Programme enrolment: requirements, deadlines and methods

2024/2025 Admission Procedure - Master’s Degree in Statistics, Economics and Business – curriculum Business Analytics 

To apply for the Program it is strongly recommended to read carefully the Call for application above. Only if the document does not include the information you are looking for, you may write an e-mail to the BA Tutor.

- If you have a foreign qualification, read the specific information before continuing.

- If you are a non-EU citizen resident abroad, read the specific information before continuing.

>>To successfully attend the master’s degree program you must have acquired knowledge at the university level of:
- mathematics (fundamentals of institutions of mathematical analysis, matrix algebra);
- probability calculation (axioms and fundamental theorems of probability calculation);
- statistics (fundamentals of descriptive statistics, foundations of statistical inference, linear model,
data matrices and derived matrices, outline of sampling techniques, multivariate statistics);
- economics (fundamentals of microeconomics);
- economics and business management (fundamentals of business management, fundamentals of marketing).

Admission to the Master’s in Statistics, Economics and Business is subject to:

2023. a) possession of a DEGREE QUALIFICATION, i.e., a three-year university degree, diploma or another suitable qualification obtained abroad. Candidates who have not graduated yet may also apply (fill out the Self-certification form). They can be admitted to the degree programme on the condition that they have acquired at least 120 CFU (for Italian qualifications) at the time of application, and obtain their degree by and no later than 30 December 2024. 

For candidates holding an educational qualification obtained abroad, the Admission Board will assess the equivalence of their former education with the Programme. 

1. b) satisfaction of CURRICULAR REQUIREMENTS: 

Academic background  

1. An Italian degree in one of the following classes:  

• Ex. D.M. 270/04: L-41 – Statistics  
• Ex D.M. 509/99: class 37 - Statistical Sciences  

 Or an italian first cycle degree in a different class with: 

- At least 16 ECTS (CFU) in one or more of the following subject areas (Italian scientific sectors): 
▪ PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS: SSD SECS-S/01, SECS-S/02, SECSS/03, SECS-S/05, MAT/06
▪ MATHEMATICS: SSD SECS-S/06, MAT/02, MAT/03, MAT/05, MAT/07, MAT/08, MAT/09
of which at least 8 ECTS (CFU) in one or more of the following areas: 
▪ PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS: SSD SECS-S/01, SECS-S/02, SECSS/03, SECS-S/05, MAT/06

-  And at least 6 ECTS (CFU) in one or more of the following subject areas (Italian Scientific Sectors):
▪ ECONOMICS: SSD SECS-P/01, SECS- P/02, SECS- P/03, SECS- P/05, SECS- P/06
▪ BUSINESS ECONOMICS : SSD SECS- P/07, SECS- P/08, SECS- P/09

• The personal competencies and skills requirement is deemed to be met both by graduates in Statistics (L-41 and class 37) and by graduates withholding a degree in other fields but fulfilling the aforementioned ECTS.

2. For applicants holding a foreign degree, the Admission Board will ascertain equivalence between the foreign and the Italian degree.  
3. c) Assessment of the candidate's PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS. The Admission Board will evaluate the applicant’s CV and academic background.

If the candidates do not fulfil the curricular requirements listed above (paragraph b.), they will be excluded from the selection.

For candidates which fulfil the curricular requirements listed in paragraph b, the Admission Board may ask them to undertake an interview to assess personal competences and skills, when it is necessary for the Admission Board to acquire further elements of evaluation. The list of candidates invited to the interview will be published on StudentiOnline at the deadlines (point 3 of the Calendar) indicated in the Admission Notice. Specific information in the Highlights box above. If you are not in that list, please wait for the publication of the final results, following the deadlines indicated in the Admission Notice.

Application procedure is available on StudentiOnline. In order to apply for the Program, please follow the instructions and upload the mandatory  documents (and also optional documents if necessary) which are listed in Section 2 of the Call for application (see above):

- ID document/passport

-Form A

-Form B

-transcript of records

-Syllabus/course contents of the Statistics exam of your previous career (if you have a bachelor's degree other than Statistics or if you have a foreign qualification). Even a screenshot is accepted.

-Self-declaration form (available on the Highlights box above) if you are not graduated yet

- Fill out the StudentiOnline form with the list of all exams useful for the application.

Only the form A and B are accepted. Resumes in other formats will not be evaluated.

Applications missing one or more mandatory documents will be considered incomplete and therefore applicants will be excluded from the selection procedure.

DEADLINES - A.Y. 2024-25 (dd/mm/yy)

*at 13:00 CET  

Since courses are entirely taught and assessed in English, admission to the Business Analytics Programme is subject also to the assessment of the proficiency in English language. Applicants are required to have at least an intermediate level (B2 accordingly to the Common European Framework for Languages). 

Students who wish to apply for the Business Analytics curriculum must have at least a B2 level of English at the time of the application. Should they not have the language requirement, their application will not proceed. 

The applicant is asked to fill out the Form B (above) and attach any useful document that can certify their declaration or be of any help in evaluating their English proficiency. A declaration without any document attesting its value may be judged incomplete. 

To mitigate the difficulties encountered by students who were unable to acquire any language certification required for the admission during the pandemic,  the University Language Center (CLA) organizes test online sessions to assess English language skills for the application of international master's degrees. For more information please look at the attachment box.

The test is for free and it results in a CEFR level equal to the student's competence: Oxford Online Placement Test therefore recognizable as an incoming B2 certification.

The test sessions for the applicants will be held in the following dates:

• 20, 21 March 2024 at 9 and 11 >> booking deadline: 14 March 2024 at 13:00 (CET)
• 17, 18  April 2024 at 9 and 11 >> booking deadline: 10 April 2024 at 13:00 (CET)
• 9, 10 May 2024 at 9 and 11 >> booking deadline: 3 May 2024 at 13:00 (CET)

How to register for the OOPT test

1. If you do not have an unibo account yet (name.surname@studio.unibo.it), register at StudentiOnline (it will take only 2 minutes);
2. Send an email to didatticasociale.clamsei-ba@unibo.it  by no later than the booking deadlines listed above, indicating your unibo account and if you have a preference for one of the test dates and time (9am or 11am); 
3. The OOPT does not release any certification. If you obtain at least a B2 level, please state it by filling in the Form B. The CLA will send your outcome to the Admission Board, which will consider your language requirement fulfilled. 
4. You can sit for just one test session. Only students who go to "timeout" and therefore do not obtain any level, can ask to try another test session, by sending an email to didatticasociale.clamsei-ba@unibo.it

More details in the attachment box. Remember to register for one of the test dates before applying to the intake period you are interested in. You must have the outcome before submitting your application. 

>> If you have already booked an OOPT test within the application process for another Degree Programme at the University of Bologna, you DO NOT have to sit another test for Business Analytics. When you submit your application for BA, you will have to state it by filling in the Form B.