18 August
MANCHESTER Metropolitan University (Manchester Met), one of Europe’s largest universities, has given a talk on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a master-class Finan-cial Technology (FinTech) course at a seminar hosted by Union of Myanmar Feder-ation of Chambers of Com-merce and industry (UMFC-CI) in Yangon on Wednesday, 14 August, 2019.
Paul Smith, a professor teaching at Manchester Met, was the Keynote Speaker in the morning session discuss-ing the applications of AI in FinTech. Smith was also the guest lecturer for the afternoon’s certificate mas-ter-class course on FinTech, which was offered to limited UMFCCI members.
UMFCCI Vice President U Thaung Tin said, “As an organization, UMFCCI al-ways looks to support My-anmar’s digital transforma-tion. We immediately took Manchester Metropolitan University’s initiative to hold a FinTech and AI seminar; and we offered to host it for our members. The knowl-edge and skills that our members acquire from the experts from Manchester Metropolitan University will definitely help the attendees stay abreast with the devel-opments in the financial and business sectors.”
“We are delighted to re-turn to Myanmar and show-case Manchester Metropol-itan University’s expertise on two of the most important global subjects, FinTech and AI. We thank UMFCCI for this opportunity, which is a good teaser for what we want to of-fer to the Myanmar public. We are currently formalizing our entry into the Myanmar mar-ket to offer a Master of Science course to qualified Myanmar students,” said Rick Canavan, Faculty Head of International at Manchester Met University.
Manchester Met has been strongly considering to offer its courses in Myanmar due to the steady interest in and the rapid progress of FinTech in the country. After several visits to Myanmar in the recent months, the university is now in the final stages of formally offering their Master’s degree course on FinTech, through a mix of online and face-to-face lectures. The university will be tapping Learn Myanmar, one of the country’s leading profes-sional training institutions, to manage the Manchester Met business in the country.
Canavan said, “We strong-ly believe that Myanmar is keen and ready to tackle Fin-Tech. We are here not only to share our capabilities on the subject matter, but also to impart Manchester Met’s cultural, fun, and engaging student experience.” Man-chester Met has more than 38,0000 students, with a good proportion of international students in various courses, either in Manchester City—the hub of FinTech in the UK—or studying offshore and online courses.—GNLM
