Financial Technology and digital innovation to modeRnise and develop cUrricula of VietnameSe and Philippines UniversiTies Erasmus Project

Project Title

Financial Technology and digital innovation to modeRnise and develop cUrricula of VietnameSe and Philippines UniversiTies

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The 4° Industrial Revolution global transformation is also transforming the Financial Sector due to the technology invasion. The HE worldwide are trying to tackle to this revolution. TRUST project aims to improve the quality of the HE in Vietnam and Philippines to answer to the labour market needs of the Financial Services Sector in partner country. TRUST project objectives are the designing/developing of a new Master on FINancial TECHnology-FINTHECH; and the modernising of other masters of Business and Economics with specific contents on FINTECH in Vietnamese and Philippines Universities. Concrete results are the implementation of the new master on FINTHECH and of at least 2 masters of Business and Economics modernised in each HEI in 3 Philippines and 3 Vietnamese universities. They will be delivered in blended modality (workshops/distance learning) thought the TRUST e-learning platform to at least 120 students each partner country. TRUST aims to prepare students in the financial services with the use of technology equipping them with the needed skills to answer to the emergent financial labour market needs. The project also aims to equip the HEIs of partner countries by increasing the professional development of HEIs professors and staff, and also by purchasing the needed Fintech specific software each Fintech solution for the masters development and implementation in each VN and PH HEIs. The project impact will be the professional development of HEIs staff; the enriched training offer of VN and PH HEIs in FINTECH; the increased cooperation between HEIs and the Financial Services industry in Vietnam and the Philippines. The long term impact are the increased employability chance of HEI’s new graduated, including the promotion of new graduated entrepreneurship, enriched preparation on the FinTech topics of HEIs’ staff and improved quality of educational offer on FinTech of HEIs, the strengthened of University/business cooperation in Vietnam and the Philippine.

Project Website

http://www.trustproject.eu/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 871974 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI GUGLIELMO MARCONI – TELEMATICA & Country: IT

Project Partners

• DEUS TECHNOLOGY S.R.L.
• TRUONG DAI HOC MO THANH PHO HO CHIMINH
• SAINT LOUIS COLLEGE, INCORPORATED
• MALAYAN EDUCATION SYSTEM, INC.
• FINTECH PHILIPPINES ASSOC INC
• TRUONG DAI HOC KINH TE THUOC DAI HOC QUOC GIA HANOI
• TRUONG DAI HOC KINH TE DAI HOC HUE