07 Mar 2019

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on March 6 with Tencent Finance Academy (Hong Kong) (TFAHK), under Tencent, to promote the development of FinTech in Hong Kong. By combining HKU’s outstanding academic foundation in FinTech with Tencent’s practical experience in the industry, the two parties will join hands in cultivating local FinTech talents and collaborating on FinTech-related research and development initiatives.

The three major areas covered by the MoU are as follows:

• TFAHK will collaborate with HKU to enhance the HKU’s BASc (FinTech) undergraduate programme, which will be rolled out in September 2019, and provide students with activities like workshops, guest lectures, talks and company visits, etc.
• TFAHK will provide a fixed quota of internship opportunities for HKU students for four consecutive academic years, starting from the new semester.
• The FinTech & Blockchain Lab of the Department of Computer Science of HKU will collaborate with TFAHK on joint FinTech-related research and development projects.

HKU will launch a new BASc (FinTech) undergraduate programme in the 2019–20 academic year to nurture talent in different aspects of FinTech, preparing its graduates to conduct research in the field. Established in June 2018, TFAHK aims to cultivate cross-sector talent in the field of finance and technology while meeting the development needs of the financial industry.

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