup.
The following data are based on the last USI Alumni Survey conducted by the USI Career & Alumni Service in 2022.
|
|
1 year after graduation |
|
Employed |
100% |
|
Time to job |
0 |
|
Salary |
CHF 76'000.- |
|
Place of work |
% |
|
Switzerland
|
63
|
|
Italy |
11 |
|
Other Countries |
26 |
|
Employment Industries |
% |
|
Informatics, Technology, Web |
50 |
|
Education and Research |
13 |
|
Industry |
13 |
|
Banking and Finance |
10 |
|
Tourism and Transportation |
7 |
|
Consulting |
4 |
|
Non Profit |
3 |
|
Employment Functions |
% |
|
IT, Engineering, Web, Data Scientist |
65 |
|
Research & Development |
15 |
|
Teaching, Training and Academic Research |
12 |
|
Business Development, Strategic Consulting |
8 |
Source: 2022 USI Master Survey – All USI Masters in Informatics (alumni 2021)
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Research summer internships for students - UROP Internships
The Faculty of Informatics encourages and promotes the talent of its Bachelor and Master students by offering them summer internships in academic research within the programme Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program - UROP.
Internships are extracurricular, and access is on a competitive basis. Students work one-on-one with an advisor to develop a deeper understanding of both the concepts taught during the semester and the research topic. Students considering continuing in academia should seriously consider applying for a UROP position.
All research opportunities for this year are listed here.
See all the job and internship opportunities in the USI Job Bank.
