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Master’s · Finance & Accounting

Financial Technology M.Sc.

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management · Frankfurt am Main · Official programme page

23 facts from 7 official pages · last checked 14 November 2026

Reviewed by Dennis Maaß, admission and immigration expert
Published 8 November 2026 · Last reviewed 8 November 2026

Key facts

Length, deadlines and costs

Language
English
Source
“(2) The language of instruction is English.”
“Degree Master of Science (MSc) 120 ECTS Language English Duration Full-time | 4 Semesters 3 semesters possible under certain conditions” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/cms/dam/jcr:d1f4740f-4d6a-498f-b408-a0039a6b16e9/2026_MFT_PO_EN.pdf · checked 14 November 2026

Study mode
On campus
Source
“Innovative 3-Day Model allows students to study full-time and work part-time.”
“The consecutive Master in Financial Technology (M.Sc.) programme is a full-time study programme” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/study/master/master-in-financial-technology · checked 14 November 2026

Taught on the Frankfurt campus (Adickesallee 32-34). Frankfurt School's "3-day model" concentrates classes into three days a week (two weekdays and one Saturday) so that students can work part-time or do an internship alongside a full-time degree; some modules in the third and fourth semesters are taught in block weeks. It is a full-time programme, so it qualifies for a student visa.

Attendance
Full-time
Source
“The consecutive Master in Financial Technology (M.Sc.) programme is a full-time study programme”
“Degree Master of Science (MSc) 120 ECTS Language English Duration Full-time | 4 Semesters 3 semesters possible under certain conditions” page
“Innovative 3-Day Model allows students to study full-time and work part-time.” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/cms/dam/jcr:d1f4740f-4d6a-498f-b408-a0039a6b16e9/2026_MFT_PO_EN.pdf · checked 14 November 2026

Full-time in the regulations and in the key facts, despite the three-day timetable; the programme page sells exactly that: students "study full-time and work part-time".

Length
4 semesters
Source
“The standard duration of study is 4 semesters in the 4-semester track and 3 semesters in”
“Degree Master of Science (MSc) 120 ECTS Language English Duration Full-time | 4 Semesters 3 semesters possible under certain conditions” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/cms/dam/jcr:d1f4740f-4d6a-498f-b408-a0039a6b16e9/2026_MFT_PO_EN.pdf · checked 14 November 2026

Four semesters on the regular track. A three-semester track exists for applicants with a 210-CP first degree (90 CP instead of 120 CP), which the regulations open to Frankfurt School's own bachelor graduates and, for some programmes, to graduates of other universities who have passed named advanced bachelor courses. The key facts put it as "3 semesters possible under certain conditions".

Credits
120 ECTS
Source
“Degree Master of Science (MSc) 120 ECTS Language English Duration Full-time | 4 Semesters 3 semesters possible under certain conditions”
“The workload in the Master in Financial Technology programme has a scope of 120 CP in the 4-semester track (according to Table 1) or 90 CP in the 3-semester track” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/study/master/master-in-financial-technology · checked 14 November 2026

120 CP on the four-semester track, 90 CP on the three-semester track.

Intakes
Winter, Summer
Source
“For the start of the programme in the summer semester (in accordance with § 5 (4)”
“3-semester track (summer semester start)” page
“Application Deadline 30 June 2027 Start Date 23 August 2027” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/cms/dam/jcr:d1f4740f-4d6a-498f-b408-a0039a6b16e9/2026_MFT_PO_EN.pdf · checked 14 November 2026

Frankfurt School publishes only the August start (winter semester) and only one deadline. The examination regulations additionally provide a summer-semester start, but only for the three-semester track, which needs a 210-CP first degree; no date or deadline is published for it, so applicants who want it must ask Admissions.

Non-EU deadline
30 Jun 2027 (winter 2027)The only published deadline; no separate, earlier date for applicants who need a student visa, although the Full-time MBA has one.
Source
“Application Deadline 30 June 2027 Start Date 23 August 2027”

www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/study/master/master-in-financial-technology · checked 14 November 2026

Applying earlier is rewarded with money rather than a better chance: the early-bird discounts are €4,000 for applying by 30 November 2026 and €2,000 by 31 March 2027. Non-EU applicants should note that Frankfurt School sets no earlier master's deadline for visa reasons even though it advises Full-time MBA applicants from India to apply five months before the start; a 30 June admission leaves under eight weeks for an APS certificate and a student visa before the 23 August start.

Non-EU tuition
€35,500 per programme Total for the four-semester programme; Frankfurt School charges no per-semester figure.
Source
“Tuition Fee €35,500 + €600 enrolment fee, €100 application fee”

www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/study/master/master-in-financial-technology · checked 14 November 2026

Standing reductions published for all applicants: early-bird discounts of €4,000 (apply by 30 November 2026) or €2,000 (by 31 March 2027), and merit- and need-based scholarships awarded through the same application. The list price is recorded here.

Application fee
€100 one-off
Source
“Tuition Fee €35,500 + €600 enrolment fee, €100 application fee”
“To apply for the Master in Financial Technology programme, applicants must meet certain academic requirements. An application fee of €100 applies.” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/study/master/master-in-financial-technology · checked 14 November 2026

Charged per application.

Registration fee or deposit
€600 one-off
Source
“Tuition Fee €35,500 + €600 enrolment fee, €100 application fee”

www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/study/master/master-in-financial-technology · checked 14 November 2026

One-off enrolment fee on top of tuition.

Places
Selection procedure
Source
“e) successfully complete an admission interview.”
“Successful admissions interview” page
“(4) Für alle Studiengänge muss das Aufnahmeverfahren der Frankfurt School mit Erfolg durchlaufen werden.” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/cms/dam/jcr:d1f4740f-4d6a-498f-b408-a0039a6b16e9/2026_MFT_PO_EN.pdf · checked 14 November 2026

No number of places and no numerus clausus is published, but admission depends on a scored selection procedure: a GMAT, GRE or Frankfurt School admission test result and an admission interview, after a document review.

Programme accreditation
Accredited
Source
“Frankfurt School was accredited by the German Accreditation Council in July 2015 and reaccredited for an additional eight years in October 2021.”
“The subject of System Accreditation is Frankfurt School's quality assurance system. … Within the specified framework, Frankfurt School is permitted to accredit its own degree programs. … If the degree programme demonstrates compliance with all necessary standards and regulations, it is awarded the quality seal of the Accreditation Council Foundation.” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/about/accreditations-certifications · checked 14 November 2026

Frankfurt School holds system accreditation from the German Accreditation Council (Akkreditierungsrat) rather than programme accreditation by an agency: within that framework it accredits its own degree programmes, which then carry the quality seal of the Accreditation Council Foundation. Frankfurt School's own page dates the system accreditation to July 2015 with a reaccreditation “for an additional eight years in October 2021”; the Akkreditierungsrat's own records give other dates (first decision 6 July 2015 to the end of the summer semester 2021, extended to 30 September 2022, reaccreditation report of 28 September 2022) and publish no decision for the reaccreditation, so its end date cannot be confirmed - see the institution's institutionalAccreditation fact. This programme page itself states no accreditation.

Admission

What you need to apply

3-year bachelor’s
Accepted
Source
“amounting to at least 180 CP 2 (Bachelor or equivalent). The Bachelor's degree should be in a degree pro- … gramme in business administration, economics, mathematics, computer science, natural sciences or engineering;”
“First academic degree (Bachelor) of at least 180 ECTS credits preferably in STEM, finance, economics or business.” page
“with a first degree of 180 CP, obtained outside Frankfurt School, study in the 4-semester track of the degree programme.” page
“Geht einem Master-Studium ein Bachelorstudium voraus, so werden unter Einbeziehung dieses vorangegangenen Studiums 300 Credit Points (CP)1 benötigt.” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/cms/dam/jcr:d1f4740f-4d6a-498f-b408-a0039a6b16e9/2026_MFT_PO_EN.pdf · checked 14 November 2026

A three-year, 180-CP bachelor's degree meets the requirement in full and leads to the regular four-semester, 120-CP track: 180 + 120 = the 300 CP the general regulations ask for across bachelor's and master's. No bridging modules or extra credits are required. The three-semester track is the one that needs 210 CP.

Subject background
A first degree of at least 180 CP (bachelor's or equivalent), preferably in STEM, finance, economics or business; the regulations name business administration, economics, mathematics, computer science, natural sciences or engineering.
Source
“amounting to at least 180 CP 2 (Bachelor or equivalent). The Bachelor's degree should be in a degree pro- … gramme in business administration, economics, mathematics, computer science, natural sciences or engineering;”
“First academic degree (Bachelor) of at least 180 ECTS credits preferably in STEM, finance, economics or business.” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/cms/dam/jcr:d1f4740f-4d6a-498f-b408-a0039a6b16e9/2026_MFT_PO_EN.pdf · checked 14 November 2026

Minimum grade
Not stated by the university
3 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

No minimum grade or GPA is published for applicants from other universities; the regulations set a 75% overall score only for Frankfurt School's own bachelor graduates who want the shortened track or the GMAT waiver.

How your grade is converted
Not stated by the university
3 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

No conversion formula and no reference to the anabin/ZAB databases is published. The regulations leave equivalence to the selection committee: the first degree must be "recognised as equivalent by the selection committee".

English
IELTS 7 · TOEFL iBT 90 · TOEFL band 5. Cambridge: CAE grade B. the examination regulations add "or equivalent"; no Duolingo or PTE score is published and no exemption is open to applicants from outside Frankfurt School
Source
“c) prove sufficient knowledge of English (TOEFL - min. 90 iBT / IELTS Academic min. 7.0 / CAE B or equivalent),”
“Excellent written and spoken English (TOEFL 5.0 iBT, IELTS 7.0 or equivalent)” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/cms/dam/jcr:d1f4740f-4d6a-498f-b408-a0039a6b16e9/2026_MFT_PO_EN.pdf · checked 14 November 2026

IELTS 7.0 overall is the highest English requirement of any private institution in this dataset. Conflict between pages: the examination regulations (binding) ask for TOEFL iBT 90 on the 0-120 scale, while the programme page gives "TOEFL 5.0 iBT", which is the 1-6 band scale TOEFL introduced in January 2026; both figures are recorded. Frankfurt School does not say whether TOEFL iBT Home Edition is accepted and publishes no Duolingo score for its master's programmes (only the MBA pages accept Duolingo, at 130).

German
Not needed when applying. During studies: optional: free weekly courses in German as a foreign language at all levels, plus business German (an academic English course is charged for)
Source
“Frankfurt School offers free weekly courses in German as a foreign language at all levels, as well as language courses in business German.”
“No, even though it is a full-time MBA in Germany, the programme is entirely taught in English. German classes are optional but encouraged.” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/students-alumni/student-services · checked 14 November 2026

No German is required to apply for or complete an English-taught Frankfurt School programme. German is needed only for options that Frankfurt School marks as such, e.g. the German-language first three semesters of the Bachelor in Business Administration and the places with cooperation partners (fluent German / C1).

GRE / GMAT / GATE
Required
Source
“d) provide a valid GMAT / GRE score, Frankfurt School Admission Test, Business Meth- … ods Test or equivalent,”
“Valid GMAT/GRE score or Frankfurt School Admission Test (BT Methods)” page
“The GMAT/GRE or our internal Frankfurt School admission test is a compulsory requirement and cannot be waived.” page
“As an alternative to the GMAT/GRE we offer the option to take an admission test with Frankfurt School with the support of our partner BT Methods upon request for qualified candidates (please state in the online application form).” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/cms/dam/jcr:d1f4740f-4d6a-498f-b408-a0039a6b16e9/2026_MFT_PO_EN.pdf · checked 14 November 2026

Compulsory and not waivable, but a test result of some kind rather than the GMAT specifically: applicants can instead sit Frankfurt School's own admission test (Business Test Methods, about two hours: Communication Analysis, Critical Thinking, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation), which costs USD 100 online and may be taken only once. GMAT scores are valid for five years; a GMAT superscore does not replace the required score in a single sitting.

Other required tests
GMAT, GRE or the Frankfurt School Admission Test (Business Test Methods, BT Methods)
Source
“Valid GMAT/GRE score or Frankfurt School Admission Test (BT Methods)”
“Please note: The Frankfurt School Admission Test (BT Methods) can only be taken once.” page
“The test lasts about 2 hours and consists of the Academic Aptitude module. This test is similar to the GMAT and is divided into different parts (Communication Analysis, Critical Thinking, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation)” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/study/master/master-in-financial-technology · checked 14 November 2026

The Frankfurt School test may be taken only once, so a weak result cannot be repaired; the GMAT and GRE can be retaken.

Selection
Four steps: online application with all documents, a document review of the academic and professional background, an online admission interview and then the admission and scholarship decision. The interview is a formal admission requirement in the examination regulations.
Source
“Successful admissions interview”
“e) successfully complete an admission interview.” page
“(7) Soweit die studiengangspezifische Studien- und Prüfungsordnung nichts anderes regelt, trifft die Zulassungsentscheidung ein Auswahlgremium. Dieses besteht aus einem Mitglied des Programm Managements, dem Academic Director des Programms sowie einem Admission Officer.” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/study/master/master-in-financial-technology · checked 14 November 2026

No assessment centre at this level (that is the bachelor's and Executive MBA route) and no reference letters are asked for. The decision is taken by a selection panel of a programme manager, the academic director and an admissions officer.

India, Pakistan, Nigeria

Rules for applicants from India, Pakistan and Nigeria

English test waiver
No waiver stated for India, Nigeria or Pakistan: plan for an English test
Source
“c) prove sufficient knowledge of English (TOEFL - min. 90 iBT / IELTS Academic min. 7.0 / CAE B or equivalent),”
“Applicants with a Bachelor's degree of 210 CP obtained at Frankfurt School can be admitted to the” page
“Excellent written and spoken English (TOEFL 5.0 iBT, IELTS 7.0 or equivalent)” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/cms/dam/jcr:d1f4740f-4d6a-498f-b408-a0039a6b16e9/2026_MFT_PO_EN.pdf · checked 14 November 2026

Unusual among the private institutions in this dataset: the examination regulations make proof of English a hard admission requirement and publish only one exemption, for Frankfurt School's own bachelor graduates with a 210-CP degree and at least 75% who apply within three years. A degree taught in English elsewhere, a school certificate in English or English being an official language in India, Nigeria or Pakistan is not published as a ground for exemption, so applicants from these countries should expect to sit IELTS or TOEFL. (The MBA programmes do waive the test for a degree completed in English; the master's programmes do not.)

Rules that name these countries
  • India: Frankfurt School names India as one of the countries whose applicants may need an APS certificate, depending on the qualification; it is not among the documents the application itself asks for.
    Source
    “Some international applicants may also need an APS certificate, depending on their country of qualification and applicable requirements. APS procedures are particularly relevant for certain applicants with qualifications from India, China and Vietnam, subject to the rules and exemptions applying to them.”

    www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/international-student-guide/before-you-apply · checked 14 November 2026

    The only Frankfurt School statement that names India. Nigeria and Pakistan are not named on any Frankfurt School page.

The rules for your country across all universities, and the visa rules on English tests, are on the India, Pakistan and Nigeria pages.

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Every value was read on an official page and is stored with a verbatim quote; open “Source” to see it. “Not stated by the university” means none of the pages we checked says, and lists those pages. Rules change: confirm with the university before you apply or pay.