Admission Requirements

• Ideally citizenship of one of the following countries:Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine
• University degree
• Knowledge of English certified by a TOEFL or similar certificate. Some knowledge of Italian is also desirable as the Master will include seminars in Italian. Italian language training and coaching will be offered at the beginning of the Master
• Ideally under thirty-two (32) years of age
• Letter of reference (e.g. University professor, manager of a company).
• Preferably one to two (1-2) years of professional working experience.

Duration of Program and Attendance Requirements

The Master’s program consists of one (1) academic year of work. Classes will start on October 6^th 2008 and will take place during the academic year 2008-2009. Attendance is compulsory: this means participating 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 scheme. In order to attend classes, students will need to be formally admitted to the Master’s Program and will need to show proof of their continued advancement in the Program in the form of intermediate examinations, tests or group work based on the content of the classes.

Students will be issued with a finalised, detailed teaching calendar at the beginning of the course and an overview of assessment procedures and relative weightings.