Master in Insurance & Risk Management

The Master Degree in Insurance & Risk Management is a stimulating and complete master program (full-time, 12 months), providing the managerial and technical competencies to advance the career in insurance, risk management, finance and consulting.The Master has been developed with the direct support of company leaders in Insurance, Finance, and Consulting (Allianz, Generali, KPMG, EY, etc), contributing to its realization from a selection of candidates to defining the curriculum and job placement.

CareersAreas of employment: Insurance, Consulting, Business Advisory, Financial Services, Banking, Risk Management.

Professional Roles: Risk Manager, Underwriter, Actuary, Consultant & Advisor, Financial Analyst, Internal Auditor, Business Analyst.... [-]

This advanced level course is taught entirely through English and will interest people aiming for specialist or managerial positions in financial advisory firms, private industry, central and local government bodies or international institutions. These are contexts which require a great deal of competence in both internal and international Economics and Finance, where it is important to be able to interpret and manage complex financial phenomena or elaborate and evaluate public policy. Students will choose between two curricula: Banking and Finance or Economics and Public Finance. The former deals with banking management, risk management, and the development of company finance functions in small to medium-sized enterprises. The latter deals with the management of public bodies, focusing in particular on collective choice processes, investment project planning, and how on-going or final evaluations are made of initiatives.... [-]

Today the management of financial resources and the relationships with financial markets and investors are critical objectives for firms, financial institutions and other organizations. The strategic role of Corporate Finance has become increasingly important due to the greater attention that managers dedicate to raising capital, financial planning, risk management and investment activities. The current financial environment requires new skills and competences to keep up with the demands for successful professionals in these times of rapid change.

OBJECTIVES

This program prepares you to deal with increasingly complex financial challenges, providing solid technical knowledge and skills, as well as the transversal competencies required to manage complex financial situations in an international environment. You will acquire a thorough knowledge of the conceptual and empirical tools to respond to emerging financial challenges and create new opportunities.... [-]

The Master in Data Science for Complex Economic Systems is a one-year full-time postgraduate program (II level Master Degree) taught in English and welcomes students from different disciplines (e.g. economics, physics, computer science and political science).

The Master provides theoretical and methodological tools to understand and analyse complex systems which typically exhibit nonlinear behaviour resulting from the interaction of heterogeneous agents, hierarchy and continuous innovation. These properties require exploring new visions and expanding education beyond the frontier of traditional economic studies. In addition to the standard toolkit of economics and econometrics, the program takes a path-breaking perspective on advanced analytics, including big data, machine-learning network analysis, and agent-based simulation. The Master applies this pioneering approach to modelling, management, forecasting and policymaking in innovation, urban and consumption systems.... [-]

Master Erasmus Mundus Models and Methods of Quantitative Economics (QEM) is the European Union approved international graduate degree programme taught full-time over two years in France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Taught in English, the programme is designed by a Consortium of four European Universities:

with a network of Associated Partners consisting of international academic institutions as well as public and private companies.... [-]

Consulting firms, regulatory bodies, large manufacturing and financial firms rely on action based on both strategic thinking and sound measurement of business trends. This program combines training in economics and in advanced quantitative techniques. The study of economic systems and economic policy, the interpretation and forecasting of macroeconomic data, and the analysis of market structures are among the core topics of the program. Graduates will hold a diploma of Laurea Magistrale.

The Master Program (Laurea Magistralis) in Economics, Finance and International Integration (MEFI) is a post-graduate course open to Italian and foreign students aiming to pursue advanced studies in the field of applied economics and finance in an international perspective. MEFI trains students longing to start high-level careers as professionals or managers in national and multinational firms and within the Public Administration. Starting from the academic year 2013-2014 this Master Program will be entirely taught in English, fulfilling the internalization aims of our Department. The Department is already involved in many international mobility programs for graduate students. Moreover, a few double degree programs in Economics have been already agreed and are being carried out with some major European Universities. The decision to teach all MEFI courses in English is then just a further path in our internalization strategy.... [-]

The MSc in Economics is a two year graduate programme that aims to provide an advanced level of education in economics. The program is built on four core courses — mathematics, microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics — in order for students to acquire advanced tools for economic analysis, and offers a wide array of specialized topics in most fields of modern economics. The programme is held entirely in English.

The programme is designed to give our students the ability to approach a wide variety of economic and social issues. Moreover, the cultural tradition of the Department of Economics in Siena has always favoured a pluralistic approach to the analysis of economic problems, in the belief that exposure to competing theoretical perspectives facilitates understanding of economic phenomena. In the same spirit, Siena has always encouraged "contamination" of the economic approach with other disciplines, such as other social sciences, history, law, as well as biology, psychology, etc.... [-]

In cooperation with the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Management Engineering of Politecnico di Milano

Admission Requirements: 3-year Bachelor degree (minimum 180 ECTS) in Engineering, Economics, Finance or scientific disciplines

The International Master in Fintech, Finance and Digital Innovation (FINTECH) is designed to provide students with all the skills and competencies to face the Fintech revolution. The programme targets young graduates who want to specialize in the Fintech area by deepening their knowledge of digital technologies and their application in the financial world, e.g. banks, insurance companies, asset management.... [-]

We offer three year-long University Preparation Year programmes (Foundation programmes) aimed at providing students with a solid background in preparation of their studies at a University in Italy. Each programme offers a thematic study track combined with a language component and is designed for students coming from all over the world.

The Ca' Foscari Foundation Year is designed to give international students the chance to strengthen their academic background before beginning an undergraduate degree in English at a University in Italy. The programme offers courses on the English language, an introduction to Italian and general European history, as well as a basic introduction to the main disciplines of future study. Applications for the 2019/2020 academic year will open in early 2019.... [-]

The University of Verona offers in its Vicenza branch a two year Masters in International Economics and Business Management, which is entirely taught in English.

The Masters has the goal to train post-graduate students in fields such as International economics, international business management, and international law. Mathematical techniques for optimizing firms management are also covered.

The Masters is open to undergraduate students with a background in economics who are interested in the international dimension of economic activity both at the firm level and from a macro perspective. Students’ active participation in classroom seminars and project works is strongly encouraged and every year several foreign teachers are invited to give lectures on special parts of the Master Program courses.... [-]

The Master program in Applied Labour Economics for Development (MALED) of the Turin School of Development (ITC-ILO) is a response to the need for more and more diverse expertise in the design and evaluation of evidence-based policies, in which international labour standards and fundamental rights at work go hand in hand with job creation and productive employment. The program is delivered as a First Level Master by the Department of Economics of the University of Turin.

This Master program is intended to prepare students and professionals from both advanced and developing countries to become experts in designing, analysing and evaluating policies that place employment at the core of economic, social and development policymaking. The degree will combine rigorous training in analytical and quantitative economic methods with an emphasis on what constitutes an appropriate policy, legal and institutional framework for employment and decent work in different development contexts.... [-]

The Master of Science in Economics will provide graduates a thorough knowledge of economic issues, good command of analytical tools and principles and the applicable legal institutions, so as to enable them to use the economic logic to address their problems of economic systems, companies and national and international institutions.

In parallel to the training classroom, on the basis of the analytically identified under paragraph three of this document, the educational objective that is to be achieved is strongly oriented to the acquisition of vocational skills a lot to be achieved through certain activities educational workshops organized in three labs that already exist within the DiGiEc and included in the curriculum of the course of LM-56 magisterial study. In fact, the global training activities planned for setting up the course of study is specifically aimed at providing the student with a specialization to be framed in one of the following three areas: (auto) -imprenditorialità and start-ups; economics and management of archaeological heritage, cultural, tourist and environmental; analysis and study of criminal phenomenology, its economic implications and of the management and reuse of assets confiscated from organized crime. For more details on the overall activities offered by the three laboratories, see the description offered eighteen page of this document. For this reason, and given the particular attention paid to this specific training session, it was intended to be assigned to the same, in the provision teaching of the course of study, the weight of 10 credits with the aim of giving... [-]

A new one-year joint Master programme by CIFE and the School of Government of LUISS Guido Carli. The Master is focused on how to assess, manage and enhance private and public institutions’ governance with a wide range of economic and digital intelligence tools.The programme is taught by renowned researchers and experienced professionals who combine second to none practical expertise and academic credentials. It combines on-site teaching, case studies, consulting missions, research thesis, and distant learning tools.

The Master focuses on issues related to development and growth both in developing and emerging countries as well as in the backward areas of developed nations. It also offers some knowledge on planning practices and project management and aims to provide a broad education in international cooperation and economic development, enabling students to acquire the knowledge and critical understanding necessary to make a significant contribution to the management of public and private policies within the international cooperation framework. Therefore, the Master graduates will be prepared to manage international cooperation and development projects in different sectors, consistently with their training and experience, within a variety of organizations including International institutions, Public Administration, NGOs, Private companies.... [-]