Business Economics

The aim of the Degree Programme in Business Economics is to produce business consultants able to undertake administrative careers in companies and other organisations at management level, as well as to work as freelance accountants or statutory auditors. The degree programme has a dual objective. On the one hand, the programme consolidates the accounting, administrative and legal studies undertaken by the students with a view to preparing them to work as accountants and statutory auditors. The programme provides students with the competences and skills required to professionally manage problems in the following fields: i) design and management of IT systems for external communication and internal control; ii) audit of financial statements; iii) analysis of financial statements using ratios and cash flows; iv) rational formulation of financial and business decisions (choice of investment and funding), also in the light of knowledge of the operational and assessment processes and services implemented by financial intermediaries. On the other hand, the programme seeks to produce business experts able to manage and direct companies for which they must have strategic, organisational, control and management skills. They must also be market oriented and have an integrated vision of the different functional areas of the business. In the first year, students are introduced to the fundamental theories of economics and mathematics, with a particular focus on business economics, in addition to language and IT studies. In the second year, the programme continues to take a generalist approach while also seeking to increase the level of theoretical and operational learning. In the third year, following specialist study in the field of finance, students may choose between the professional career path through further investigation of the accounting discipline and the managerial path that involves a particular focus on the managerial disciplines. The programme is distinguished by the numerous optional course modules and internships on offer that enhance the curriculum and are aimed at preparing students for the world of work.

In the first two years, the contents of the English language curriculum are very similar to the Italian one, please refer to the description given above, but with a more international character. This curriculum aims to provide professional competences that can be used nationally as well as internationally, as experts in administration, management and business consulting. These competences can be used in businesses in all sectors and of all sizes, working on national and international markets. Furthermore, particularly in the third year, the programme offers students the possibility to develop skills in the increasingly current areas of sustainable development and digital innovation.
The overall objective of this curriculum is to provide students with the knowledge and tools required to fully understand the main administrative, strategic and operational aspects of business management within the field of sustainability and innovation.

Admission to the First Cycle Degree Programme in Business Economics requires possessionof a secondary school diploma awarded after five years of study or a foreign qualification recognised as suitable.
Additionally, knowledge and competence in the following areas arerequired:
-logical reasoning and mathematical skills
- for the Italian taught curricula: English language skills at a level of (atleast) A2, based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
- for the English taught curriculum: English language skills at a level of (atleast) B1, based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
The methods for assessing the knowledge and competence required foradmission are defined in the degree programme teaching regulations.
If the results of the assessment are not positive, additional learningrequirements will be specified.
Completion of the learning requirements is the subject of a separate test. Therelevant testing method is also set out in the degree programme teachingregulations.
Students who do not complete the additional learning requirements by the dateestablished by the competent bodies and, in any case, by the end of the firstyear of the degree programme, will be unable to sit exams in the following years.