The Master of Science in Accounting (M.S.A.) from The Peter J. Tobin College of Business is designed to help professionals understand the function of accounting within the global marketplace and related to sophisticated theoretical concepts to practical problems. The demand for specialists in the field of accounting has accelerated dramatically as financial regulations have evolved and will only continue to grow as corporations strive to become more transparent. Graduates of the program are prepared to leverage their education and skills to become accounting professionals in the future.

Admission

All applicants must possess a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution or the international equivalent prior to enrollment at the graduate level. Applicants to the M.S. in Accounting program must have been an undergraduate business major.... [-]

Università Cattolica’s Cremona campus boasts one of the world’s most renowned teams of Agriculture academics, scientists and researchers; a team at the forefront of food innovation and technology, whose expertise extends to developing tracking systems for any product transported across the European Union. If you would like to study for a graduate qualification in the world’s fastest growing industry, then a beautiful city in the heart of the Italian food valley will open your doors to the world.

Learning objectives

The program will prepare students to analyze the Agri-food system and to operate in the various functional areas of businesses and organizations. The program will develop your professional knowledge and skills.... [-]

The curriculum is entirely taught in English and represents the University’s flagship course in Economics. The program is equivalent to a two-year Master of Science in Economics.

It provides students with a solid training in Economics emphasizing rigorous analytical thinking and advanced quantitative methods. Faculty members are internationally recognized, economists. Our aim is to train economists suited both for academic and non-academic careers.

During the first year, students will study the foundations of economics and quantitative analysis, whereas the second year is devoted to field courses that will expose them to recent developments at the frontier of economic research in a variety of topics. At the end of the second year, students will work on their final dissertation.... [-]

The program is designed for students wishing to concentrate their career in financial markets and institutions. The program provides advanced training in the key areas of securities trading and risk management. A significant feature is the combination of strong analytical foundation and applications to real-world issues.

Learning objectives

Students will learn to integrate financial models, firm-specific as well as industry and economic factors in their decision-making process. Students have access to meetings with highly qualified speakers from the financial industry, internship programs in major Italian and international financial institutions, exchange programs in European and US universities.... [-]

The Masters Programme in Economics (LM-28676) provides students with the tools necessary to analyse economic mechanisms, financial markets and organisations and forecast the micro- and macroeconomic behaviour of individuals and institutions.

The programme begins with coursework designed to consolidate and improve students’ understanding of economic policy and political economy. Subsequently, the focus turns to specific aspects of economic studies and issues concerning quantitative methodologies, sociology, law and enterprise studies.

In particular, the Masters Programme in Advanced Economics aims to develop economic researchers who can:

Identify and analyse important economic aspects; Design and develop market studies and macro-economic reviews; Plan and manage enterprises strategy (especially in the Finance sector) and make public decisions on issues such as welfare and social security; Innovate and develop economic analysis tools; Coordinate interdisciplinary workgroups to assess the effects of economic policy on the development of specific productive sectors; Coordinate and manage workgroups to arrange the necessary sector and macroeconomic scenarios for the economic choices of public and private organisations, both at the national and international level; Evaluate behaviours and results of strategies and objectively orient their outcome. ... [-]

Mission and Goals

This programme offers a synthesis of the fundamental and most advanced civil engineering tools for Risk Management, integrated by competences in different areas (land use planning, economics and finance, communication, law, psychology). Graduates in C.E.R.M. deal with the design of structures and of infrastructures, with planning, control and management of town and of land systems, and they are able to evaluate the environmental impact of structures and of infrastructures. The programme is taught in English. For more information: www.master-cerm.polimi.it

Eligible students

Students holding a Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Architecture or Land Use Planning are eligible for application. ... [-]

The Master in Finance prepares fund managers and professional investment analysts for entrance into the banking and finance sector. The course examines the principles of financing and investment decisions and their impact across a broad range of contemporary management concerns.

As part of the Finance specialisation, master students explore:

• classical and contemporary corporate financing approaches with respect to multinational firms in developed and developing markets

• the viability and appropriateness of a corporate mergers or acquisitions through evaluation and analysis

• value assessment and enterprise value

• risk management and different theories and approaches for the multinational enterprise... [-]

Official Program Description

The Master of Science in Finance and Risk Management (FRIM) Program is designed to produce experts in the management of financial products and portfolios, in analysis and management of banking and financial risk and, more generally, of corporate economic risk, in management of financial institutions, and in analysis and management of insurance risk.

Graduates in Finance and Risk Management (FRIM):

acquire a thorough knowledge of mathematical calculation tools applied to the economy of financial products and markets, finance, and insurance as well as specialized knowledge of company risk models employed by banking, financial and insurance analysts; in addition, they gain statistical knowledge that enables them to process data and estimate economic relationships; acquire the knowledge and understanding necessary to apply such methodologies and tools to the field of finance in terms of analysis of international scenarios, implementation of decision models in financial markets and in company management, and analysis and development of the management processes typical of the different categories of financial intermediaries; develop the capacity for independent judgment regarding issues of company financial management and risk management and the modeling of financial markets, thus being able to efficiently interpret and process the information and data acquired; develop the ability to communicate, both within companies and to a non-specialized public, information about the performance of financial markets, the use of alternative financial tools and banking and insurance risk management; acquire the ability to organize independently the life-long learning process now required by professions because of the changed... [-]

Course Objectives and Structure

The Master of Science in “Data Science and Economics” (DSE) aims to respond to the training needs of data scientist in the economic field by providing the skills necessary to analyze and understand the nature of data through modern data management techniques, machine learning, data mining and cloud computing, in order to extract meaningful relationships and recurring patterns, build predictive and nowcasting models that integrate company, market, administrative and social media data, perform analysis of policy effects (economic, social) or actions (investments, marketing campaigns) and any other activity related to the sectors of economy, marketing, business and finance.... [-]