2nd cycle graduates may cover a range of professional positions in the listed fields of employment:
1) Market researcher
Functions
The Market researcher:
- Carries out market research and develops scenario evaluations; carries out statistical studies on the market progress of a product and monitors the product market/distribution.
- Determines product costs and analyses areas for improvement.
- Analyses market data and competition, produces statistical reports and processes data
Career opportunities:
- Public and private research departments
- Planning departments of public authorities and private companies
- Public territorial and planning departments and authorities
- Division management in private companies
2) Business (econometric) economist
Functions
The Business (econometric) economist:
- Carries out quantitative evaluations of market and business trends.
- Makes numerical forecasts on micro and macroeconomic issues.
- Draws up and evaluates alternative scenarios on the evolution of businesses and sectors due to modifications in market competition and in the regulatory and institutional framework.
- In an econometric capacity, carries out research, develops or designs economic concepts, operative theories and methods to describe the behaviour of local, national and international markets in terms of goods, services and the workforce.
- Provides consulting services and applies information to draw up economic policies to meet business objectives, and defines solutions to current or forecast economic problems.
Career opportunities:
- Private companies
- Planning departments of public authorities and private companies
3) Regional economic development plan and programme expert
Functions
The Regional economic development plan and programme expert plans territorial development projects and draws up economic plans based on the analysis and knowledge of the economic contexts and their main indicators.
Career opportunities:
- Public territorial authorities
- Private and public research and study centres
- Public territorial and planning departments and authorities
4) Economic scenarios expert
Functions
The Economic scenarios expert:
- Follows the evolution of local and national markets, products and economic systems to support the process of expansion and development into new business markets (from new local markets to foreign markets).
- Carries out a variety of tasks and activities relating to new markets.
- Analyses and studies international scenarios used by companies to develop appropriate marketing and export management strategies.
- Carries out research and processes data concerning the orientation of international economics within a general process of market globalisation.
- Processes information on foreign market trends and peculiarities.
- Provides the indispensible elements and information for the strategic planning of international business development.
- In a research capacity in study centres, produces economic and quantitative studies on market trends.
- Monitors the market and makes market and product forecasts.
- Working in a company research department, analyses market data and competition, produces statistical reports and processes data.
- Effectively applies appropriate theoretical and empirical research knowledge.
Career opportunities:
- Strategic management of private companies (industry, tertiary, banks)
- Public authorities
- Public or private research and study centres
The Degree Course gives access to the studies of the third cycle (PhD and Postgraduate School) and to the second level professional Masters.