CHICAGO, Dec. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today,
Northwestern University's School of
Professional Studies announced the launch of Chicago's first intensive fintech training
program in partnership with Trilogy Education, a leading workforce
accelerator. The Northwestern FinTech Boot Camp offers
professionals the opportunity to acquire in-demand digital skills
that will fuel the thriving fintech sector in Chicago, the #5 fintech hub in the world,
according to Deloitte.
The 24-week non-credit certificate program consists of two
three-hour evening classes during the week (6:30 to 9:30 p.m.) and a four-hour class on
Saturdays (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.).
Enrollment is now open at bootcamp.northwestern.edu/fintech.
"We see an accelerating need for educational programs that
specifically build a pipeline of talent to support Chicago's growing fintech ecosystem,"
Erica Wilke Bova, Assistant Dean,
International and Professional Education Programs said. "Our new
boot camp is designed for anyone interested in immersing themselves
in the tools and technologies that are transforming the financial
services industry today. We expect the program to attract
professionals who already work in finance and seek to upskill, as
well as technologists who want to pivot into fintech."
Chicago has long been
considered a leading center for financial services with the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange being the largest futures exchange in the
world. The city is now home to dozens of fintech startups and
success stories including companies like Braintree, Avant, and
Morningstar. They are competing for talent with major financial
services employers like JP Morgan, Discover Bank, and Deloitte,
which were among the top 10 companies in the city sourcing tech
talent in the last 12 months, according to Burning Glass Labor
Insights.
The Northwestern FinTech Boot Camp, offered in a part-time
format to accommodate work schedules, is the latest in a series of
professional tech boot camps that the University offers in
partnership with Trilogy Education. Northwestern's current boot camps in coding, data
science and visualization, and cybersecurity have more than 1,000
graduates. Many of them have gone on to find employment in
Chicago's financial services
sector at companies like U.S. Bank, Charles
Schwab, and Lending Tree.
Students in the Northwestern FinTech Boot Camp will develop a
portfolio through applied experience with a wide range of
technology tools relevant to financial services, including:
- Analyzing stock movement using financial APIs in Jupyter
Notebooks.
- Creating predictive models for stock prices with time series
analysis using Python.
- Building a decentralized identity system using blockchain
technologies.
- Applying machine learning algorithms to analyze sentiment
scores for cryptocurrency news.
- Using TensorFlow to build deep learning neural networks to
predict financial outcomes.
- Developing an AI-driven robo-advisor capable of providing
financial services with minimal human intervention.
Boot camp students will gain skills that prepare them for a wide
range of fintech-related roles, as well as receive a certificate of
completion in Financial Technology from Northwestern University School of Professional
Studies. In addition to classroom instruction from industry
professionals, students will have access to highly targeted career
planning services including trained career coaches, recruiting
assistance, portfolio reviews, webinars, and employer events.
Northwestern is among the first
universities in the country to launch boot camps aimed directly at
preparing local professionals for the rise of fintech. Other
Trilogy Education partners to recently launch fintech boot camps
are Columbia Engineering, Rice
University, Vanderbilt
University, UNC Charlotte, and
Southern Methodist University.
Apply Now
To learn more about the Northwestern FinTech
Boot Camp, visit bootcamp.northwestern.edu/fintech. You can apply
online or by calling 312-416-9979.
About Northwestern University
School of Professional Studies
The mission of the School of
Professional Studies is to provide a superior Northwestern education to outstanding students
whose academic pursuits must be balanced with professional or
personal commitments. SPS strives to be a national leader in
continuing and professional education by providing innovative
learning opportunities that serve the lifelong learning needs of
its students.
About Trilogy Education
Trilogy Education, a 2U, Inc.
brand (NASDAQ: TWOU), is a workforce accelerator that empowers the
world's leading universities to prepare professionals for
high-growth careers in the digital economy. Trilogy's intensive,
skills-based training boot camps bridge regional talent gaps in
coding, data analytics, UX/UI, cybersecurity, and fintech in more
than 50 markets around the globe. Thousands of working adults have
successfully completed Trilogy-powered boot camps, and more than
2,500 companies—ranging from startups to the Fortune 500—employ
them.
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