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a. y. 2027/2028

The information provided is subject to the approval of the competent bodies and may be subject to change.

First Year
Credits
10 ECTS
Description
Structure and functioning of financial intermediaries, from banking models to capital markets, with a study of the functions of collecting and using savings, prudential regulation and the role of intermediaries in the transmission of monetary policy and in the financing of the economy.
Credits
10 ECTS
Description
Fundamentals of private law and commercial law, from persons and obligations to contracts and civil liability, with a study of the main institutes of business and company law relevant to understanding the legal framework of financial markets.
Credits
10 ECTS
Description
Principles of business management and accounting, from the organization and management of companies to the fundamentals of financial statements and management control, with study of the tools for understanding the economic and financial dynamics of companies and for performance analysis.
Credits
10 ECTS
Description
Fundamentals of mathematics for finance and economics, from linear algebra and differential and integral calculus to differential equations and optimization methods, with the study of quantitative tools relevant to the modeling of economic and financial phenomena.
Credits
10 ECTS
Description
Fundamentals of microeconomic theory, from consumer and firm behavior to market mechanisms, with the study of perfect and imperfect competition, economic equilibrium and analytical tools for understanding the decisions of economic agents.
Credits
10 ECTS
Description
Fundamentals of statistics for economics and finance, from descriptive statistics to probability theory and statistical inference, with the study of quantitative tools for collecting, processing and interpreting economic and financial data.
Credits
4 ECTS
Description
English language skills for economic and financial contexts, with development of specialized vocabulary and oral and written communication skills for the management of professional and academic relations in an international context.
Credits
2 ECTS
Description
Basic IT tools for academic and professional work in the economic-financial field, with the study of the main applications for data processing, information management and the production of documents and presentations.
A second foreign language to be chosen from: (4 credits)
Credits
4 ECTS
Description
Language skills in French for academic and professional contexts, with the development of the understanding of specialized texts and communication skills for dialogue in the international economic and financial field.
Credits
4 ECTS
Description
Language skills in German for academic and professional contexts, with development of understanding of specialized texts and communication skills for dialogue in the international economic and financial field.
Credits
4 ECTS
Description
Spanish language skills for academic and professional contexts, with development of understanding of specialized texts and communication skills for dialogue in the international economic and financial field.
Credits
4 ECTS
Description
Language skills in Italian for foreign students, with development of communication skills in academic and professional contexts and introduction to Italian culture and institutional life.
THEOLOGY I
The study plan of each course provides for attendance at Theology courses, in order to offer a motivated, reasoned and organic knowledge of the Catholic faith.
Second Year
Credits
5 ECTS
Description
In-depth study of statistical methods for economics and finance, from regression models to time series analysis, with the study of advanced techniques for estimation, hypothesis testing and forecasting in economic and financial contexts.
Credits
10 ECTS
Description
Legal framework of companies and financial markets, from company law to the regulation of intermediaries and financial instruments, with a study of national and European regulations governing the activity of companies and the stability of the financial system.
Credits
5 ECTS
Description
Legal order of the European Union with a focus on the implications for the economy and finance, from the fundamental freedoms of the internal market to European banking and financial regulation, with the study of the regulatory instruments relevant to the understanding of the legal context in which financial intermediaries operate.
Credits
5 ECTS
Description
Principles of financial management of companies, from investment and financing decisions to capital valuation, with the study of tools for the analysis of the cost of capital, financial planning and liquidity management in companies.
Credits
5 ECTS
Description
Fundamentals of quantitative finance, from stochastic models for asset prices to derivatives pricing techniques, with the study of the mathematical and statistical tools underlying the evaluation of financial instruments and risk management.
Credits
10 ECTS
Description
Fundamentals of macroeconomic theory, from income and employment determination models to theories of economic growth and monetary and fiscal policy, with the study of the tools for understanding the aggregate dynamics of national and international economies.
Credits
10 ECTS
Description
Principles and techniques of financial reporting and financial statement analysis, from the reading and interpretation of the financial statements to the economic, financial and equity performance indicators, with the study of the tools for assessing the solidity and profitability of companies.
Credits
5 ECTS
Description
Courses freely chosen by the student to broaden and customize their academic path according to their interests and professional goals in the field of finance and economics.
THEOLOGY II
The study plan of each course provides for attendance at Theology courses, in order to offer a motivated, reasoned and organic knowledge of the Catholic faith.
Third Year
Credits
10 ECTS
Description
Advanced principles of corporate finance, from capital budgeting decisions to capital structure and dividend policy, with study of company valuation techniques and financial strategies for M&A transactions, restructuring and access to capital markets.
Credits
5 ECTS
Description
Theory and practice of derivatives, from the fundamentals of options and futures pricing to advanced valuation models, with the study of hedging strategies and the applications of derivatives in financial risk management.
Credits
6 ECTS
Description
Fundamentals of international monetary economics, from exchange rate regimes and the balance of payments to the international transmission of monetary policies, with a study of the dynamics of currency markets and the implications for the management of exchange rate risk in cross-border financial activities.
Credits
5 ECTS
Description
Econometric methods applied to financial markets, from the modeling of volatility and asset returns to GARCH models and for financial time series, with the study of quantitative tools for the empirical analysis of financial data.
Credits
6 ECTS
Description
Advanced statistical methods applied to finance and insurance, from risk theory to actuarial techniques, with the study of tools for the measurement and management of financial and insurance risk and for the modeling of loss distributions.
Credits
10 ECTS
Description
Advanced company valuation techniques and fundamentals of private equity, from DCF and multiple methods to venture capital and buyout transactions, with the study of investment strategies, transaction structures and value creation logics in the private equity market.
Credits
15 ECTS
Description
Courses freely chosen by the student to deepen and customize their academic path according to their interests and professional goals in the field of finance and economics.
Credits
3 ECTS
Description
Final dissertation of the three-year course, developed under the guidance of an academic supervisor on a topic consistent with the course of study in finance.
THEOLOGY III
The study plan of each course provides for attendance at Theology courses, in order to offer a motivated, reasoned and organic knowledge of the Catholic faith.

CORPORATE, BANKING AND FINANCE

  • Comparative Financial Systems – 5 ECTS
  • Corporate Restructuring – 5 ECTS
  • Principles of Banking – 5 ECTS

ECONOMIC AREA

  • Fiscal Macroeconomics – 7 ECTS
  • Taxation – 5 ECTS

QUANTITATIVE SCOPE

  • The R Language and Environment for Statistical Computing – 5 ECTS
  • Introduction to Actuarial Mathematics and Risk Theory – 10 ECTS

INTERNSHIPS

  • Internship – 10 ECTS

To take the exams indicated in the left column it is necessary to have passed the exams shown in the right column.

  • Financial management → Management and accounting
  • Business law and financial regulation → Foundations of private law
  • Introduction to financial econometrics → Mathematics, Statistics
  • International monetary economics → Macroeconomics
  • Macroeconomics → Microeconomics
  • Advanced statistics → Mathematics, Statistics
  • Introduction to quantitative finance → Mathematics
  • Reporting and financial statement analysis → Management and accounting

The prerequisite requirement is considered fulfilled only if the preparatory examination has been passed by the end of the previous examination session. In particular:

  • to take the advanced exam in the extraordinary or early session (December-February), the preparatory exam must have been passed by the previous autumn session (August-September);
  • to take the advanced exam in the summer session (May-July), the preparatory exam must have been passed by the previous extraordinary or early session (December-February);
  • To take the advanced exam in the autumn session (August-September), the preparatory exam must have been passed by the previous summer session (May-July).

In the absence of this requirement, it will not be possible to register for exams for which the prerequisite is required. The throttling will be applied automatically.