Administration, Finance and Business Consulting

At the end of the course, graduates will have acquired a comprehensive set of specialist post-secondary level skills that qualify them to work as experts within a company (as managers, department heads or internal auditors) or externally (as consultants, freelancers or auditors) in the areas of administration, planning, finance and corporate control. This knowledge integrates the contributions and analytical profiles of economic, business, legal, macro- and microeconomic, and statistical-mathematical disciplines.

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The knowledge described will enable master’s degree graduates to understand administrative, accounting, and management issues in new contexts, both operational and research-based; identify up-to-date and reliable sources of information to address the issues identified in an original way; develop original economic administration organizational models and adapt them to the operational and research context addressed; the ability to design and apply decision support and management control models.

The above knowledge is developed through theoretical lectures, supplemented by case studies and testimonials from professionals and experts, so as to stimulate students’ ability to develop original management and control models tailored to specific contexts. With regard to the ability to identify regulatory, bibliographic and reliable information sources necessary to deal with administrative and consulting issues in an original way, specific meetings (department seminars) are held, particularly aimed at second-year students, to develop the use and keyword search of regulatory, bibliographic, economic-financial data, statistics, and Italian and foreign institutional websites. Particular attention is paid to assessing the knowledge and skills acquired during the course through a final exam, which includes a thesis and its discussion with a supervisor and co-supervisor.

At the end of the training program, graduates are able to apply the knowledge acquired in the field of administrative systems (information-accounting, planning, control, and auditing) to concrete professional and business situations. The graduate profile is that of a professional with a solid and broad cultural background and technical knowledge, able to support the company management from within or from outside in decisions and operations concerning, in particular:

• the design and implementation of institutional, organizational, and corporate governance systems;
• economic and financial communication to stakeholders;
• the company’s tax policy, also from an international perspective;
• strategic decisions regarding the redesign of business processes, with a view to networking and maximizing competitive capacity and economic and financial results;
• economic and financial planning for new investments;
• extraordinary events in business management, such as capital transactions, recourse to financial markets, mergers and acquisitions, crises, and corporate restructuring.

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All the information on the course, from admission to the final exam, for all students interested in enrolling in the Master’s Degree Program in Administration, Finance, and Business Consulting.

Admission requirements

The Master’s Degree programme is open to all applicants.

To be admitted, students must hold a degree in Economics and Business Management (class L-18). Graduates from other classes may also be admitted based on the curricular requirements set out in the programme’s Teaching Regulations.

The curricular requirements are:

1. statistical-mathematical sectors (SECS-S/01 Statistics, SECS-S/03 Economic Statistics, SECS-S/06 Mathematical Methods in Economics, Actuarial and Financial Sciences, MAT/09 Operational Research), for at least 12 ECTS credits;
2. economic sectors (SECS-P/01 Political Economy, SECS-P/02 Economic Policy, SECS-P/03 Finance, SECS-P/06 Applied Economics, SECS-P/12 Economic History), for at least 15 ECTS credits;
3. business sectors (SECS-P/07 Business Economics, SECS-P/08 Business Economics and Management, SECS-P/09 Corporate Finance, SECS-P/10 Business Organisation, SECS-P/11 Economics of Financial Intermediaries), for at least 33 CFU, of which at least 18 CFU in SECS-P/07 Business Economics;
4. legal sectors (IUS/01 Private Law, IUS/04 Commercial Law, IUS/07 Labour Law, IUS/09 Public Law Institutions, IUS/12 Tax Law) for at least 18 ECTS credits, of which at least 6 ECTS credits in IUS/04 Commercial Law;

Basic knowledge, both written and oral, at a level of at least B1 in one of the following languages is required: English, French or Spanish.

Internships and placement

The degree programme has appointed a placement coordinator who, in collaboration with the programme coordinator, develops specific internship and work experience opportunities in the area of finance and control. The placement coordinator also organises seminars and meetings with leading companies and consulting firms in the market to promote placement opportunities for students.

Final exam

The final exam is worth 15 credits. It involves the preparation and discussion of a thesis, either theoretical or applied, on topics characteristic of the degree programme.

The thesis reflects the student’s achievement of adequate skills, demonstrating their ability to address, analyse and solve real problems in their complexity, critically using the knowledge acquired during their studies and any experience gained during internships carried out at companies or institutions.

The graduate will be supervised and supported by a supervisor and a co-supervisor from the degree programme, who will report on the work carried out during the public presentation and discussion of the thesis, which the candidate will carry out in front of a committee of lecturers in the subject or related subjects, for the verification and evaluation of the thesis.

The thesis, which is normally divided into a first part with a mainly theoretical approach (analysis of the literature, formulation of research hypotheses, systematisation of topics) and a second part with an applied approach (empirical verification of research hypotheses, analysis of business cases, administration of questionnaires, online research), is assessed with a score within parameters defined by the teaching regulations and guidelines for the regulation of master’s degree theses, aimed at rewarding career advancement and study and internship experiences abroad, taking into account the average of the exams taken, the originality of the thesis, the candidate’s presentation skills and the educational objectives reached.