The duration of the Master program is one (1) academic year. Attendance is compulsory. Students are to participate in at least 1200 hours of classes, workshops and seminars followed by a twelve-week (3 months) internship (practical experience period) in banks or companies involved in the program. In order to attend classes, students will need to be formally admitted to the Master’s Program and to show proof of continued advancement in the Program based on intermediate examinations, tests and group works. Students will receive a detailed Academic Year Program at the beginning of the course.

The Master degree Program consists of eight (8) Modules:

1. Preliminary Module

1. Teaching of Italian - German business language & culture (technical banking language assistance)
2. Basic principles of mathematics & statistics applied to economics

1. Economics (microeconomics, macroeconomics and economics policy)
2. Monetary economics, monetary policies and banking supervision in the Euro area
3. International economics & finance (European versus New Europe Scenario)

1. Drivers of change in banking & security industry
2. Financial systems and intermediaries
3. The strategy process and basic vocabulary on strategy
4. Strategy: competitive – corporate strategies and their assessment, cooperative strategies & networks, strategic innovation & e-strategy, dynamics of strategy: fundamentals of system thinking

1. General accounting principles, international accounting standards (IAS), bank’s accounting and control system
2. Enterprises: analysis of economic and financial process – basic financial principles & corporate finance
3. Banking risks and the risk management function: risk valuation & uncertainty, Basel II, Rating, Market Risk & VAR
4. Assessment of investment: national and international investment management & financial valuation

1. Relationship between Bank and Households: retail banking activity and commercial policies – market segmentation, placing and strategies

1. Relationship between Bank and Households: private and affluent banking

1. Relationship between Bank and Company: the links with customers and suppliers
2. Credit function of banks and their credit policies

1. Organizational challenges in banking: people, structure, processes, ICT, culture
2. HR policies and development
3. The bank planning and control system: rudiments and evolution trends
4. Bank marketing, the distributive issues and the evolution of bank channels
5. Case study

Internship - Practical experience period & Thesis module

Award of the Master’s Degree

Students are deemed qualified for the Award by the Scientific Committee. They must have completed the Master’s program satisfactorily, competently and meritoriously. They will be awarded a Certificate of Qualification. In the course of the Master’s program, on request, students will be issued with registration certificates.

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