SAIF turns to fintech to boost rankings

In a bid to maintain its leading position and to meet market demand, the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance will adopt fintech as a new direction of talent cultivation starting in 2019.

Around 25 of a total of 80 students enrolled at the institute's Master of Finance program from next year will go into this professional field, which will focus on cultivating students' technical capability in big data, machine and deep learning and computer programming, the institute said during a media briefing on June 19.

Students with outstanding backgrounds in mathematical statistics and computer programing will be preferred for the program, which was established after repeated discussions with academics and industry experts, said Jiang Zhan, faculty director of the Master of Finance program at SAIF.